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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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Trawler arrests. Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with a 13-year-old boy and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform with the child. Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives arrested a 33-year-old man at Westmead about 10.20am yesterday (Friday 18 June 2021). A search warrant was subsequently executed at a home in Roseberry, where detectives seized electronic devices. The man was taken to Granville Police Station and charged with two counts of use carriage service-procure under 16 years for sexual activity. He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court today,

Man spoke to boy, 13, about sex acts online: police

Following the arrest of three men in a online child exploitation investigation, police have warned parents to watch their children’s online activity these holidays.

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A picture posted to the Instagram page of Mary Berejiklian (R) showing her sister, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian (C) and Sydney based lawyer Arthur Moses SC.

G-Mo or A-Glad? Premier’s couple name suggestions

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and senior barrister Arthur Moses SC confirmed their relationship and now theories are circulating about what their celebrity couple name should be.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 16, 2020. Superintendent Peter McKenna addresses the media at the NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Senior cop ‘glassed’ at wake in country bar

A senior police officer is recovering after allegedly being hit in the head with a glass bottle following a funeral in country NSW. A former cop has been charged over the bar fight.

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The Australian Federal Police and NSW Police Force arrest a Sydney man who allegedly supports the Islamic State terrorist organisation., , Police executed search warrants in Chester Hill and Sefton, NSW, yesterday (Friday, 18 June 2021) and arrested a 24-year-old Chester Hill man., , Police will further allege the man’s rhetoric online was escalating, that he had collected a large amount of extremist material and he was in possession of several improvised explosive recipes.

Man accused of supporting IS arrested in anti-terror raids

A man who allegedly pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State and was gathering recipes on homemade explosive devices has been arrested during anti-terror raids in Sydney’s west.

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$1m hit: Sydney’s gang wars claim another scalp

Even after hearing a $1m bounty had been placed on his head, Bilal Hamze — Supermax inmate Bassam Hamzy’s cousin — rejected help from police. Five days later he was dead.

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Crime Tsar moved to CBD as cops warned he was being targeted

Crime figure Bilal Hamze knew his life was in danger and although police warned him there was a target on his head, he shrugged it off. Now the 34-year-old cousin of Brothers for Life founder Bassam Hamzy is dead after being shot in Sydney’s CBD.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Pictured in Blacktown today is Water Polo Champion Elysha O'Neill, 34, who speaks for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a stranger while walking home in Sydney's south in 2010. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Water polo star takes control after harrowing attack

After Elysha O’Neill was the victim of a brutal sexual assault she fielded questions like ‘what were you wearing?’ and ‘were you drunk’. She is now sharing her story publicly to dispel rape myths.

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Solution to help sex assault victims in regional NSW

A lack of facilities and daunting process deters sexual assault victims coming forward in regional NSW, but there is a way for the justice system to ease the burden.

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Sad, lonely end for once-feared gangster Neddy Smith

In his day, Neddy Smith was Sydney’s most infamous criminal. However the convicted killer now spends his days patting an imaginary dog.

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A police operation is currently taking place in Narraweena after a police officer was stabbed earlier.Picture: Christian Gilles

Police officer stabbed, man shot on northern beaches

A police officer has been stabbed in the hand and a man shot on Sydney’s northern beaches.

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