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Brenden Hills is an award winning reporter for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraphs. He specialises in writing about court cases and organised crime.

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EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

The wife of a double murderer serving multiple life sentences has been banned from jails for six months after she got too amorous with her husband in the visiting room of the state's most secure prison

Ban for steaming up Supermax: Lovin’ sees wife banned from jails

A double life sentence meant Ramzi Aouad never got a honeymoon after getting married behind bars. But he tried to make up for it when his wife came into the jail for a contact visit.

Police & Courts

Murder charges after husband and wife found dead in burger bar

A man has been charged with murder after a husband and wife were found dead at a takeaway shop in Sydney’s west.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

Judge's legal gavel on a desk with Family Court nameplate in the background Picture: Istock

Wealthy wife’s $17 million divorce play backfires

A wealthy Sydney woman has discovered her husband is not the financial wizard she thought he was in a very expensive divorce case play that spectacularly backfired.

Police & Courts

Pictured at his bedsit in Darlinghurst is former barrister Charles Waterstreet.Picture: Richard Dobson

Waterstreet facing suspenseful wait over summer

Why does colourful barrister Charles Waterstreet have a tense summer ahead of him? What is Richard Buttrose’s latest court matter? What’s the explosive development in a very bizarre case? The Snitch is here.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos.November 28, 2024.Wendell Sailor arrives at Downing Centre in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Sailor wants assault charge dropped over Sydney bar drama

EX NRL star Wendell Sailor has appeared in court for the first time after being charged over a booze-fuelled incident at an inner Sydney bar.

EXCLUSIVENSW

NSW District Court judge Penelope Wass has lodged a formal complaint against chief prosecutor Sally Dowling.

‘She never said sorry’: Judge takes on DPP as law war gets ‘vicious’

There has been a dramatic escalation in the divide between a group of District Court judges and the state’s chief prosecutor Sally Dowling SC.

Police & Courts

18-11-2024 - Broadcaster Alan Jones leaves Day Street police station after being granted bail. Photo: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Murphy’s law: Longtime links between Jones and his lawyer

Why was Alan Jones’ lawyer a short-odds bet? What’s the story with the broadcaster’s eye-catching tracksuit? And what’s the latest drama with a Sydney pub baron? The Snitch is here.

NSW

Confirmed picture of Niddal Acherkouk who was killed in an underworld shooting in Surry Hills last night. Pic Supplied.

Pictured: The man shot dead in Surry Hills hit identified

Horrified bystanders including children ran for cover after a gunman opened fire on a Surry Hills street, killing Niddal Acherkouk in a terrifying gangland assassination.

Police & Courts

Decision time for undercover police operative rape case

Was an accused drug seller raped by an undercover operative? Which NRLW star had good news in court? And which lawyer sent a dirt file on their boss to 100 people? The Snitch is here.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 04 2024; Sally Dowling SC, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions during the NSW Budget Estimates at Parliament House in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Revealed: Sally Dowling SC’s complaint about Judge Peter Whitford

For months, the contents of DPP Sally Dowling SC’s complaint against a judge who criticised her office in court has had the NSW legal fraternity buzzing. Today, the Telegraph reveals its contents.

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