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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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A man has left a caravan and a "porta-loo" in the front yard of his land at 24 Roselands Ave Wyoming on the Central Coast. Apparently the man has gone back to India and council haven't removed the eyesore. Picture: David Swift

Neighbour from smell: Man kicked off property over portaloo

A Central Coast man who bought a vacant plot of land has been banned from living on a block of land with a portaloo that emptied into the drain on the street.

Police & Courts

WEEKEND TELEGRAPH - 16/9/20Barrister Peter Lavac pictured at Palm Beach with his Lamborghini with rego plates "LGOPNR" . Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Cops crack down hard on ‘LGOPNR’ plates

SNITCH: There has been another twist in the saga of the ‘LGOPNR’ number plates which adorn the yellow Lamborghini of criminal barrister Peter Lavac.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

Two further men have been charged in connection to the 2017 murder of Qin Wu in Sydney’s south-west.About 11pm on Wednesday 1 February 2017, police and emergency services attended a house on Kennedy Street, Guildford, following reports a man had been shot.Despite the best efforts of NSW Ambulance paramedics, the man died at the scene.He was formally identified as 37-year-old Chinese National, Qin Wu.

Man who hid, wept during murder acquitted

A man accused of taking part in a contract killing been found not guilty of murder as three others went down for the crime at a Buddhist monastery.

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‘Now my grandson’s a bastard’: Ibrahims duped by sheik

When a sheik ripped off the sister of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, she got to work on getting even with the religious figure, a phone call to her jailed brother Michael reveals.

Police & Courts

Pyrmont Off Duty Officer attacked at ICC: EXCLUSIVE - At around 12:30 am this morning Police responded to the International Convention Centre for reports of an Off Duty Police Officer in trouble. The circumstances surrounding are not clear but it appears that the offenders car was either used to ram the Officers car or to hit him. This could have possibly happened in the ICC Car Park. Numerous Police converged on the area and arrested a man driving a silver Toyota Yaris on Darling Drive Pyrmont. He was questioned for some time before being led away in handcuffs. Its not known at this stage if the Off Duty Officer was injured in the incident. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Cop allegedly assaulted as man tries to dodge carpark fee

A man has been charged with assaulting an off-duty police officer after he allegedly rammed the cop’s car trying to tailgate him to avoid paying a carpark fee.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28, 2020: Police are seen removing over 200 plants of cannabis from a Yagoona home fire in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Sunday Telegraph / Gaye Gerard

Large cannabis crop found in hydro house fire

A secret cannabis operation was uncovered after a house in Sydney’s south west caught on fire early on Saturday. Police discovered about 130 plants in five rooms.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Missing businesswoman’s investors hunt for their millions

Two weeks after millionaire businesswoman Melissa Caddick went missing, details have emerged of an intricate financial web which has panicked investors hunting for their millions.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos November 12, 2020: A man has been shot on Highlands Avenue in Wahroonga today. Police have closed the street and established a crime scene. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

Wahroonga shooting accused ‘too risky’ to release

Bill Murrell, 73, has been denied bail over the alleged shooting of his son-in-law.

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Melissa Caddick MD and Financial planner, at home in Paddington. pic by Andy Baker.

Lawyer says Melissa may have been killed

Melissa Caddick’s lawyer has claimed NSW Police are now treating her disappearance as a murder investigation. But, police have distanced themselves from the claim.

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Salim Mehajer instagram picture. From source:https://www.instagram.com/salim.mehajer/

Mehajer to fight Ferrari burnout, speeding fines

Salim Mehajer apparently didn’t spot a police car sitting at the same intersection when he allegedly began spinning the wheels on his $300,000 Ferrari.

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