Pair charged over alleged highway kidnapping
Hunter Valley detectives investigating the pre-dawn highway bashing and kidnapping of a motorist have made two dramatic arrests during raids across the valley.
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Search suspended for swimmer reported missing
A multi-agency search for a female swimmer reported to have failed to resurface at a northern NSW beach has been suspended, with no official missing person report lodged and no unattended vehicles or items located nearby.
Couple charged after alleged gun-firing footage emerges
A couple has been charged after shots were allegedly fired from a car three times – including once where footage, posted on social media, allegedly shows a shotgun being fired from a moving vehicle.
‘Insult to women globally’: Mum’s outrage as she calls for change
The mother of Mackenzie Anderson, murdered by her ex-boyfriend Tyrone Thompson after years of abuse, has bravely vowed to keep fighting for all women despite being outraged by the killer’s sentence.
Gasps as killer gets 22 years for murdering ex-girlfriend
A man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 78 times in less than three minutes could be out of jail before he turns 40 after a sentencing judge found his mental health and childhood reduced his moral culpability.
Dramatic vision released in hunt for kidnappers
Detectives investigating the kidnapping and bashing of one man and the threatening of a second during pre-dawn incidents in the Hunter Valley have released footage they believe can help in finding those responsible.
Mum confronts coward who stabbed daughter 78 times
The mother of murder victim Mackenzie Anderson – stabbed 78 times by her ex-boyfriend – has told a court that her daughter was failed by a system she had begged to help her after predicting her own death.
Vital clue to Audrey’s murder was missed for 3 weeks
Police had crucial CCTV evidence leading them to the alleged murderer of 19-year-old Audrey Griffin for three weeks before they realised they had it.
Man charged over carpark shooting death
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a teenager at a Newcastle carpark after he walked into a police station with his solicitor just two kilometres from the alleged crime.
How police allegedly unlocked a murderous secret
For 25 days, no one was in the cross hairs of detectives investigating what they thought was the misadventure death of popular Central Coast teenager Audrey Griffin. Then a grainy photograph was posted. And then the phone rang.
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