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Undated copy pic of Comanchero Bikie Club president Mick Hawi during his son's birthday party at the clubhouse in Marrickville, Sydney. Hawi handed himself into gang squad detectives who are investigating the fatal brawl at Sydney Airport 22/03/2009.

Brutal end for bikie boss who had cheated death

CRIME boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi lived through the height of Sydney’s 2009 bikie wars and was known for embellishing the flashy outlaw lifestyle. But in the end, his colourful past caught up with him in the carpark of Sydney gym.

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August 16, 2016. Former teacher and accused pedophile Neil Albert Futcher leaves Sydney's District Court on Tuesday afternoon after the opening of his trial which heard he had pleaded not guilty to 22 child sex charges relating to the alleged abuse of four schoolboys in the 1970s. (AAP Video/Toby Mann)

Legal Aid funding paedophile teacher’s appeal

PAEDOPHILE Neil Futcher ’s victims are furious that the former Trinity Grammar School teacher’s appeal­ against his conviction and sentence over a series of sickening sexual assaults on them as boys is being funded from the public purse.

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Michaela Launerts, in Mona Vale, today.Michaela has written two books for boys and girls.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Etiquette for awkward teenagers

A YEAR 12 teacher is on a mission to teach boys and girls old-school charm and etiquette, believing young people growing up in the digital age lack the confidence to interact socially.

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Rod Silva pictured with his wife Deb and daughter Keely, 20, at their Yowie Bay home. Rod is a former Sydney Roosters and Canterbury Bulldogs NRL player who now is a police officer and White Ribbon Ambassador committed to standing up and speaking out to end violence against women. Picture: Jonathan Ng

NRL legend Rod Silva reveals childhood ‘horror’

EX-NRL star Rod Silva has opened up about his father­’s drinking and gambling, and the shouting, yesterday saying: “I grew up thinking these kind of arguments were normal. He admitted it scarred him and his siblings for life.

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Former assistant tax commsioner Nick Petroulias arrives at Supreme Court for sentencing

Sydney taxman and his ‘fake’ $50 notes

AUSTRALIA’S youngest ever tax chief is behind bars after ­allegedly being caught with a wallet full of counterfeit cash, bank cards in different names and dodgy driver’s licences

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AVO subjects face life ban on getting gun licence

ANYONE who has been the subject of an apprehended ­violence order would be banned from obtaining a gun licence under options being discussed by top police and the NSW government amid an estranged father murdering his two teenage kids.

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Radical NSW reform: Ban guns from dads

FIREARMS checks would be linked to Family Court proceedings, and the opinions of ex-wives and doctors would be sought before a person is granted a licence under reforms to be discussed today to stop tragedies like John Edwards shooting dead his teenage kids.

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Twisted monster’s kids died cowering in fear

IN the ultimate act of fatherly betrayal, sadistic John Edwards spent at least a year planning the murders of the son and daughter he had been banned from contacting. More heartbreaking details of the tragedy are emerging.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/janet-fife-yeomans/page/98