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Madeline Crittenden is a reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined in 2021 after covering crime and courts for several mastheads throughout NSW.

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L to R: Jacqui Krause and Major General Michael Krause AM Retired, at their Bellevue Hill property that they are selling. Picture: John Appleyard

High-ranking Major-General allegedly assaulted by wife

The wife of a Major-General at NATO and former high-ranking member of the Australian Army has been charged over an alleged domestic violence incident at their eastern suburbs home.

NSW

Vandals’ paint attack on Sydney Captain Cook statue

A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s east has been vandalised for the second year with red paint splashed on the figure and parts of its face and hand destroyed.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH. Zhi Yang demonstrates how he and other residents were tied up in a home invasion at 55 Tomah St Carlingford over night. Friday 24/01/2025. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

Terrified students dragged from their beds by masked intruders

Four young Chinese students endured a terrifying ordeal as masked intruders armed with guns and knives stormed their Carlingford home, tying them up and demanding money.

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NSW’s top three law officials on leave as evil strikes again

As Sydneysiders woke to an extraordinary escalation in the “atrocious” anti-Semitic violence gripping the city, the state’s three most powerful law officials were all on leave.

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Members of the Australian Ballet perform at CUA stadium, Penrith. Generic Ballet Shoes / Dance.

Female dance teacher investigated for sexting young students

NSW Police confirmed they are probing claims made by young dancers that a female dance teacher groomed them, allegedly gave them drugs and alcohol and sent them inappropriate messages.

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17 JANUARY 2025. CCTV from Dover Heights where a home was targeted in another anti-Semitic attack with cars torched, hate messages sprayed on them and the house was also splashed with red paint. Picture: Supplied

Watch: CCTV of car alight in anti-Semitic attack

The ex-owner of the home targeted in the latest anti-Semitism to rock Sydney has warned it won’t be long before a person is killed by a similar hate-fuelled attack, as CCTV of a car being torched in the attack emerges.

NSW

Ayat Hossain identified as teen boy who drowned on NSW south Coast

‘Kind soul’: Teen identified as Werri Lagoon drowning victim

Sydney teenager Ayat Hossain was enjoying the last of his school holidays when he drowned while swimming with friends at Werri Lagoon on south coast.

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Before and after pics after ex-Sydney family loses new LA home

A former Sydney family’s new home has been destroyed in the horrific Los Angeles fires, with their loved ones calling on the community for support.

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Police investigate outside the Gateshead home where a man was stabbed. The man has died after he was found with serious stab wounds at a home in the Lake Macquarie area last night. Police were called to a home on Mahogany Crescent in Gateshead, just before midnight on Thursday, where they found a man in his 30s with multiple stab wounds. Credit: 9News

Hunt for killer continues five days after party stabbing

Five days after a man was fatally stabbed at a party in a home in Gateshead, police are continuing their search for the suspect.

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SNITCH Lawyer Charles Bannister with Bondi nurse Dani Morris at The Boathouse Rose Bay in April 2023 from Facebook

High profile lawyer accused of bombarding ex with texts

Charles Bannister spent Tuesday morning sitting in police cells with people he usually represents, after police claim he harassed his former girlfriend over text and social media.

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