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Richard Noone is a senior journalist on the NSW Central Coast covering crime, courts, emergency services and general news.

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** WARNING - POLICE OFFICER HAS ASKED FOR NAME NOT TO BE PUBLISHED AS IT MAY JEOPARDISE A FUTURE APPOINTMENT. PLEASE USE GENERIC CAPTION ** Senior Constable Jessica Brooks (R) conducts a breath alcohol test on Matt Salmon during a RBT operation at Terrigal on Tuesday 27th March 2018. Police will be out in force across the Central Coast over the Easter long weekend. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

DV charges withdrawn against female cop

Two domestic violence-related charges and an apprehended violence order have been withdrawn and dismissed against a female senior constable on the Central Coast.

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Brisbane Water Police taped off a crime scene where the boy of Daniel Bruns was found stabbed in the car park of Ocean Beach SLSC on October 16, 2023. Tristan Sherrin-Hill has been charged with his alleged murder. Picture: 7 News

Man to face trial for alleged stabbing murder of acquaintance

A man will face a Supreme Court trial after pleading not guilty to the alleged stabbing murder of another man – believed to be an acquaintance – found slumped in the driver’s seat of a car at a Central Coast beach.

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Central Coast Mariners international marquee player Angel Torres, 24, of Columbia, outside Gosford District Court where he was on trial for the alleged rape of a woman at Terrigal in 2024. Picture: NewsLocal

Shock twist: Acquitted soccer star would have pleaded to intimidation

Former Central Coast Mariners international Angel Torres would have pleaded guilty to intimidation if police dropped rape charges, a court has heard. Read the full details here.

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Jeffrey Michael Sankey, 70, of Empire Bay, leaving Gosford Local Court afert pleading not guilty to the dangerous driving death of grandmother Soula

Truckie to face trial over fatal crash

An elderly truck driver has entered a plea for the first time over the alleged dangerous driving death of a beloved wife, mother and grandmother on the Central Coast. Read what happened in court.

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Insignia badge on the shirt of a policeman of the Australian Federal Police standing on the street outside Admiralty House, Kirribilli Avenue, Kirribilli on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. Admiralty House is the residence of the Governor-General and Monarch when in Sydney. This image was taken on a bright and overcast afternoon on 19 October 2024.

AFP officer denies harassing ex with messages

An Australian Federal Police officer, who has provided security for the PM and Governor-General, has denied harassing his ex-girlfriend by bombarding her with messages, a court has heard.

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A man hid a GoPro camera in the bathroom to film his stepdaughter having a shower. (File picture 4x3)

‘Huge abuse of trust’: Stepdad jailed for filming girl in shower

A man caught hiding a GoPro camera in his stepdaughter’s shower said it was an “appalling abhorration”. But a magistrate described it as “child sex exploitation” and jailed him.

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The VW Golf Shelton Todd Farmer, 41, of Lisarow, was driving when he struck a girl, 12, crossing Railway Crescent but didn't stop to offer assistance. Picture: NSW Police

‘Suddenly I heard a bang’: Hit-run driver pleads guilty

An autistic kitchen hand kept driving home despite hearing his side mirror smash when he struck a young girl and looked back to see her lying on the road, a court has heard.

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Scaffolding accident on Mann St in Gosford has seen eight cars and one ute crushed. Picture: Fiona Killman

Revealed: What really caused the Gosford CBD scaffolding collapse

A 60m length of scaffolding was left unsecured for more than a day before it toppled onto cars in high winds and sparking chaos, a court heard. Now it can finally be revealed what went wrong.

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DiJones Terrigal regional manager Craig Fisher and McGrath Terrigal principal Trevor Hamilton have been locked in a bitter feud. Picture 4x3: supplied

Warring waterfront agents: Inside the coast’s real estate agent feud

Two old bulls of the luxury waterfront property market carried on more like tattletale schoolboys as their tit-for-tat feud boiled over, it has been revealed in court.

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Australia decides: Introducing the candidates for Robertson in the 2025 federal election. Picture 4x3: supplied

Meet the Robertson candidates vying for your vote

Whoever wins Robertson, wins the election. That’s been the case since 1983 for the bellwether electorate. So who’s in the running and what do they stand for? Find out here.

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