Travelling miner jailed for stabbing girlfriend in neck
A Papua New Guinea national and travelling miner who stabbed her girlfriend in the neck with a kitchen knife in a Byron Bay home before attacking her again weeks later has been jailed.
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‘Cannabis clouded’: Pedo had history molesting teens
A “cannabis clouded” pedophile who molested a child has a history of similar offending but he believes he does not have a problem, a northern NSW court heard.
‘Anxious wait’: Greens stare down Labor in battle for Byron
Byron mayoral candidates from Labor and the Greens are racing for the title as sitting mayor Michael Lyon has fallen short amid a desperate fight to clear his name. Here’s the latest.
‘Lacks sophistication’: Migrant pot growers sentenced over mega crop
A group of migrant Vietnamese workers busted tending a $30m cannabis crop in rural northern NSW were watched by police for months before their arrest, a court has heard.
Pedo ‘naked cowboy’ asked 14yo girl to ‘ride’ him
After a predator was nabbed grooming a “14-year-old girl”, an undercover cop, officers uncovered a stash of child sex abuse material – including images of men tormenting toddlers. Warning: Graphic
‘Slice your neck’: Woman accused of curtain rod neighbour attack
A Northern Rivers woman has been accused of attacking her neighbour with a metal curtain rod and then threatening to slash her throat with a knife, escalating a dispute.
Global IT crash blamed for testing fail in star’s drink driving case
Hollywood actor Simon Baker has been sentenced for drink driving after downing too much wine during dinner near Byron Bay – but a blood alcohol reading was not recorded due to an IT outage, a court heard.
‘Sorry to this country’: Vietnamese pot growers not paid a cent
Migrant workers busted tending a huge cannabis crop worth $30m in “industrial grow houses” in northern NSW were not paid a cent, with one grower apologising profusely to a court.
‘I’ll stab’: Man accused of lunging at beachgoer with screwdriver
A man on bail allegedly lunged at a beachgoer with a screwdriver on a northern NSW beach while disguising his face, a court has heard. Here’s what we know.
Named: Qld man accused of shooting up northern NSW home
Police allege a Qld man fired bullets into a northern NSW home in a drive-by shooting – narrowly missing a child’s head – after a drug and gun deal went bad. Two more men have already been sentenced.
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