North Coast man found not guilty of raping teen 25 years ago
A Ballina man accused of plying a woman with alcohol and cannabis before sexually abusing her as a teen has been found not guilty by a jury. Here’s what the court heard.
A Ballina man accused of plying a woman with alcohol and cannabis before sexually abusing her as a teen has been found not guilty by a jury. Here’s what the court heard.
“You may as well take me to jail”, a Northen Rivers man told police after egging their vehicles. Here’s how a court dealt with him.
A love triangle has gone wrong when a jilted lover called police on a man after she discovered he had been in contact with another woman and had refused to pay for her return home.
The father of a man charged with the murder of Casino teenager Ned Gronow was unable to meet the eyes of the family of the slain teen, as his charges of covering up a murder were mentioned in court.
An officer was struck in the face and another scratched by a man found barely conscious next to a bottle of wine “with a pile of vomit close by” in Byron Bay. Here’s what happened.
A North Coast man let a racist slur fly before inexplicably assaulting a security guard and damaging his car at a flood recovery pod village. Here’s what happened.
A Northern Rivers man with drug issues and poor mental health has been penalised after he armed himself and asked a woman if he could steal her car in an odd Ballina carjacking attempt. Here’s the latest.
Destructive thieves seemingly looking to quench their thirst have smashed into a Northern Rivers cafe and made off with just a few soft drinks, in a “high stakes, small rewards” affair.
A man has faced court accused of firing a shotgun at a busy northern NSW shopping centre. Here’s the latest.
A Northern Rivers orthopaedic surgeon who is the head of a hospital’s trauma department made a bid to get his licence back after being busted driving significantly over the speed limit.
A pregnant Northern Rivers mother stabbed a woman twice and chased her out of the house in a “disturbing and violent episode”. Here’s what happened in court.
A Northern Rivers father crashed causing the car to flip and land on its roof after getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. Here’s what we know.
A Richmond Valley man who went to prison after joy-riding in a stolen Toyota and hitting almost twice the speed limit has been released early. Here’s why.
A tradesman with “sovereign citizen ideologies” was caught driving with a dodgy number plate on two occasions. Here’s how a court dealt with him.
The heartbroken family of a Byron Bay plumber found with unexplained and fatal injuries has spoken out about the “top-shelf bloke” they tragically lost. Here’s what we know.
A man has died in hospital after he was found with unexplained critical injuries near Ballina in northern NSW. Here’s the latest.
An Orange man has been charged after he allegedly broke into a Tweed home and sexually touched an 18-year-old woman, covering her mouth to stop her screaming.
A man found with multiple injuries near Ballina was flown to hospital, where he is reportedly in a critical condition. Police are now appealing for information on how the man came to be injured.
Named: A 43-year-old man has been charged with sexually touching three teens aged between 16 and 18 without their consent at Byron’s Splendour in the Grass music festival.
A gardener threatened to burn down his ex-partner’s house when asked to leave on Christmas Eve. When he was questioned by police, he said: “It’s a lyric from the Eminem song”.
A North Coast man accused of murdering his partner and leaving her beaten body in a laneway has had his case raised in court.
An “erratic” North Coast man tried to carjack a woman with a screwdriver outside a busy Woolworths supermarket. Here’s what happened.
A Queensland man involved in an ugly incident with a woman on the street was found hiding in the roof of a North Coast motel. Here’s what happened.
A North Coast man has been found not guilty of manslaughter after a much-loved elderly couple were killed in a horrific crash. Here’s what happened in court.
Two unrelated murder cases have been linked to a lane in a North Coast tourist town. Here’s what we know.
A Ballina man who made a “silly choice” to hop into a stolen car to get food found himself in a world of trouble both in and out of court.
Hundreds of vehicle thefts occur across the North Coast each year – from the tip of the Tweed south to Coffs. Here are some of those responsible who have faced local courts.
A northern NSW man being observed by clinicians managed to nick a Volvo before he became embroiled in a wild police chase. Here’s how it happened.
Police have launched investigations to determine how a man came to be found dead in a northern NSW coastal town.
A Gold Coast man who drove into a canefield after dodging an RBT and sparking a police pursuit in northern NSW left his “pig dog” abandoned, a court has heard.
A Northern Rivers tradie off the road for high-range drink driving “was only moving his employee’s work vehicle 100m to a safe place”, a court heard.
A Northern Rivers dad on meth leapt from a moving car in a failed bid to evade police during a pursuit in which he hit 50kmh over the speed limit in a residential area.
A woman whose Mercedes went “airborne” through a north coast golf course – causing people to flee and hide behind trees – has provided a bizarre explanation for why she was evading police.
A truckie spat and smashed a glass window at a popular North Coast hotel because he was being mocked by a group of women inside, a court has heard.
A 73-year-old woman has died after being fatally struck by an alleged drunk driver in the state’s far north. A second woman remains in a critical condition.
A man’s bizarre attempts to pick fights with strangers – including hurling abuse – ended up with police unleashing the pepper spray and a day in court.
A man’s day at the races ended inside a police station after being caught with four bags of cocaine. The man, who avoided a criminal conviction, told officers the drugs had been planted.
A man who tried to bust into a Ballina Woolworths using a piece of wood, spat in an officer’s face as police tried to secure him. See how a court dealt with the matters.
A Ballina woman who stole and crashed an Essential Energy truck with the plan of selling it interstate has been jailed for two years.
A volley of gunshots fired into the front of a Ballina home may have been a case of ‘mistaken identity’, police believe. Here’s what we know.
A young Ballina man who tried to escape the long arm of the law in a Mercedes will walk free from jail sooner than expected.
A former northern NSW New Age leader now based in Tasmania’s Huon Valley is suing one of her ex-followers for defamation, with a lengthy trial soon to unfold. Inside the saga >>
A teen has been dealt with by a court after police discovered an injured man sprawled against a fence at Evans Head in northern NSW on New Year’s Day.
A northern NSW man was kicked out of court after telling a magistrate she had no jurisdiction – while battling to get his driver’s licence back under her jurisdiction.
A Brunswick Heads man has faced a Lismore court charged with raping a woman during Byron Bay New Year’s Eve celebrations.
A Gold Coast couple has slammed Scouts Queensland’s decision to potentially welcome back one of its leaders who hit their 10-year-old son.
A Ballina Shire man was caught behind the wheel with a soaring blood alcohol reading when police spotted his worrying manner of driving.
A Mercedes Benz driver was busted over the legal alcohol limit with cocaine in his system and four passengers onboard in Ballina.
More footage has emerged exposing a horrifying youth fighting culture in northern NSW after a child street fighting phenomenon was uncovered. WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO
A “belligerent, combative” drink driver was caught leaving a bowls club at more than four times the legal alcohol limit in a busy northern NSW tourist town.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/ballina/police-courts/page/5