Police & CourtsA Northern NSW artist, set to be sentenced after planning to operate a child sex ring, has been banned from doing any paid or volunteer work that could bring him into contact with children as he remains free on bail.
BallinaA burglar has admitted breaking into a church building and stole from a rector before stealing from a volunteer-run tourist attraction society on the North Coast.
Police & CourtsA Northern Rivers kidnapper who tempted a 17-year-old girl into a car, forced her to get out at a nearby town and tried to run her down while a co-offender chased her with an axe, has learnt her fate.
Police & CourtsA man who allegedly broke into a Casino house carrying an axe with two others – with a resident allegedly assaulted for “running his mouth off” – has made a plea for bail.