Teen’s cousin charged with murder after cops question ‘freak accident’
Two weeks after police were told a South Coast teen died after tripping and falling onto a knife at a party, officers charged his cousin with murder.
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Two weeks after police were told a South Coast teen died after tripping and falling onto a knife at a party, officers charged his cousin with murder.
Timothy Koelma admitted giving false evidence to NSW’s corruption watchdog over a series of hearings.
NSW Police are investigating the attempted arrest of well know Sydney activist Danny Lim, who was left bloody after hitting his head on tiles this week — and the police watchdog has stepped in to supervise.
Police were investigating the brazen, daylight shooting of Alameddine associate Murat Gulasi (pictured) when they stumbled upon a syndicate allegedly dealing in illegal guns.
Several well known names with links to the underworld have left Australia recently, believing Sydney’s streets are now too dangerous, with 16 people killed in suspected gang hits in the past two years.
Four men walked up to a car and told a teenage girl to wind down her window, before one pushed her head out of the way and pumped 15 bullets into the backseat, killing two women.
Four teenage boys have been charged over two break ins including one which saw the Hawkesbury Council mayor stabbed in the arm in a suspected case of mistaken identity.
The mother of an alleged Alameddine crime clan member has been arrested after an investigation into her son allegedly found she used a fake Covid-19 vaccine certificate to work at a primary school. See the arrest.
A former political staffer to then-premier Gladys Berejiklian was charged with historic child sex abuse while she was in office – but a court order prevented anyone knowing until today.
A Bandidos clubhouse has had motorcycles and patches seized after four people were charged for an alleged extortion attempt in NSW’s Riverina region.
Police investigating the kidnapping and assault of a man last month have released CCTV of three men who may be able to assist with inquiries. See the footage.
A man has been charged after a caretaker in his 60s was stabbed on the premises of a Woolloomooloo school on Wednesday morning.
A previously unseen interview released by the court reveals Chris Dawson told police he had spoken to wife Lyn after her disappearance. See the video.
A man has been charged with murder over the apparent domestic-related stabbing of an older man in Sydney’s southwest on Saturday.
A brawl at a 22nd birthday party for twins was broken up by police outside a Redfern pub, shortly before three young male partygoers were found stabbed nearby.
An associate of the Alameddine family has been jailed after a holding a 16-year-old girl hostage at gunpoint before handing her a pistol and telling her to shoot herself.
More than a dozen alleged members of the “Merrylands crew’’ of the Alameddine crime family have appeared in court. See the full list.
The fate of convicted killer Kathleen Folbigg will be decided by a second inquiry, NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman has announced.
A firebrand Islamic preacher has warned gangland violence could soon erupt at gravesites as Rami Iskander, the young nephew of slain underworld figure Brownie Ahmad, was buried.
Text messages sent by an actress who has accused Craig McLachlan of sexual harassment have been revealed in court.
Actress Christie Whelan Browne went “through a phase” of showing cast members a “photo of her poo”, a court has been told.
Sydney’s gang wars have moved to a new locale — Rookwood Cemetery — with associates desperate to ensure enemies are buried well away from each other.
The younger brother of Comanchero bikies Tarek and Omar Zahed should be let out of jail to attend his brother’s funeral, according to one of NSW’s top judges, despite police reporting they have information he may be plotting revenge.
The Comanchero bikie gang’s leadership remains uncertain with the man anointed to be boss fights for his life after being shot 10 times.
Two of the most powerful members of the Hamzy crime network named Comanchero enforcer Tarek Zahed as a marked man long before the current bounty was placed on his head.
A woman who was allegedly being detained against her will inside her own unit in Sydney’s west on Saturday night threw notes out the window to alert passers-by.
Authorities have taken the dramatic step of ordering a Sydney nightclub to shut after its patrons got so drunk they ended up in a brawl and a police officer was punched in the face.
A Commonwealth Bank customer visited Sydney only to make a shocking discovery at a local bank branch, a jury has heard today.
District Court Judge John Pickering found some of the excuses given by disgraced Surf Life Saving NSW boss Matthew Hanks for cheating the charity to be “incredulous”.
Jailed killer Jessica Camilleri has been charged with attacks on two prison officers including on one occasion “pulling hair from one’s scalp”.
A Sydney man whose girlfriend unlawfully withdrew millions from a CBA customer’s account wanted to buy a Ferrari, a jury has been told.
The Northern Beaches mansion will be the first property forfeited after an offender skipped bail amid calls for an overhaul of the sureties system.
An elderly former major in the Salvation Army has been acquitted of child sex abuse charges, with the judge expressing doubt about the victims’ account.
A young man charged with the murder of a teenager in Sydney will name the mystery shooter who pulled the trigger, a court has heard.
A young man charged with the murder of a teenager in Sydney will name the mystery shooter who pulled the trigger, a court has heard.
Triple-0 calls have been played to a court from the night former NRL player Michael Lichaa allegedly saw his fiancé engaging in an intimate act with old Bulldogs teammate Adam Elliott.
Alleged drug kingpin Mostafa Baluch said he needed bail to care for his elderly parents – then he vanished, sparking an international manhunt.
Several known associates of the Alamaddine crime family were targeted by police on Sunday afternoon as they celebrated a child’s party.
A former boss of Parramatta Girls School, who raped and terrified young women for years, has lost his appeal against his massive 82-year sentence.
Born to immigrant Afghani parents and educated at a popular sports high school, he’s now on the run while facing serious drug importation charges.
An anti-lockdown protester who allegedly attacked a 7News reporter at a Sydney rally and stole his phone has been released on bail.
A police theory that Mostafa Baluch escaped Sydney via private jet from Bankstown Airport appears to have gone cold.
The Raptor Squad arrested three men over an alleged violent bashing of a man who abused senior Alameddine figures in a video, according to police.
Detective Chief Inspector Russell Oxford has served the people of NSW for over 40 years, and he will retire on Thursday after catching some of the state’s worst criminals.
An international manhunt is underway for Australia’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ with police investigating whether alleged drug kingpin Mostafa Baluch plotted his escape using a private jet.
Another potential bloody feud is brewing with a million-dollar contract offered to kill Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad.
Former Test cricketer Michael Slater allegedly stalked his ex-partner through numerous texts and calls before allegedly turning up at her residence.
A 300kg haul of the drug ice worth $184 million has led to three men being arrested, with police alleging they sent the drugs inside an excavator.
A schizophrenic terror offender who spoke of beheading police and threatened to murder a Sydney magistrate is now mentally “stable” and ready to be released from jail, according to his legal team.
Mazen Kabbara could be jailed after admitting to chasing three teenagers who had stolen his car in Sydney’s west, before two of them died in a gruesome crash.
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