Compelled to visit the Snowtown killers – but banned
An SA man who writes to prisoners is waging a fight to visit Australia’s two worst serial killers, the bodies in the barrels murderers. He’s not alone in his dark interest.
Crime In Focus
Baxter planned to murder other family
Before brutally murdering his estranged wife, Hannah Clarke, Rowan Baxter had told her horrific stories about plans he’d hatched to kill his older child and former partner, as well as details of a brutal road-rage attack.
Fake prince begins new life in NZ
The notorious fake Tahitian prince, Joel Barlow, who fleeced Queensland taxpayers of $16 million to fund his lavish lifestyle has been released from jail and whisked back to New Zealand. PICTURES | VIDEO
Plot to kill ex-wife from jail fails
A prisoner jailed for child porn possession has had his sentence extended after being found guilty of trying to hire a hitman to kill his ex-wife and tell her ‘f … you, you b …’ before she died.
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Aussies who never made it home for Christmas
The festive season is meant to be a time for family, but for some, Christmas is a reminder of when their daughters, brothers, mothers and friends vanished without a trace.
How undercover agent brought down an Ibrahim
For more than 18 months, an undercover operative infiltrated the inner circles of the Ibrahim clan and some of the country’s biggest drug dealers. This is the explosive account of how he did it. THE IBRAHIM TAPES: EXCLUSIVE TRANSCRIPTS
Sydney home of Hells Angels president raided
Police raided the waterfront Sydney home of Hells Angels national president Angelo Pandeli, as part of an investigation into a multimillion-dollar drug importation. The raid is part of an investigation into an alleged failed bid to use a small plane to import more than $250 million worth of ice into Australia.
Baden-Clay’s transformation behind bars
Once considered “arrogant” and “above everyone else”, notorious wife killer Gerard Baden-Clay has undergone something of a transformation as he serves his life sentence.
Victoria’s most dangerous and crooked cop
Paul William Higgins was a violent thug, standover man and a rapist, and he did it all while wearing a badge. He was a ruthless, brutal and very, very corrupt cop, writes Andrew Rule.
The abduction of innocence that rocked Rosebud
Little Sheree Beasley cut a picture of innocence as she rode her pink bike along a Rosebud street on June 29, 1991. Until paedophile Robert Arthur Selby Lowe pounced in what a judge described as “every child’s fear and every parent’s nightmare”. NEW LIFE & CRIMES PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Crimes that shocked Queensland in 2018
A mother accused of murdering her disabled children, a teenage girl’s badly beaten body stuffed in a barrel, a young woman killed while walking her dog, industrial sabotage and the sentencing of child killers – these are the crimes that shocked Queensland in 2018.
Was James the sixth victim of Vivian Deboo?
James was a bubbly and carefree young man — until he worked at the cafe of convicted paedophile Vivian Deboo. In 1997, when the predator was set to be released back into the Victor Harbor community, he took his own life. He was 21. This is his story.
Is this the end of James Bond?
Foreign governments — including our allies — no longer need 007 types to steal our secrets, relying on organised crime groups with hacking skills to fill their shopping lists of coveted information instead.
Cecilia‘s jilted lover’s excuse for leaving Australia
The man accused of killing Sydney mining executive Cecilia Haddad has spoken in a Brazilian court for the first time and explained why he left for Rio at the time of her death.
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