Aussies in overseas jail hell this Christmas
Some protest their innocence; others are simply serving their time. These are the Aussies cut off from friends and family spending Christmas in foreign prisons.
Crime In Focus
‘He was taken by an act of pure evil’
The family of murdered man Samuel Hunter Thompson have shared heartbreaking victim impact statements after his killer was sentenced to life behind bars.
How Janelle Patton’s killer tried to trick police
FBI-trained criminal profilers like Kris Illingsworth look for the ritualised behaviour of serial killers to work out the signature aspects of a crime. This is how she caught Janelle Patton’s killer.
Husband takes secret of missing wife to the grave
To most, Ruth Ridley was a bubbly, doting grandmother in a happy marriage. But for almost 40 years she was manipulated and abused by a man who refused to let her go. Now police are searching for her body.
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Ex-private school music teacher’s freedom bid
AUSTRALIAN cops in three states and News Corp helped put this man behind bars a decade ago, but Gary Maxwell Featherstone was paroled. Now, he’s been arrested again.
How killer bugs cracked gruesome mystery
AFTER 10 months with no breakthrough, police investigating the horrific discovery of a burning headless torso on the side of a rural Queensland road finally got a break. Kate Kyriacou reveals the “unorthodox” methods used to solve George Gerbic’s murder.
Mongrel Mob’s Coast clubhouse
THE clubhouse of notorious New Zealand gang — the Mongrel Mob — has popped up in a quiet Gold Coast suburb and the violent street gang is on a membership drive recruiting young, disenfranchised youth.
In pictures: What really happened to Jeffrey Brooks?
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
Where are the hitmen of Melbourne’s gangland war today?
IT’S hard to put a figure on the number of scalps claimed by Melbourne’s underworld hitmen. Some are dead, others in jail — this is where they are today.
When Japanese death cult tested nerve gas in outback
A REMOTE Australian outback station provided the perfect cover for the Japanese Supreme Truth cult leader, executed this month, to plan the Tokyo subway attack that killed 12 people. But did the cult also detonate a nuclear bomb in the desert?
Bronson Ellery: Bikie or police informant?
HEAVILY-tattooed Bronson Ellery was living in fear, told people he was a police informant and wanted to leave town days before he was found dead with Shelsea Schilling, in explosive new claims.
Gunfight on the Birdsville Track
THREE desperados on the ground, cops with guns drawn and a terrified girl rescued from the back of a car. This is the moment a perilous outback manhunt ended in a police ambush and shootout.
Dead eyes of jailhouse killer like looking into black hole
JAILHOUSE killer Matthew Johnson has the death stare to match his shocking rap sheet, with one prison source describing his glare in chilling terms: “It’s like you’re looking into a black hole.”
Dead Wrong: The Smoking Gun
EPISODE two of the Dead Wrong true crime podcast delves into some of the most crucial aspects of Jeffrey Brooks’ death, including the time of the fatal shot and who heard it.
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