Aussie questioned over Frenchman’s disappearance
French Police have arrested an Australian woman for questioning over the disappearance of her younger boyfriend three years ago following a hiking trip in Andorra.
Crime In Focus
American jailed over Aussie ‘killing machine’ plan
A US gun manufacturer who faced 20 years jail for a sophisticated firearm export plan hatched with a Victorian man will spend just two years behind bars.
‘Ethics were f—ed’: Overland’s stunning admission
Former top cop Simon Overland has unravelled while being quizzed about the Lawyer X scandal and who bore responsibility for the chaos caused by Nicola Gobbo’s informing.
Bali Nine smuggler applies for life sentence cut
Bali Nine’s Scott Rush, a Queenslander lured into a plot to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin overseas, has applied to have his life sentence slashed to 20 years.
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Chilling call just hours before fatal blast
IN the hours before Jeffrey Brooks died from a shotgun wound, he made one final phone call. His words during that call have haunted a former colleague ever since.
Shooting cold case blown open by dodgy gun
AN EXPERIENCED shooter who was believed to have accidentally killed himself with a shotgun at work “flatly refused’’ to use the old firearm because it was so dangerous. Now, his parents are pushing for a new inquest. LISTEN TO PART 2 OF OUR PODCAST.
The gunshot that blows this case wide open
THE shotgun blast believed to have killed this man at a Queensland farm was heard by a neighbour 1km away — but not by a nearby co-worker who found his body. PODCAST
Carl’s deal that brought more harm than good
CARL Williams knew the power he held when he struck a deal to become a police informant, demanding money for his daughter and that his dad’s tax debt be waived. But when Carl died, the deal did too, leaving George Williams out in the cold with the taxman knocking.
‘He’s no monster’: Ellery’s sister speaks out
THE sister of Bronson Ellery has spoken out for the first time since his and Shelsea Schilling’s grisly deaths – on the ‘lil bro’ she knew, his downward spiral, her confrontation with a witness and why her suffering family wants an inquest too.
Cop killer mum and son’s twisted fortress
THE story of the delusional world of Fiona and Mitchell Barbieri can now be told after the close of the inquest into the murder of Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson — knifed when he walked into their bizarre suburban stronghold.
Mass murderer in a Mack truck
THE truck hit the wall like a bomb going off; 25 tonnes of metal smashing into a pub at high speed. Five people would die, but the driver just smiled as he stepped over a survivor and ran into the night.
Stunning letter after worker shot dead
THE former boss of a man shot dead while working on a farm south of Brisbane wrote a letter pleading with authorities to look further into the case, which police determined was an accident.
Rise of the Insta-Gangster
GONE are the days of the handlebar moustache, ripped jeans and leather jackets and men who fought over the patch you wore on your vest. Now cash is king, loyalty is dead and business is conducted between historically bitter enemies. Welcome to our bikie scene in 2018.
Response to death ‘left me stunned’
A FORMER co-owner of the farm where a young man died in a workplace shooting told an inquest of the moment he phoned the site after hearing of the shocking death, only to be left “flabbergasted” by the response at the other end of the line.
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