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Clare is a journalist with a focus on court and crime. She has worked in newsrooms in Australia, the UK and Middle East. Her investigation into Australia’s largest online child abuse ring, Inside Arkstone, won her a 2022 News Award. She joined news.com.au in early 2023.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 20, 2023: Former NRL star, Jarryd Hayne arrives at Downing Centre JMT courts today with his girlfriend and legal team. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

‘Impossible’: Hayne grilled on evidence

Jarryd Hayne allegedly “seduced” a woman with an Ed Sheeran cover before assaulting her, a court has heard.

NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 16, 2023: Pictured arriving at Downing Centre Court in Sydney is former NRL player Jarryd Hayne as he attends another day of his rape trial. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Richard Dobson

‘Weirdo’: Hayne’s words on alleged victim

A court has heard ex-NRL star Jarryd Hayne “acted like a d***head” in the bedroom of his accuser as new details are read out in court.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

A mock-up image of a WhatsApp exchange between Bruce Lehrmann and a friend that was aired in court. Picture: Supplied

‘Got any gear?’ Lehrmann’s text revealed

Bruce Lehrmann texted a friend saying “need bags” on the night Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations became public, messages tendered to court reveal.

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Friend’s C-bomb text to ex-NRL star’s accuser

Text messages between Jarryd Hayne’s alleged victim and her best friend have been revealed in the former NRL star’s sexual assault case.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NewsWire Photos. MARCH 16TH 2023 Bruce Lehrmann walks out of the supreme court in Sydney . Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Flavio Brancaleone

Names in Lehrmann’s ‘blue book’ revealed

Channel 10’s lawyer Matt Collins KC quizzed Mr Lehrmann about a “blue book” police obtained photographs of after he was questioned.

UpdatedNSW / ACT Courts & Law

‘Caught out’: Lehrmann’s ‘fabricated’ texts

Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to “fabricating” words said in texts to his girlfriend when media first aired Brittany Higgins’ allegations.

UPDATEDClimate Change

Sydney Harbour Bridge climate protesters Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco and Alan Glover appeal sentences

Freed climate protester wants to sue cops

An activist who was jailed for a protest that blocked traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has had her prison sentence scrapped.

NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos MARCH 13 2023 - Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is seen arriving at the JMT Court in Sydney as the trial argument for the accused Hayne of sexually assaulting a woman at her Newcastle home on grand final night in 2018. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard.

Hayne’s three-word text to alleged victim

The rape trial against former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has revealed alleged disturbing texts exchanged between him and the complainant.

Courts & Law

Gym coach allegedly abused seven girls

An ex-top gymnastics coach has denied sexually assaulting several girls over more than two decades, as he faced a string of charges in court.

Music

Guy towered over neighbour with brick: court

Guy Sebastian allegedly “towered over” his neighbour “with a brick in his hand” over a dispute about a fence, a court has heard.

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