The Editorial Team

Heath is a parochial Novocastrian and senior reporter at news.com.au. He started off at country newspapers in 2016, before moving to Sydney and working for Fairfax, the ABC and News Corp. He’s covered almost everything, but is most passionate about reporting on the realm of court and crime.

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Chief Inspector Brendan Bernie addresses the media after a woman was found in the boot of a car on the Hume Highway near Berrima with stab wounds on February 3. Picture: 9 News

Stabbed woman’s desperate wave from boot

Police officers made a shocking discovery on the Hume Highway on Wednesday morning after a truckie noticed something highly unusual.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Ohrin Banas, 26, of Lane Cove became the 17th person arrested as part of the Australian Federal Police's Operation Arkstone on January 14, 2021. The large scale investigation is targeting child sexual abuse and child abuse material network across Australia. Picture: NSW Police

Man accused of sex act involving dog

A man from Sydney’s leafy north shore faces sickening charges after police arrested him at his home last month.

NSW & ACT Crime

Mark Morgan (pictured on ambulance stretcher) is accused of deliberately running over his step father after dragging him outside onto a nature strip and kicking him in the face, in Sydney's Telopea. Picture: Supplied via NCA NewsWire

‘Screams’ heard before man’s alleged rampage

A man is accused of deliberately running over his stepdad after dragging him outside onto a nature strip as neighbours speak of the ‘traumatic’ events.

ExclusiveNSW / ACT Courts & Law

WARNING. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. PLEASE CONTACT ST PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Pictured is Andrew O'Keefe at the State Theatre in Sydney today. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Andrew O’Keefe charged with assault

The game show host and former White Ribbon chairman was arrested overnight in Sydney, and charged over an alleged domestic assault.

Health Problems

New blood donation rules for gay men

New rules that change the barriers facing gay men who want to donate blood in Australia don’t go far enough, advocates say.

Health Problems

A not so busy Bondi Beach drive through Covid-19 testing site. 30th January 2021. Picture by Damian Shaw

Virus warning for three Sydney suburbs

NSW has recorded a new milestone as it battles the coronavirus, but health officials are concerned the virus is still circulating undetected.

NSW & ACT Crime

**FEES APPLY PER USE - MUST CREDIT TNV** An investigation is underway after the discovery of a man’s body in a burnt-out vehicle in Sydney’s south-west overnight., About 6.00pm (Saturday 30 January 2021), emergency services were called to the Hume Road, Smithfield, after reports of a vehicle fire., , Fire & Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze and police discovered the body of a man inside., , The man, believed to be aged in his 20s, is yet to be formally identified., , A crime scene was established, which is being examined by specialist forensic officers., , Detectives from Cumberland Police Area Command, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have established Strike Force Bettington to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man’s death, which is being treated as suspicious. Picture: TNV

‘Suspicious’ discovery in burnt-out car

Police are investigating after a man’s body was found inside a burnt-out car in an industrial cul-de-sac in Sydney’s west.

NSW & ACT

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS 23/7/20WEEKEND TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING.Exclusive look inside the Missing Persons Registry in police HQ at Parramatta today. Manager of the MPR, Glen Browne pictured. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

State’s bold plan to ID 330 mystery bodies

Police have a new tactic that could reveal the identity of hundreds of mystery human remains.

NSW & ACT Crime

ST GEORGE SHIRE STANDARD EXCLUSIVE // Police have confirmed a man is dead and another is injured after a horrific public shooting in Hurstville on January 31, 2021. Picture: Video supplied anonymously to Eliza Barr

Chaos as men ‘ambushed’, shot on street

Pictures and video show chaos on a Sydney street after two men were found suffering gunshot wounds inside a Mercedes, as police hunt for a gunman.

VIC

GENERIC: Ambulance, Geelong, Ambulance Victoria, Paramedic, Emergency Services. Picture: Stephen Harman

Man killed in horror crash

A man has died in a horror two-car crash in a small Victorian town overnight.

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