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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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NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Bellevue Hill Stabbing: At around 1:40am this morning emergency services were called 51 Drumalbyn Rd nearest cross Beresford Rd for reports of an assault. On arrival emergency services found a 22 yo male with multiple stab wounds. One of particular note that ambulance officers were concerned about was a stab wound to the mans spine in the Thorasic region. Emergency services removed the man from the building and down some stairs to a landing to stabilise him. Once stabilised he was moved down another set of stairs where he was prepared for the ambulance. A woman aged approx 55-60 yo was arrested at the scene and was taken away in a Police Paddy Wagon. Police setup a crime scene, with forensics officers arriving later this morning to investigate the incident. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Mum accused of stabbing son to leave jail

A Sydney mother who allegedly stabbed her son several times in her eastern suburbs mansion made an eye-watering offer to be released on bail.

Radio

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. PLEASE CHECK WITH JEFF DARMANI ST PIC ED BEFORE PUBLISHING. Jean Nassif, Parramatta property developer who shared a video of himself on Instagram, gifting his model/actor wife Nissy a bright yellow lamborghini has been lampooned by his

New tactic in developer stoush with Hadley

A new approach has been taken the legal stoush between colourful property developer Jean Nassif and the Sydney radio host Ray Hadley.

NRL

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos November 30, 2020. Former star rugby league player Jarryd Hayne and his legal team leave Newcastle Court after he spent the day in the stand on Day 6 of his trial for sexual assault. Picture NCA NewsWire / Peter Lorimer.

Date set for Jarryd Hayne’s new trial

Ex-NRL star Jarryd Hayne’s retrial for sexual assault will go ahead in Sydney next year after a jury could not reach a verdict.

NSW

**ID CONFIRMED BY ERIN LYONS** Damian Wanstall, Deputy Principal at Kellyville High School charged over online sexual grooming offences. Picture: LinkedIn

What deputy principal asked ‘girl’ revealed

The sexual messages a Sydney deputy principal sent a 14-year-old girl, who was really an undercover cop, have been heard in court for the first time.

UPDATEDNSW / ACT Courts & Law

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 14, 2020 - Rosemary Rogers, former NAB chief of staff caught in a multimillion-dollar fraud scandal, leaves the Downing Centre in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

How bank employee’s lavish life unravelled

A high-ranking bank employee and her “bestie” allegedly carried out a con that netted millions to pay for holidays and homes, a court has heard.

Motoring

WEEKEND TELEGRAPH - 16/9/20Barrister Peter Lavac pictured at Palm Beach with his Lamborghini with rego plates

Why supercar number plates were banned

A lawyer who had been fighting for the right to keep X-rated number plates on his Lamborghini has been dealt a blow in court – but he’s got a new idea.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Arthur Alliband, 26, is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in a Western Sydney park on Monday afternoon, the same day he was released on automatic parole after serving an 18-month prison sentence for two counts of having sex with a 13-year-old. Picture: 7 News Sydney

Sex predator’s 58 rules to live by

A man who sexually abused a teenage girl on the day he was released from jail has been handed a list of conditions by a court.

NSW

**DAILY TELEGRAPH ONLY** A knife-wielding man who terrorised bystanders in the Sydney CBD during an alleged stabbing rampage which left one woman dead and another injured is a 21-year-old escaped mental patient. Mert Ney, from Marayong in Sydney’s west, was detained by members of the public about 2pm after he was seen walking along York St covered in blood and armed with a knife. Picture: Seven News

Sydney CBD stabber to learn fate

The crazed knifeman who killed a young woman and terrorised Sydney looked almost unrecognisable during a brief court appearance today.

UpdatedCrime

Pictured is Tony Maaz, a western Sydney construction worker arrested over a plot to import 448kg of MDMA into Australia inside an excavator. ID confirmed to journalist Heath Parkes-Hupton by a neighbour.

Tradie charged over excavator drug bust

A Sydney construction worker has been charged after $79 million of drugs were found inside an excavator imported into Australia and sold at an auction house.

Celebrity Life

Trainers (L -R) Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton, Tiffiny Hall, and the Commando, Steve Willis from TV show 'The Biggest Loser'. Pic Channel Ten.

Twist in Commando’s ‘stalker’ case

The woman accused of stalking Steve ‘Commando’ Willis wants to provide fresh evidence as she seeks to clear her name.

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