Cobby, Balding killers could be released under new plan
The NSW attorney-general will be presented with a proposal to change the meaning of a life sentence, in a move which could lead to the release of some very violent criminals.
Crime In Focus
How right-wing extremists are exploiting virus crisis
Violent right-wing extremists are inciting followers to “weaponise” COVID-19 and spread it to police officers, religious minorities, non-whites and other “enemies”.
SA justice takes slow pace
South Australia’s court system is taking 15 weeks to hear serious cases. But it’s not all bad news – the figures show crime has actually reduced.
Terror teen up for parole early
A teen who plotted an Anzac Day attack in Melbourne with IS recruiter Neil Prakash, pictured, is up for parole just five years after being sentenced to life and could be out as early as next week with a new identity.
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Cop’s kids ‘don’t know mum was shot’
A police officer shot in Glen Innes has had six bullet fragments removed from her neck but doctors are unsure whether they can safely remove the remaining shrapnel. Her partner has spoken for the first time to The Daily Telegraph since the shooting revealing their kids don’t know their mum had been shot.
‘He’ll kill again’: Juvenile jail staff fears
He stabbed a teenage girl 48 times as she walked home from school when he was aged 16. Thirteen years later, this unidentified killer could be released after serving just half of his sentence.
Wanted Aussie terror suspect gloats about new life
The Queensland man who went to Syria as a teen and is now wanted on terrorism charges has broken his silence, saying the loss of his Australia passport was “a blessing in disguise.’’
Slain kingpin’s brother shot in assassination bid
The brother of slain underworld figure Hamad Assaad has been shot twice in western Sydney early today. Assaad was gunned down two years ago after a tit-for-tat war exploded with the murder of the Mr Big of Middle Eastern crime, Wally Ahmed.
Game hunter dead after police officers shot
A female senior constable was shot in the neck and her male colleague, Sergeant Mark Johnston, was shot in the face after responding to a call for help from Lesley Ann Newman, who had fled her gun-wielding 74-year-old husband Eric, a former trophy hunter, at their home in northern NSW.
Two hero cops shot answering SOS call
Eric Newman was a fanatical big-game trophy hunter who revelled in killing wildlife like giraffes and zebras. On Friday night Newman used his marksmanship to shoot Sergeant Mark Johnston in the face and Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie in the neck as they attended to a domestic violence complaint. He then turned the gun on himself.
‘He was staring into space … like no one was there’
The family of a game hunter who shot two police officers has described how they tried to reason with him moments before he fired and have urged people not to judge. Eric Newman tried to strangle his wife as she got ready for bed before firing at the officers and then turning the gun on himself.
Meet the ‘Godfather’ behind Australia’s ice hell
He’s the drug kingpin behind our nation’s ice epidemic whose exploits inspired a gritty Netflix saga. And this is how our top cops will stop at nothing to go after the life-destroying crime lord.
White collar crime hit by massive shake-up
The fallout from the banking royal commission has prompted one of the biggest-ever overhauls of Australia’s corporate criminal justice system.
Fear chills Melbourne’s heart again
It’s a story tragically familiar to Melbourne that has again caused outrage. Aiia Maasarwe was returning after a night out before she was killed at random, sadly too similar to the murders of Jill Meagher, Masa Vukotic and Eurydice Dixon, writes Andrew Rule.
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