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Sally Rawsthorne is a crime reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

‘I went into labour as a widow’: Wife’s heartbreaking testimony about killing of paramedic
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‘I went into labour as a widow’: Wife’s heartbreaking testimony about killing of paramedic

Steven Tougher’s wife sobbed as she recounted giving birth to the couple’s child in the weeks after his stabbing death outside a Sydney McDonald’s.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne

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‘I’m going to murder you’: Man pleads guilty under new coercive control law

‘I’m going to murder you’: Man pleads guilty under new coercive control law

After years of abuse, the woman walked into a police station. In tears, she told officers what she had endured.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
Woman dies at popular Sydney beach
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Woman dies at popular Sydney beach

The 63-year-old was found unresponsive in the water after a suspected diving incident.

  • by Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
Tyrrell foster mother says boy’s skeleton will be found ‘in 40 years’, phone tap reveals

Tyrrell foster mother says boy’s skeleton will be found ‘in 40 years’, phone tap reveals

The woman also said she doesn’t know why she didn’t immediately call triple zero when three-year-old William disappeared.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
Woman confronts foster mother outside William Tyrrell inquest

Woman confronts foster mother outside William Tyrrell inquest

The deputy state coroner issued a stern warning after a woman describing herself as a “concerned taxpayer” yelled at the missing child’s foster mother outside the hearing.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
The mortgage broker, his son and 50kg of cocaine: Text messages bring down alleged drug importation
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The mortgage broker, his son and 50kg of cocaine: Text messages bring down alleged drug importation

Northern beaches mortgage broker Keenan Mickley was on top of the world. It was not to last.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
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The lavish lifestyle and stunning downfall of an eastern suburbs high-flyer
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The lavish lifestyle and stunning downfall of an eastern suburbs high-flyer

He was the son of a Liberal Party blueblood whose extravagance caught the attention of authorities.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
‘Nothing to suggest’ Bondi kosher business fire was targeted: police

‘Nothing to suggest’ Bondi kosher business fire was targeted: police

Emergency services were called to Lewis’ Continental Kitchen on Curlewis Street just after 4am to reports of a fire. 

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
The toddler, the $60,000 Bunnings drug deal, and Groovin the Moo
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The toddler, the $60,000 Bunnings drug deal, and Groovin the Moo

Sydney man Jonathon Towers took his young son to buy MDMA at a suburban Bunnings car park. He’s now facing two years behind bars.

  • by Frances Howe and Sally Rawsthorne
Roosters half Sandon Smith to face court over serious driving charge
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Roosters half Sandon Smith to face court over serious driving charge

Rising Roosters star Sandon Smith has been charged with a serious driving offence over a traffic incident that left a man with ‘serious foot injuries’.

  • by Dan Walsh and Sally Rawsthorne
Daycare worker ‘filmed abuse of children’ in Sydney classroom
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Daycare worker ‘filmed abuse of children’ in Sydney classroom

The man, who allegedly abused children over a number of years, is the second daycare worker charged in unrelated child abuse cases in Sydney in two days.

  • by Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne

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