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Sarah McPhee is a court reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.

What happens next for Alan Jones?

What happens next for Alan Jones?

Jones, who was granted bail by police, is due to face Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on December 18. It could be the start of a years-long legal battle.

  • by Sarah McPhee

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Officer who Tasered Clare Nowland tells court he felt action was ‘justified’

Officer who Tasered Clare Nowland tells court he felt action was ‘justified’

Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White has taken to the witness box at his trial for the manslaughter of the 95-year-old great-grandmother at a Cooma nursing home.

  • by Sarah McPhee
‘Overcome by fear’: Rapist jailed for violent attack on woman at The Star
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‘Overcome by fear’: Rapist jailed for violent attack on woman at The Star

A woman sexually assaulted by Byron Bay man Joel Nathan Fitzpatrick Burtt curled into a ball as he kicked her and dragged her across the ground, a judge said.

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‘Wave of darkness’ went over Clare Nowland: Officer thought she was going to be stabbed
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‘Wave of darkness’ went over Clare Nowland: Officer thought she was going to be stabbed

The colleague of the police officer facing trial for the great-grandmother’s manslaughter was “frightened” of being stabbed by the 95-year-old, a court has heard.

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CCTV reveals final moments before Clare Nowland was Tasered
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CCTV reveals final moments before Clare Nowland was Tasered

Footage shows the 95-year-old shuffling around a Cooma aged care home as a nurse says she has “never seen anything like” the Taser being pointed at the great-grandmother.

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Family gasps as video shown of moment 95-year-old Tasered by cop
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Family gasps as video shown of moment 95-year-old Tasered by cop

The jury was also shown photographs of Clare Nowland’s damaged pyjamas and the knives she held when she was confronted at the Cooma nursing home.

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‘We aren’t meant to Tase elderly people, but I needed to’: Officer’s alleged remarks
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‘We aren’t meant to Tase elderly people, but I needed to’: Officer’s alleged remarks

Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White is on trial in Sydney over the death of Clare Nowland in a Cooma nursing home last year.

  • by Sarah McPhee
‘Chop your hand off’: Slashed teen asked chef for lift home, court told
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‘Chop your hand off’: Slashed teen asked chef for lift home, court told

Jacob Greig, 32, who calls himself “Harry Potter” on social media, faced court accused of murdering a teenager in Sydney bushland.

  • by Perry Duffin and Sarah McPhee
Family furious at verdict after killer’s terrifying knife rampage
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Family furious at verdict after killer’s terrifying knife rampage

CCTV captured paramedic Steven Tougher’s killer threatening a mother and child inside a Sydney Bunnings and brandishing a knife at a 7-Eleven before the fatal stabbing.

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Family grieves as court hears horrific details of paramedic’s stabbing
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Family grieves as court hears horrific details of paramedic’s stabbing

The family of Steven Tougher sobbed as they came face to face with the man who killed him in a McDonald’s car park.

  • by Sarah McPhee
Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi, court rules
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Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi, court rules

A Federal Court judge found a tweet by the One Nation leader was a variant of “go back to where you came from”, which was a “racist trope with a long history”.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn and Sarah McPhee

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