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Police swarmed on a street in North Toowoomba after a woman was shot, later dying of her wounds.

‘Extremely alarming’: Three arrested after woman killed in Toowoomba

Police swarmed a city street after at least one gunshot rang out from a house, not far from a primary school, leaving a woman dead.

  • Cloe Read

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Toyah Cordingley with her father Troy.

‘I reeled back. I was horrified’: Dad tells of moment he found daughter’s body

Troy Cordingley has told a jury he discovered daughter Toyah’s body after scooping sand from a strange mound on a north Queensland beach.

  • Rex Martinich
Police at the Bunnings car park following the incident

Pair charged over brutal Bunnings car park stabbing were on bail for another stabbing

Magistrate Brett Sonnet described CCTV footage of the incident as “absolutely outrageous” and “emblematic of cowardly conduct”.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Elizabeth Rose Struhs.

Fringe religious group sentenced over girl’s ‘slow and painful’ death

Three years after Elizabeth Struhs died, her mother and father have been jailed, with a judge also dealing with their “dangerous, highly manipulative” leader.

  • Cloe Read
Nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh in Max Veifer’s video.

Dreyfus seeks help from Israel as Sydney nurse charged over antisemitic video

The attorney-general has approached the Israeli government to ensure the crucial video evidence is admissible in court, after nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh was hit with federal charges.

  • David Crowe, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
Darren Wayne Rudkin and his partner Farrah De Gelder, who are both charged with aggravated stealing.

Evicted couple accused of stealing estimated $100k of furniture from mansion

Darren Wayne Rudkin and Farrah De Gelder are each charged with aggravated stealing, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 to 14 years’ jail.

  • Dan Nolan
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Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC.

Top prosecutor’s office reviews hundreds of NSW sexual assault cases

DPP Sally Dowling, SC, has hit back at criticism from District Court judges but says her office will consider new processes for reviewing charges.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Toyah Cordingley’s family raised the alarm the evening she didn’t return.

Stab victim might have been alive when buried in sand

Toyah Cordingley was either dead or certain to die when she was buried in sand at a remote beach after having her throat cut, a jury has heard.

  • Rex Martinich
The man will be the first ever to be sentenced under a new Victorian law.

‘Heinous’ abusive husband imprisoned wife in their home

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is the first person to face sentencing for aggravated servitude in Victoria.

  • Emily Woods
Investigators at the Werribee South home in 2022 where police allege Michael Gauci attacked his neighbour.

Man alleged to have set neighbour on fire with blowtorch over loud music

Michael Gauci is accused of pouring accelerant over his neighbour and setting her on fire. He has been charged with attempted murder.

  • Emily Woods

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