Crime
Retired priest caught ‘grooming 14-year-old boy online’ in Sydney sting
The 77-year-old allegedly made plans to meet the teenager but was arrested by undercover police.
- by Perry Duffin
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Queensland Police
Tributes for ‘beautiful sister’ allegedly chased, gunned down in suspected murder
Chloe Jade Mason was found unconscious with a gunshot wound on a Caboolture footpath in the early hours of Sunday morning after reportedly being pursued by two men.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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USA
‘One of the most depraved crimes’: Woman burnt to death on New York subway
Police have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a woman on fire after she fell asleep on a stationary train.
- by Susan Haigh
Cruelty charges laid after almost 100 kangaroos shot
A man has been charged after the latest in a string of horrific animal cruelty cases in NSW.
- by Perry Duffin
Editorial
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An extraordinary woman stood up to dozens of ordinary men – and exploded a myth
A horrific mass rape trial in France has shone a light on the dark web and may help change attitudes around the world.
- The Herald's View
‘Horrific acts of animal cruelty’: Dozens of chickens killed at NSW high school
NSW Police are investigating after 29 birds were slaughtered south of Sydney.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Police vow to find men who held antisemitic sign on steps of Victorian parliament
Victoria Police say they have identified one of the men allegedly involved in a neo-Nazi protest on the steps of parliament on Friday night in which an antisemitc sign was displayed.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Eight convicted over the beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty
Paty was killed by an Islamic extremist in 2020, after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a mandated lesson on freedom of expression.
- by Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin
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Victoria
Man charged with murder after fatal double shooting in Rye
Jack Gilmour and Charlyze Hayter were found with fatal gunshot wounds after a fight broke out in a home on the Mornington Peninsula on December 2.
- by Angus Delaney and Lachlan Abbott
Perth women confront their abuser after court finds him guilty of drugging, raping them
Adam Lusk assaulted 12 women and girls over a two-year period, often filming himself raping them while they were unconscious.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Analysis
Naked City
The A to Z of crime, 2024 style
From the torching of tobacco stores to High Country killings, mushroom mysteries and cold cases solved: John Silvester reviews the year in crime.
- by John Silvester
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/crime-5w4