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Tabitha Acret, the mother of Mackenzie Anderson, speaks to media outside Newcastle Court, following the sentence of Tyrone Thompson, in Newcastle, NSW, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING *SINGLE USE FOR SMH*FEES APPLY*

‘An insult to women globally’: Mother of woman stabbed 78 times outraged by killer’s sentence

Mackenzie Anderson’s distressed mother ran sobbing from the court and collapsed outside after the maximum term of 22 years and six months was handed down.

  • Mark Russell

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Merivale VIP Matthew Palavidis arriving at Waverley local court on Friday

Merivale VIP allegedly sexually touched waitress as a ‘present’ to himself

He allegedly attempted to undo a waitress’s top as a “present” to himself, a court has heard, as he was served a bump of caviar in one of the hospitality giant’s venues in Coogee.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Mackenzie Anderson, 21, died after being found with critical injuries on Friday.

Woman stabbed 78 times lived in ‘fear no human should ever know’, grieving mother tells court

Mackenzie Anderson, 21, was murdered in her home by a paroled ex-boyfriend. Her mother says her daughter was “failed by the system”.

  • Mark Russell
Michael Anthony Lunn, also known as Tony Lunn, arrives at court on Wednesday for the judge’s verdicts.

‘A monster behind bars’: Vaucluse students vindicated as teacher found to be paedophile

Former students of Michael Anthony Lunn cried and embraced as a judge found he had committed serial child sexual abuse at the Sydney eastern suburbs school.

  • Sarah McPhee
A 38-year-old man was charged over the alleged court document breach after a raid of a Maroubra home.

Maroubra man charged over data breach that exposed thousands of sensitive court documents

The hack of the NSW online court registry exposed almost 9000 documents, possibly including names and addresses of victims.

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A Sydney writer expected sex from a 15-year-old girl. Two boys were waiting for him

The 66-year-old northern beaches man arrived at a Sydney hotel after arranging a meeting on an adult dating site.

  • Clare Sibthorpe and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Molly’s death was meant to change everything. Sue was desperate to escape the same fate

Sue was nursing a terrible injury and trying to protect two children. A phone call saved them.

  • Jordan Baker
Former Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu was shot dead in Sydney’s inner west  last year.

‘Borrowed’ Mercedes possible motive for alleged inner west murder, court told

Yusuf Nazlioglu was ambushed and shot up to eight times as he got out of his car in the underground car park of his apartment complex.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Chief Justice Andrew Bell, photographed in his chambers in Sydney in 2023.

Top judge on warpath after lawyers lash ‘box-ticking’ training courses

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has foreshadowed a historic overhaul of legal training after lawyers vented their fury about the cost and quality of existing courses.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Police arrive at the scene to disperse the crowd outside Manly Wharf.

Extensive criminal history of man jailed over mass Manly brawl

Royce Jensen, 21, was part of a group who spat at diners trying to keep dozens of youths out of a restaurant as families fled and left their meals behind.

  • Clare Sibthorpe

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