Domestic violence
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- Natassia Chrysanthos
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Years after their mothers were killed, these child survivors finally found each other
Trauma and tragedy linked these children who lost their mothers to domestic violence. They had to fight to find each other as adults.
- Cassandra Morgan
Julie discovered an abuse victim’s ex had left the woman saddled with $12m in debt
It took 77 people working for free, and three years’ full-time work, to save a stay-at-home mother from a mountain of fraudulent business debts created by her ex-husband.
- Wendy Tuohy
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‘This is a man who couldn’t cope’: Experts grapple with murder of Lilie James
Lilie James could not have known that Paul Thijssen would react with such violence to her decision to end their relationship.
- Jordan Baker
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‘I’m so sorry we couldn’t protect you’: Heartbreaking tribute from Lilie James’ mother
Confronting videos of Paul Thijssen preparing to kill his St Andrew’s Cathedral School colleague have been released by the inquest into both their deaths.
- Jordan Baker
Repeat youth offenders drive crime rise
The latest Crime Statistics Agency data shows crimes committed by children aged 10 to 17 rose to their highest levels last year since electronic records began in 1993.
- Brittany Busch and Kieran Rooney
Fear, control and punishment. Why Paul Thijssen killed Lilie James
The St Andrew’s sports coach covered up his sense of inadequacy by “projecting an image of perfection”. But James challenged that facade when she rejected him, experts say.
- Jordan Baker
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CCTV shows last minutes of Lilie James’ life
Paul Thijssen can be seen waiting with a hammer in his hand before entering a bathroom at St Andrew’s Cathedral School and killing the popular sports coach.
- Jordan Baker
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Killer filmed rehearsing school attack day Lilie James was murdered
CCTV recorded Paul Thijssen going to the bathrooms next to the St Andrew’s Cathedral School gym and practising lunging through the doors of two of them.
- Jordan Baker
A bright future, a dark heart: Lilie James inquest to explore control, abuse
An inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend in the St Andrew’s gym is expected to explore domestic violence, coercive control and technology-facilitated abuse
- Jordan Baker
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