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Stuart MacGill helped set up $330,000 cocaine deal in restaurant car park, court told

Stuart MacGill helped set up $330,000 cocaine deal in restaurant car park, court told

The former cricketer was allegedly unimpressed with his regular dealer’s cocaine quality and introduced him to his brother-in-law. But when an alleged deal went wrong, he was kidnapped.

  • by Clare Sibthorpe

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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
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‘Incredibly stupid’: Pistol-wielding Uber driver faces court after parliament emergency

‘Incredibly stupid’: Pistol-wielding Uber driver faces court after parliament emergency

The man triggered a major police response when he waved a replica gun from the window of his car outside NSW parliament.

  • by Amber Schultz
‘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.

  • by Sarah McPhee
‘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.

  • by Sarah McPhee
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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.

  • by Sarah McPhee
Once branded a killer, Kathleen Folbigg says what happened next rubbed salt in her wounds
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Once branded a killer, Kathleen Folbigg says what happened next rubbed salt in her wounds

After spending more than a third of her life behind bars, Kathleen Folbigg says she still faces an agonising fight.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
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.

  • by Sarah McPhee
Bombshell evidence about Bondi Westfield killer revealed at hearing

Bombshell evidence about Bondi Westfield killer revealed at hearing

The first hearing into the stabbing rampage, in which Joel Cauchi killed six people before being shot dead by police, has been held in Sydney.

  • by Perry Duffin
‘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

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