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David MurrayNational Crime Correspondent

David Murray is The Australian’s National Crime Correspondent. He was previously Crime Editor at The Courier-Mail and prior to that was News Corp’s London-based Europe Correspondent. He is behind investigative podcasts The Lighthouse and Searching for Rachel Antonio and is the author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay.

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21/6/24:Andy and Michelle Read at South Cronulla Beach. Andy is Bronwyn WinfieldÃ¢â¬â¢s brother and his wife Michelle her sister-in-law. Bronwyn went missing in 1993 and has never been found. John Feder/The Australian.

Soul doctors, curses and clairvoyants: Bronwyn mystery takes strange twist | NEW EPISODE OUT

For one episode only, the Bronwyn podcast hurtles deep into the spirit world, and her brother wants something known about a purported family curse | LISTEN

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NSW Police seek Bronwyn podcast evidence

NSW Police have made a broad request for material from the Bronwyn Winfield podcast, following the chilling account of a new witness and a search of a tannin-stained lake for her body.

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‘cold and heartless’Nation

Crystal Winfield, left, her missing mother Bronwyn, sister Lauren and step-father Jon, pictured more recently after a surf near his home at Lennox Head.

First she lost her mum, now it’s her money

The daughter of missing woman Bronwyn Winfield breaks her silence, says her mother may have ‘trusted the wrong person’ as she reveals she herself has been the victim of a devastating scam.

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Acquitted, then ruled a killer – now defiant John Peros has a financial price to pay

John Peros’s defamation claim over The Australian’s Shandee’s Story podcast has been torpedoed in the Supreme Court.

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Alice Springs looking into a pastor, Terry Medling. Source: Facebook

‘Jesus will pay back’: Alice Springs pastor’s message to alleged victim

An Alice Springs pastor accused of the aggravated physical assault of a 13-year-old Aboriginal girl told her there would be ‘pay back’ from Jesus over the charge.

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Alice Springs pastor faces child assault charge

The self-declared longest-serving missionary in Alice Springs has been accused of physical assaults on young Aboriginal children, but says he’s an innocent ‘man of God’.

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07/08/2024: Gavin Morris, principal of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs. PIC: Jeremy Goddard

Principal warned of cops’ inaction, days before his shock arrest

A week before his shock arrest on Thursday for allegedly physically assaulting five young children, Gavin Morris recorded an interview in which he did not hold back | WATCH

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25/04/2023: Alice Springs based Yipirinya School principal Gavin Morris on the school grounds. He is with school minibuses similar to the one that was written off after a mob of students stole it in August 2022 for a joy-ride. PIC: Grenville Turner

‘Deeply concerned’ Yipirinya school council breaks silence

The principal of central Australia’s largest Indigenous school has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault against children.

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‘Shock’ as details of alleged assaults by NT principal emerge

Gavin Morris, principal of the prominent school for Indigenous children in Alice Springs, has been charged over allegations of aggravated assaults on multiple children.

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Sarah Kopp and Paul Grealy, Goodwill Games at ANZ Stadium (QEII) Brisbane, August/September 2001 when Sarah was 16 and Grealy was 32 Picture: Supplied

Jail term for teacher who groomed girl

The teacher had a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old student and married her. A victims’ advocate predicts more women who have been in these situations will gain the confidence to come forward.

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