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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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23/07/2019: Michael Cuthbert with daughters L-R Shylah, 11, Makayla, 13 , near a memorial to Sharon in the garden at home in Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast. Michael's wife Sharon was killed by a careless/reckless driver outside their home. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Judge not told of driver’s second charge

Prosecutors say they were unaware an alleged drug driver who killed a mother-of-two was charged again before sentencing.

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23/07/2019: Sharon Altoft whose husband Ken was killed by a speeding driver, at her home in Mountain Creek, on the Sunshine Coast. Sharon is disappointed with the justice system's handling of her case . Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Just two years? Injustice lingers

On the day Ken Altoft’s family will stop to mourn his death, and remember his life, his killer is set to walk free.

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Justice fades in the tail-lights

Two years’ jail for taking a life with a car: why are killer drivers treated so differently?

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Child dies in Queensland

Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old Queensland girl, with her mother also taken to hospital.

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EXCLUSIVE NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENTNO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUSTRALIAN, NO AUSTRALIANGillam Police search the surrounding York Landing area for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.Picture: Clint Brewer/ News Corp Australia

Teens ‘seen’ 2300km away

Northern Ontario police receive unconfirmed sightings of the teen fugitives 2300 km away from the current search site.

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EXCLUSIVE NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT NO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUSTRALIAN, NO AUSTRALIAN Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Emergency Response Team prepare to search an area near where the burned out Toyota Rav4 driven by murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky was found burnt out. Near Gillam, Manitoba, Canada. Monday, July 30th, 2019. (Angus Mordant for NewsCorp Australia)

Good Samaritan aided fugitives

Two teenagers wanted for the murders of Lucas Fowler and his girlfriend Chynna Deese were aided by a good Samaritan.

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NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT NO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUSTRALIAN, NO AUSTRALIAN Canadian heavily armed tactical police carry weapons and ballistics shields onto an aircraft in Gillam, Canada. Picture: Clint Brewer/ NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA/ NEWS360

Fears hunt teens have fled

Canadian police admit teenage accused killers Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky may have escaped.

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Bryer Schmegelsky pictured with nazi flags and guns.

Police close in on murder teens

Canadian police have deployed tracker dogs and crisis negotiators as they close in on the teens wanted in three murders.

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Bryer Schmegelsky, right, in military fatigues, is one of the suspects in the murder of Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese. Picture: Supplied

Suspect’s ‘suicide mission’

Lucas Fowler-Chynna Deese murder suspect “wants the pain to end”, according to his father.

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Two suspects wanted over the murder of Aussie Lucas Fowler.

Hunt for teens over shocking murder of loved-up couple

The duo wanted over the murders of Lucas Fowler and his girlfriend enjoyed simulated war games.

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