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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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NEWS 360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT – /NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWSPictured Ivan Milat leaving prince of wales hospital heading to Long Bay Prison. MUST CREDIT - Picture: Diimex AF9I7566

Milat mute on killings

Serial killer Ivan Milat will begin chemotherapy this week and insists he has nothing to add about unsolved crimes linked to him.

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CCTV footage of Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese hugging at a petrol station shortly before they were killed. Picture: Twitter.

Last images of doomed pair

CCTV footage shows Lucas Fowler and his girlfriend hugging shortly before they were killed | WATCH

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Police and forensic police are seen at a crime scene in Cassowary St, Doolandella, Brisbane, Monday, July 22, 2019. Police have shot dead a man who ran at them with a samurai sword at a home southwest of Brisbane. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

‘No option’: Man shot after siege

A man ran at police with a samurai sword before being shot dead by an officer at a home in Brisbane’s southwest.

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Julie-Ann Ross and Betty Taylor pose for a photograph at the Red Rose Foundation 'Red Bench' in Forest Lake, Wednesday, June 3, 2019 (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

Institute set up to stop stranglers

Leading domestic violence experts will launch a new national institute next month to prevent strangulation.

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A supplied image obtained on Saturday, July 20, 2019, of Lucas Fowler (Right) and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese, who were found dead on the Alaska Highway in British Columbia on Monday. (AAP Image/Supplied, NSW Police) NO ARCHIVING

Aussie ‘a wonderful boy’

The shooting deaths of Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese have prompted outpourings of grief.

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The crown Peter McGrath SC arrives . Family and friends of murder victim Morgan Huxley attend the Darlinghurst Supreme Court to put sentencing submit ions forward before the accuesed Daniel Kelsall is sentenced .pic John Grainger

DPP budget cuts to ‘delay justice’

The NSW prosecutions service has warned staff that budget cuts will force it to reduce spending, sparking warnings justice could be delayed.

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Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale arrives at the District Court in Brisbane, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Mr Pisasale has pleaded not guilty to two counts of extortion. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Extortion ‘victim’ denies wed vows

A Sydney cabbie allegedly the target of an extortion bid by a former Ipswich mayor denied promising to wed a woman while already married.

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16/07/2019: Yasmin Khan provides a domestic abuse support service to women from the Indian subcontinent, in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Life a prison for abused women

Visa dependence, complicated family ties and ineligibility for welfare support keep some women in abusive relationships.

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Andrew Colvin, of AFP Commissioner, posing at QLD Police HQ, Roma St Brisbane, on Friday February 15th, 2019 (Image AAP/Steve Pohlner)

Crowd vies for AFP job

A multitude of candidates are considered potential replacements for Andrew Colvin.

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Thursday 4th AprilSenate Estimate. Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Andrew Colvin speaking during Senate estimates in Parliament HOuse in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Top cop to stand down

AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin describes the decision as “by far the hardest” in his career.

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