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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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Supplied picture of 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer (centre) with her brothers Paul (left) and Stephen. Cheryl went missing in 1970 in The Fairy Meadows District of Wollongong, NSW

Man told: steer clear of alleged killer

A brother of Cheryl Grimmer, missing for almost 50 years, has revealed he has been ordered to stay clear of her suspected killer.

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Convicted backpacker murderer Ivan Milat, dressed in his orange overalls, handcuffed and manacled with his left hand bandaged, is escorted from hospital by prison officers to be returned to Goulburn Prison. Milat received treatment at the hospital for his left pinky finger that he severed and put into an envelope to send to the High Court in Canberra.

Milat pressed on cold cases

Police are preparing to talk to serial killer Ivan Milat about crimes linked to him since his conviction.

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23/5/2019 : Brian Letcher, the father of murdered NSW man Peter Letcher, with period newspaper cuttings of the death, at his home on the Gold Coast. Peter is suspected to be one of Ivan Milat's other unknown victims. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Milat plea: was my son your first kill?

Peter Letcher’s death was written off as drug-related. But the links to Ivan Milat are chilling.

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Five ‘fleeced’ disabled of $1.1m

Police have busted an alleged crime syndicate suspected of defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Charges for assisting IS

A Brisbane man has faced court for allegedly providing video-editing software to a relative working for Islamic State.

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NDIS fraud raids and arrests. Supplied by AFP

Million-dollar fraud arrests

An organised crime syndicate cheated the NDIS out of millions, police say.

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Brisbane man’s terror charge

A man suspected of assisting a relative working with the IS “media unit” has faced court.

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Liselotte Watson, murdered in her home on Macleay Is. Pic supplied by family

Jury saw granny killer’s record

The jury that convicted a man of the murder of a grandmother was given a transcript showing he was previously in prison.

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Queensland deputy Police Commissioner Bob Gee looks on during a press conference following a Queensland Disaster Management Committee meeting in Brisbane, Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Severe weather warnings remain in place for the Herbert, Lower Burdekin, and central coast regions as the residents in the city of Townsville return to their flood-ravaged homes. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Move to fix youth justice

Queensland has acted after a week of criticism over the detention of children in adult watch houses.

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Family picture of Cheryl Grimmer (right) pictured with her brother Paul, before she went missing in 1970 who disappeared from Fairy Meadow Beach, NSW.

‘Kick in guts to Grimmer family’

NSW Attorney-General will not appeal a judge’s shock decision to exclude a murder confession in the half-century old case.

David Murray and DEBORAH CORNWALL

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