Husband sensed police would call
DES Campbell seemed to know that, one day, the police would come knocking.
James Madden
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Orkopoulos refused second bid for bail
FORMER NSW Minister Milton Orkopoulos has been refused bail for a second time by a Newcastle court after being charged earlier this week with 21 new child-sex and drug related offences.
Seven boss’s RBT ‘runner’
FUELLED by two lunchtime drinks and two post-work bourbons, Seven Network news boss Peter Meakin was twice the legal blood-alcohol limit when he decided to drive home in his luxury BMW four-wheel-drive.
Captain Dragan set for extradition
AFTER a 15-month international tug-of-war, former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic is set to be extradited to Croatia to face charges over alleged war crimes he committed in the early 1990s.
More youngsters choosing a chequered career
SAM Chow started playing chess when he was five. At the age of 12, he played – and almost conquered – the all-time king of chess, Russian champion Garry Kasparov, in an online game.
War crimes suspect to be extradited
ACCUSED Serbian war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic today lost his bid to stay in Australia. Vasiljkovic, who appeared at Sydney’s Central Local Court, was told by Deputy Chief Magistrate Paul Cloran he was wanted by the Republic of Croatia on charges of war crimes against the population of Croatia.
New schools chief defends drug past
MORRIS Iemma’s rocky start to his new term as Premier continued yesterday with an outcry over the appointment of Michael Coutts-Trotter – a former heroin addict who spent three years in jail in the 1980s for drug crimes – to the state’s most senior education position.
Risk of death ends a champion career
ANDREW Johns is no stranger to pain. He led his Newcastle Knights to grand final glory in 1997, despite going into the game with a punctured lung and the knowledge that doctors had told him he was risking death by playing. Video: Full press conference Your say: Was ‘Joey’ the best yet? More Rugby League stories
Guilty verdict ends island’s trial
NORFOLK Islanders cheered outside the tiny territory’s courthouse yesterday as one of the most divisive chapters in the history of the former penal colony ended in a guilty verdict.
Paraglider survives eagles’ greatest hits
WHAT do you do when you’re paragliding at 2500m and two huge, angry wedge-tailed eagles launch a sustained attack on you and your chute?
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