Horrific crimes that shocked Australia in 2019
A woman’s body set on fire after being raped and murdered, and another found in a chest freezer in an apartment. These are some of the horrific crimes that shocked the nation in 2019.
Crime In Focus
Cop’s solemn vow to Novy’s family
Her husband might be behind bars for her manslaughter, but Gold Coast mother Novy Chardon has never been found. And the lead investigator on her case has a message for her grieving family.
‘Shameful impact’: Bali Nine smuggler’s desperate plea
He has spent 14 years behind bars for his role in the doomed Bali Nine drug-smuggling plot. This is the letter that Scott Rush hopes will deliver his freedom.
Aussie mum gets Bali jail term reduced
NSW woman Sara Connor, who is serving five years for her role in the death of a Balinese police officer, could be released within months under an annual Christmas remission program.
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Depraved killer’s shocking prison persona
Twenty years ago, Katherine Knight committed the unspeakable crime that would see her dubbed Australia’s Hannibal Lecter and locked up, never to be released. Why then do fellow inmates see her as a kind-hearted “Nanna”? WATCH NOW
The one question that broke the Truro murders case
SEVEN young women were kidnapped, raped, murdered and dumped north of Adelaide by a charming young psychopath and his doting accomplice. This is the inside story of how police finally solved the Truro serial killings.
When a killer prowled the northern beaches
THIRTY-TWO years ago an Australian-born American appeared in Manly Court to answer charges that he had sexually assaulted two girls.
Motive for share house executions still baffles
THEY were random victims — three young people set on a collision course with a deadly stranger by an innocent ad for a housemate. Just weeks after the chilling killings, the cold-blooded murderer was ready to strike again, only to be thwarted by exceptional acts of bravery.
How a boy became a sadistic killer
THE shocking murder trial involving the death of Callington woman Pirjo Kemppainen provided disturbing insights into the mind of the teenage boy who killed her.
Aussie serial killers: Seven murders in seven weeks
WHEN the young women and girls went missing no one thought their disappearances suspicious, let alone connected them — even after the first body was found.
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