Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Wednesday, May 15
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 15.
Police & Courts Tasmania
Shearwater home barred from housing 40 Vanuatu fruit pickers
A surprise inspection at a Shearwater home found 40 overseas workers, 56 bunk beds, powerboards overloaded with cooking appliances, and “obvious” risks to life. What a tribunal decided.
‘We were both to blame’: Dad tries to protect son after bashing
A Triabunna man called triple-0 for help after he was brutally assaulted by his son, and needed emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen. But his story changed when police arrived >
Former bikie attacked then-partner in front of daughters
The victim of an assault by the father of her children at the headquarters of an outlaw motorcycle club five years ago has provided a letter of support for her attacker. From court >>
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Cop’s widow: I knew nothing of his perversions, embezzlement
The wife of a Tasmania Police sergeant said she knew nothing of his preying on young boys online, nor the taking of hundreds of thousands from his infirm mum’s account.
Late Tasmania Police inspector a notorious predator, inquest hears
A former police inspector who suicided in 2018 after a warrant was a notorious paedophile who was also draining his mother’s account of hundreds of thousands of dollars, an inquest has heard.
Man on trial over alleged bashing of ex
A woman has claimed her ex partner “broke metal poles off the bed and hit me with them” and she spent “hours and hours of being beaten and bashed” at a court trial in Tasmania. Find out the details here.
Final ‘gamble’ for GP charged with murder
A Tasmanian GP who was once charged with the murder of his elderly mum has released a book professing his innocence. See why it’s his final chance.
Death by strangulation: Killer pleads to sex worker slaying
A German national has pleaded guilty to manslaughter nearly two years after he strangled a married Tasmanian sex worker to death.
15kg of coke, gun caches: 2000 seizures by ABF in Tassie this year
It has been a bumper year of crime fighting for Tasmania’s Australian Border Force officers, who have seized tobacco, pharmaceuticals, guns and drugs. This is how they did it.
Young mum chokes man during break-up, kicks cop in face
A Tasmanian mum choked her partner when breaking up with him, then violently resisted arrest, kicking a police officer in the face, during unrelated episodes.
Violent offender learns fate after hitting, choking partner
A dairy worker with a history of violent offending has been handed a sentence for hitting and choking his partner with the judge giving him some stern words.
‘Seven years waiting’: Man sentenced over death of child
A 40 year old man has been sentenced over the manslaughter of seven year old Akira Carroll, who he ‘loved’ as if he was his own son. Here’s how much time he’ll serve.
Meet the four Tasmanians who killed Bobby Medcraft
After the verdict convicting four Tasmanians of the manslaughter of young dad Bobby Medcraft, sentencing submissions were made on their behalf. This is what we know about them.
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