Man dead after two-car crash overnight
A man in his 70s has died after a late-night two-car crash in the Derwent Valley. Here’s what we know.
Police & Courts Tasmania
Brown begins appeal over forestry trespass conviction
Over seven months since his conviction, environmentalist Bob Brown is back in the Supreme Court of Tasmania to appeal a trespass sentence. What the court heard on day one.
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Thursday, April 3
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 3.
Former Greens leader in court after neighbour dispute
A neighbourly disagreement has landed one former Tasmanian senator in the Supreme Court. What the court heard.
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Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Monday, March 17
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on March 17.
Woman wins $600k damages after stage fall at Baha’i Centre
A Queensland conference planner who fell off a Hobart auditorium stage after an unsecured wooden step gave way has been awarded more than $600,000 by a Supreme Court judge.
Former student recalls ‘crying room’ and ‘year of fear’ in abuse case
The civil case into allegations of historic sexual and physical abuse at Hobart’s St Virgil’s College has called upon a former classmate of the victim-survivor. Why he says the “sound of his sobbing never left me”.
Police officer wins compo case after rejected for promotion
A Tasmanian police officer, overlooked for promotion, has had a win in her fight for compensation. Read what happened.
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Friday, March 14
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on March 14.
Swindle in the wind: Fraudster fleeced patient to see Elton John
A Tasmanian grandmother accused of fraudulently obtaining work as a carer before using a vulnerable patient’s credit cards to buy jewellery and Elton John tickets has been remanded in custody. Read what was said in court.
‘I’ve got a gun’: Driver admits guilt over police chase, weapons threat
A Hobart motorist who led police on a cross-city car chase before falsely indicating he was armed with a gun has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and aggravated assault in the Supreme Court.
‘You animal’: Former St Virgil’s student lashes out in abuse trial
A former Catholic college student alleging historic sexual and physical abuse at the school has lashed out at counsel in court, calling him an ‘animal’. What the court heard.
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Thursday, March 13
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on March 13.
Arsonist gets sentencing date after admitting perverting justice
A Tasmanian sexual offender, who served 19 years in a NSW jail for causing the deaths of six backpackers in a Kings Cross fire in the 1980s, will be sentenced next month for perverting justice.
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