‘I will hate him forever’: Family’s reaction murderer’s sentence
The man who stabbed his estranged wife to death on Christmas Day in 2021, will spend a long time in prison paying for the vicious murder. The victim’s family speaks out. >>>
Police & Courts Tasmania
Wild winds prevent helicopter from retrieving walker’s body
High winds have prevented the immediate retrieval of a bushwalker’s body after he fell to his death at Federation Peak. Here’s the latest.
‘I was attacked’: ‘Diplomat Dan’s’ shock claims against magistrate
An incarcerated man – who insists on being called ‘Diplomat Dan’ – made an outlandish claim that a Launceston magistrate orchestrated an assault on him. What the court heard >>
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Wednesday, July 24
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on July 24.
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Grace Tame’s abuser Nico Bester flags possible plea change
Grace Tame’s abuser Nicolaas Bester might be about to change his plea in an online harassment case – in which he allegedly targeted the former Australian of the Year on Twitter.
Search success: Missing teenager found
Missing teenager found safe and well, police say.
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Thursday, February 8
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on February 8.
Two years’ jail for thief deemed ‘heavy, though not too harsh’
“It’s not me, it’s the woman out the door.” A woman who stole thousands of dollars worth of jewellery from a popular North Hobart shop has fought to have her jail term reduced.
‘I don’t remember’: Woman grilled at inquest into boyfriend’s death
“I didn’t know if Jari had thrown something at my car or if it was an animal.” A Huon Valley woman who struck her boyfriend dead with her car has undergone an intense grilling on the witness stand.
Derwent Valley crime crackdown leads to more than 40 charges
Police have charged 25 people with more than 40 charges in a crime hot spot and warned offenders that their area could be next.
‘Cruel, demeaning and humiliating’: man jailed for horrific abuse of partner
“You subjected her to the most harrowing of experiences” is what a Supreme Court judge told a man being sentenced for abuse against his then-girlfriend. The details.
Everybody appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court, Wednesday, February 7
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on February 7.
Tensions flare on day one of inquest into death of Jari Wise
Tensions have flared on day one of the long-awaited inquest into the death of Huon Valley man Jari Wise, with one witness arrested and another warned by the coroner. Latest from court>>
More than 80 arrests in three month crackdown on drugs and firearms
Police report there are less drugs and firearms on Tasmanian streets after a targeted three month operation. The details.
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