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Mother told police she was ‘scared’ of her son before alleged murder
Christine Mills, 58, who was found with fatal facial injuries, had an apprehended violence order against Zachary Mills, 30.
- by Amber Schultz
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A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem: How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted
A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.
- by Amber Schultz
Elderly man on mobility scooter killed in alleged hit-and-run
Hubertus Mallens, 87, has been identified as the victim of an alleged hit-and-run in Penrith. A 48-year-old man is in custody over his death.
- by Amber Schultz
Rapper charged with Marrickville murder released album from jail
Jacob Tammer-Spence, who raps under the name Snoee Badman, has been charged over the stabbing death of Sitaleki Filihiahekava in Marrickville.
- by Amber Schultz and Jessica McSweeney
This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead, he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan
An Auburn tiler has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking his wife into travelling overseas and abandoning her without her passport.
- by Amber Schultz
‘Everybody adored you’: Slain Blue Mountains boys farewelled together in single casket
Benjamin and Russell Smith were “beautiful little kids just becoming beautiful young men”, their father has told a funeral service two weeks after they were allegedly murdered.
- by Amber Schultz
This woman helped police bring the first coercive control charge
As Federal Circuit and Family Court director, Hayley Foster’s job is to make people “uncomfortable” as she helps the court respond to family violence cases.
- by Amber Schultz
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Blue Mountains mother sacked following mental health issues
The woman who police believe stabbed her two sons to death was locked in a years-long court battle with her former employer. Meanwhile, their distraught father has remembered his “happy, funny and outgoing boys”.
- by Amber Schultz, Sally Rawsthorne and Jessica McSweeney
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Police await doctors’ clearance to interview mother over death of her two sons
The woman who police believe stabbed her two young sons to death at their Blue Mountains home has written extensively about her own mental health.
- by Amber Schultz, Sally Rawsthorne and Riley Walter
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Heartbreaking images of family emerge after mother arrested over boys’ deaths
Photos showed an apparently happy, loving family before two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home and their mother arrested.
- by Amber Schultz, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer
The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.
- by Amber Schultz
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