'I always wanted to be a woman': Valerie Wagstaff forges path for transgender police
Valerie Wagstaff, the first transgender officer in the NSW Police Force, is determined to forge a path for others.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
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Tears as $6m fails to secure ex-Manly sponsor bail on drug charges
A former Manly Sea Eagles sponsor and once-successful mobile phone entrepreneur has been refused bail over his role in a lucrative drug ring despite offering up a $6 million surety.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison and Kate McClymont
Police investigate if Lalor Park girl was shot dead while children played with her father's gun
Less than a year ago Ali Mohammed Moussa was slapped with an apprehended violence order meant to protect his ex-partner.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison and Rachel Olding
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Three-year-old girl found dead in Lalor Park home after being shot in neck
A three-year-old girl has been found dead at a home in Sydney's west on Sunday evening.
- by Rachel Olding and Ava Benny-Morrison
'You've got the wrong guy': Police interview with accused killer Daniel Holdom revealed
Daniel James Holdom allegedly spent most of a six-hour police interview lying about what happened to his dead ex-girlfriend and her daughter.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
'I will never get those images out of my mind': Faye Leveson haunted by son's grave
With her hands slightly shaking, Faye Leveson stood up from her seat in the NSW Coroner's Court witness box and reached for her laminated photos.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
Police warn toddler William Tyrrell's foster care status not linked to disappearance
New details about the family network that surrounded missing toddler William Tyrrell have been revealed as police stress his foster carers played no part in his disappearance.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
Faye Leveson lies awake haunted by images of her son's bones in the dirt, inquest told
In a moving victim's impact statement, Faye Leveson has described the pain and anguish inflicted on her family.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
Scribbled motel form was last sign of slain toddler Khandalyce Pearce alive
Young mother Karlie Pearce-Stevenson was stomped to death before her body was photographed like a "trophy" and left to decompose beside a tree log.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
'I thought the problem would all go away': man explains why he buried Matthew Leveson's body
After finding his boyfriend's "cold" and lifeless body sprawled on the floor after a night out, Michael Atkins thought he could "bury the body and nobody would know".
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
Daniel Holdom took 'trophy' photo after killing Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, court told
Daniel Holdom allegedly photographed the young mother's body after "stepping on her throat and crushing her windpipe".
- by Ava Benny-Morrison
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