Crime
Retired priest caught ‘grooming 14-year-old boy online’ in Sydney sting
The 77-year-old allegedly made plans to meet the teenager but was arrested by undercover police.
- by Perry Duffin
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Cruelty charges laid after almost 100 kangaroos shot
A man has been charged after the latest in a string of horrific animal cruelty cases in NSW.
- by Perry Duffin
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Police
Man murdered, dumped in Botany was in ‘sophisticated’ drug operation
Police, who arrested Rex Chen in a drug sting operation two years ago, are hunting foreign hitmen over the murders of Chen and his wife.
- by Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
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Courts
Mother wails as daughter’s killer jailed over acid bath murder
Meraj Zafar could spend just 16 years behind bars for killing his pregnant wife Arnima Hayat, who dreamt of becoming a doctor and wanted to leave the marriage.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Woollahra
Man ‘targeted Jewish people’ in Sydney’s east, police say
A man accused of an anti-Israel vandalism spree researched the location of a Jewish hospital before the attack, police say.
- by Perry Duffin
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Jones investigation
Disturbing details of new Alan Jones allegations revealed after chaotic court hearing
Court documents have revealed the latest allegations after a 10th complainant came forward and detectives laid eight new charges.
- by Kate McClymont and Sarah McPhee
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NSW
Husband and wife killed in ‘targeted double murder’ over financial debts, police believe
A body believed to be that of Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen has been found in Sydney bushland metres from where his wife’s body was discovered.
- by Riley Walter
‘Callous and cowardly’: Hunt for killer of taxi driver shot down in cold blood
William Rogers was shot in the chest and left for dead in Sydney’s inner west. Police are offering a $500,000 reward for information to help catch his alleged killer.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Courts
Coles worker allegedly sexually assaulted teen at Bondi Westfield
The accused, who is on a student visa, allegedly attacked a 15-year-old girl in full view of CCTV cameras at the busy shopping mall.
- by Perry Duffin
‘Hide it good’: How Sydney criminal kept getaway car secret after a murder
Police searched a house after the murder of a bikie gang member but they did not seize a suspected getaway car. Plans were soon hatched to make it disappear.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
At four, Melanie played the Opera House. By 13, the grooming had allegedly started
Melanie James says the grooming and sexual abuse allegedly committed by a bandmate 32 years her senior was known about by other band members who did nothing to help.
- by Amber Schultz
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