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Facebook and Instagram are doing very little to prevent children accessing them, EU regulators say. (AP PHOTO)

CrimeEU warns Facebook, Instagram must do more to block kids

Meta is accused of breaching European Union rules by failing to prevent children under 13 years from accessing Facebook and Instagram.

Foo Yun Chee

Yoon Suk-yeol's new jail term comes on top of a life sentence over his failed martial law decree. (EPA PHOTO)

CrimePremiumCourt raises jail term for ousted S.Korean leader Yoon

A South Korean ‌appeals court has increased the prison sentence for former president Yoon Suk-yeol on charges linked to his short-lived martial law declaration.

Kim Tong-hyung

Senior Constable Randall Kirk suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen and hip in the deadly attack. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

CrimePremiumHundreds honoured in Wieambilla shooting bravery awards

Hundreds have been honoured for their bravery during the Wieambilla shootings and its aftermath including the two officers who survived the fatal ambush.

Laine Clark

Police have charged a second man following an investigation into offensive behaviour at the pedestrian bridge where the Bondi terror attack took place.

CRIMEPremiumMan charged over alleged vile Bondi act

Police have charged a second man with allegedly mimicking firing a gun from the footbridge that was the site of the infamous Bondi terror attack.

Harvey Constable

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COURTPremiumWoman’s words before running over ex

The words a woman said before she ran over her ex-partner in a car have been revealed as she faces sentencing for killing him.

Steve Zemek

Rebel Wilson is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes. NewsWire / Nikki Short

UPDATEDPremiumRebel spills on ‘hate club’: court

Rebel Wilson has revealed details of an alleged “hate club” dedicated to a producer of her film The Deb at the centre of her defamation trial in court.

Clareese Packer and Samina Rakhshani

Police have made arrests over a string of alleged violent crimes targeting hospitality venues. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePolice probe kidnapping link and hospitality attacks

Three teens have been charged over a string of alleged violent crimes, as police investigate possible links to recent arson attacks on hospitality venues.

Allanah Sciberras

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NEWSPremiumCop killers’ home snapped up by mystery buyer

Months after the property which became the site of one of Australia’s worst police shootings in modern history was placed on the market, a mystery buyer has snapped up the site.

Blake Antrobus

Police want to locate this man.

CrimeCops desperately hunt man after assaults on girls in Perth

Police believe one man is responsible for at least three indecent assaults on teenage girls in the Perth CBD — and he remains on the run.

Sophie Gannon

Samantha Hooker (centre) has been heard sobbing in court ahead of her sentence for killing her ex. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumWoman sobs as she awaits fate for killing ex with car

A woman who claims to have suffered extreme provocation and mental illness prior to killing her ex-husband with a car has cried during a sentence hearing.

Miklos Bolza

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updatedPremiumBeau Lamarre-Condon’s mum charged

The mother of ex-cop Beau Lamarre-Condon, who allegedly killed a former partner and his new boyfriend, has been charged with interfering with a witness.

Steve Zemek

Coleen Lamarre has been charged with perverting the course of justice. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumAlleged killer cop's mum accused of perverting justice

A women has been charged with perverting the course of justice after allegedly attempting to influence a witness in her son's high-profile double murder trial.

Kat Wong

Keith Lees has faced a committal hearing charged with murdering a nursing assistant in 1997. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Scared for years': child of cold-case murder accused

The child of a man accused of murdering his girlfriend decades ago claimed she was pressured to lie and support her father's alibi, a magistrate has heard.

Rex Martinich

The accused physiotherapist formally pleaded not guilty during a Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance. NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

NEWSPremiumOlympic coach facing sex abuse trial

A swimming team physiotherapist accused of sexually abusing young elite athletes, including two who are Olympic medallists, has been committed to stand trial.

Andrew Hedgman

Brodie Dewar, 20, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter over the death of Labor figure Tim Picton. Image: Supplied

CourtMan denies killing Labor figure

A man accused of killing Labor identity Tim Picton in a one-punch attack outside a Perth nightclub has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Emma Kirk

Police search his home when he shot two officers dead. NewsWire/ Jason Edwards

NewsPremiumDisturbing find after Dezi Freeman’s death

Shocking details about a search warrant executed at Dezi Freeman’s property have been revealed almost a month after the fugitive was gunned down.

Alexandra Feiam

Brodie Jake Dewar (centre) has formally pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Tim Picton. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumMan accused of killing Labor strategist to fight charge

A young man accused of the one-punch killing of political strategist Tim Picton near a nightclub in the early hours has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Aaron Bunch

The stabbing took place in the car park of the Hume Inn. Google

COURTSPremiumShock result in backpacker stabbing case

The man who stabbed a British tourist to death with a steak knife has been found ‘not criminally responsible’ for the horrifying incident.

Jack Nivison

Michelle Bodzsar's husband Ben Miller said no sentence could justify what was done to his kids. (Abe Maddison/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumHusband betrayed by 'cruel' wife who faked son's cancer

A mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis to raise thousands of dollars has been jailed for more than four years.

Abe Maddison

A second man faces multiple charges, accused of actions mimicking the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumSecond man charged over role in mimicking Bondi attack

A 23-year-old man has been charged after he and a friend were seen allegedly pretending to fire at people at the scene of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack.

Samantha Lock

Rebel Wilson is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes. NewsWire / Nikki Short

UPDATEDPremiumRebel spills on ‘hate club’: court

Rebel Wilson has revealed details of an alleged “hate club” dedicated to a producer of her film The Deb at the centre of her defamation trial in court.

Clareese Packer and Samina Rakhshani

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CRIMEPilates studio fireball engulfs arsonist

A deliberately lit fire at a pilates studio that explodes in an arsonist’s face has been linked to another suspicious blaze.

Blair Jackson

The man faced the WA Supreme Court on Tuesday over the alleged murder of his father.

Courts & JusticePremiumShock moment accused killer admits to brutal Perth stabbing

A WA court has heard the shocking moment an alleged psychotic murderer admitted to brutally stabbing his father, telling a triple-0 operator: “I’m the killer . . . he’s dead, lady”.

Jessica Evensen

Nicole Meyer says her outcome for alleged sex abuse may have been different if new reforms were law. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Different outcome' possible with victim law reforms

An advocate who spent years pursuing her alleged abuser believes her case may have turned out differently if state government law reforms had been in place.

Nick Wilson and Allanah Sciberras