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sex charges Rugby Aus executive facing child sex pic charges

A Rugby Australia executive has been arrested and charged with four offences relating to the use and possession of child abuse material.

Jasper Bruce

shocking allegationsPremiumBunbury man faces court over child sex abuse charges

A 56-year-old South West man has been charged for uploading videos of toddlers and young children being molested on social media, as child abuse-related charges skyrocket in WA.

Daryna Zadvirna

‘get well soon’VideoSoccer star Ronaldo and his message for Danny Hodgson

Manchester United stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Dean Henderson have sent get well messages to Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson as he remains in a coma for his 26th birthday.

Daryna Zadvirna

‘You’ve got this’Danny Hodgson’s family shares birthday heartbreak

The parents of Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson have sent an open message to their son as he remains hospitalised for his 26th birthday.

Daryna Zadvirna

CourtSex teacher’s sick snapchats revealed

The inside story of how a former teacher groomed her underage student by sending him X-rated, predatory Snapchat messages can be revealed.

Emily Cosenza

InvestigationSydney stab victim found dumped on road

Police are probing how a man received multiple stab wounds after he was found dumped on a road in Sydney’s west.

Courtney Gould

InvestigationPolice probe woman’s body found in cabin

An investigation has been launched after police made a grisly discovery at a cabin in a forest on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Courtney Gould

CrimeWoman found dead on NSW North Coast

A 38-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries after the body of a 34-year-old woman was found in a cabin on the NSW Mid North Coast.

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Cash splash for Sam Barnett’s angry creditors

Despite his bank account being frozen Sam Barnett has conjured up hundreds of thousands of dollars this year to placate angry creditors and prevent his company being wound up.

John Flint

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Woman jailed after claiming dead dad’s aged pension

A woman who left her father’s body unclaimed at the mortuary for 18 months while she continued to claim more than $75,000 in aged pension and carer’s payments following his death has been jailed.

Shannon Hampton

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Driver who killed mum in peak-hour traffic jailed

A driver that slammed into the back of a white SUV killing a mother of two on the Kwinana Freeway during peak-hour traffic was speeding and weaving between cars moments before the horror crash.

Emily Moulton

Driver’s nightmareMan charged over violent shopping centre car-jacking

A 40-year-old uber driver has been stabbed and left for dead in an attempted carjacking on Thursday night in the city’s Eastern Suburbs.

Shannon Hampton

CrimeNSW teenager charged after fatal stabbing

A 16-year-old boy has been charged over the fatal stabbing of one teenager and the wounding of another at a home in the NSW Lake Macquarie region.

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ExclusiveUnion demands criminals get jabbed

As Covid-19 spreads in NSW jails, staff will need to get jabbed to keep their jobs – but a union wants the mandate applied to inmates too.

Anton Nilsson

CrimeUS real estate heir Durst guilty of murder

Wealth US real estate heir Robert Durst has been found guilty of murdering his best friend, six years after his apparent confession in a HBO documentary.

Daniel Trotta

DeathBoy, 16, dies after alleged stabbing

One boy died and another was rushed to hospital after a stabbing overnight. Emergency crews found both with stab wounds to the chest.

Heath Parkes-Hupton

CrimeFrench policeman calls Bataclan 'war zone'

A policeman has struggled for words when describing the scene that forensic investigators discovered in the Bataclan after attacks in Paris in 2015.

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CrimeGerman synagogue threat suspect remanded

A teenager held for allegedly planning to attack a German synagogue must be remanded in custody, a local judge says.

Bettina Groenewald and Frank Christiansen, dpa

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Dramatic spike in family violence reports across WA

Domestic violence reports have risen by almost 20 per cent in the last year, but WA Police have failed to process offenders fast enough which could be putting victims at-risk.

Briana Fiore

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CCC probe ex-council boss over ‘pay for sex claims’

The recently sacked chief executive of a rural council is under investigation by WA’s corruption watchdog over allegations he used shire money to pay for sex.

Peter Law

CrimeTwo killed in Dutch 'crossbow' incident

Dutch police say two people have been killed in a stabbing incident in the town of Almelo and a suspect has been detained.

Annette Birschel

CrimeUSSR chess legend sues over Queen's Gambit

Georgian chess star Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line in its The Queen's Gambit series.

David Chkhikvishvili

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Northbridge stabbing accused tried to destroy evidence

A teenager who repeatedly stabbed two people following a brawl in Northbridge tried to destroy video evidence of the brutal attack just two days after he was charged.

Emily Moulton

murdered siblingsPremiumComputer, blood stains a focus at double murder trial

A computer at the scene of an alleged double murder was used to access banking websites hours after one of the victims was allegedly violently killed, a court has been told.

Shannon Hampton