Laws to enable serious repeat child sex offenders to be imprisoned or monitored indefinitely are set to be introduced in South Australia. Under proposed amendments to the Sentencing Act 2017, jailed paedophiles would need to show they can control their sexual instincts before they are released and face lifetime electronic monitoring if they re-enter the … Read more
Footage showing Wallabies star Kurtley Beale allegedly groping a woman at a pub before sexually assaulting her in a bathroom will be played to a jury as he fights the accusations. More than an hour of recorded CCTV from the Beach Road Hotel near Bondi Beach is expected to be played to the NSW District … Read more
Jurors have been told to keep an open mind as they prepare to hear allegations that Wallabies star Kurtley Beale sexually assaulted a woman at a pub. The 35-year-old rugby union playmaker was charged after allegedly sexually assaulting and groping a 28-year-old woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. The alleged offences occurred at … Read more
A grand jury has indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, months after receiving a new analysis … Read more
A man who allegedly locked a woman on the balcony of a high-rise hotel apartment before she fell to her death says he never wanted to harm her. Scott Andrew Minigle was charged with a single domestic violence-related offence in December, more than three years after Jodie Lovell fell from a 10th-floor balcony at the … Read more
South Africa has accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for the court to order a halt to Israel’s military campaign in the enclave. On the first of two days of hearings at the … Read more
New driving laws have come into effect in South Australia. The rule changes are in response to the death of 15-year-old Sophia Naismith, who was hit and killed when the driver of a high-powered Lamborghini mounted a kerb on June 22, 2019. The driver, 37-year-old Alexander Campbell, avoided jail and was handed a five-month suspended … Read more
The mothers of Palestinian American college students shot on the street have no doubt that the men were targeted, and say the shooting should absolutely be treated as a hate crime. Three men, all 20 years old, were shot near the University of Vermont in Burlington last week. They all speak in Arabic and two … Read more
William Tyrrell’s foster father rejects claims he grabbed a child by the neck as his lawyers argue he applied medium force to push the youngster down as they tried to get out of a timeout. The 56-year-old foster father and 58-year-old foster mother returned to Parramatta Local Court on Monday. The couple, who cannot be … Read more
A NSW P-plater has lost a court battle over using a mobile phone as a GPS without being connected to a phone network. The driver, Chiqui Eseque, was pulled over by police in May 2022 for driving without headlights when officers noticed she had a mobile phone mounted on a hands-free holder with a map … Read more
