Courts & Justice

Major eyewear brand Luxottica, owner of the OPSM, Oakley and Sunglass Hut brands, fined for spamming customers

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Major eyewear brand Luxottica, owner of the OPSM, Oakley and Sunglass Hut brands, fined for spamming customers

A major Australian eyewear brand sent customers email without unsubscribe functions and continued to send communications to customers who had unsubscribed from other content. Luxottica, owner of the OPSM, Oakley and Sunglass Hut brands, was fined $1,512,500 for spamming customers with more than 200,000 marketing messages — in breach of Australian spam laws. Luxottica sent … Read more

Joseph Nehme, Viliami Taufahema, Lisa Price and Bilal Rahim awaiting sentence after Tinder date leads to murder of Luke Lembryk

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Joseph Nehme, Viliami Taufahema, Lisa Price and Bilal Rahim awaiting sentence after Tinder date leads to murder of Luke Lembryk

Four people will be sentenced after a NSW man’s Tinder date with a woman led to his brutal and fatal stabbing during a bungled robbery at his home. Luke Lembryk was stabbed multiple times during an August 2019 home invasion and left to die in the arms of his mother, who was severely ill with … Read more

‘Major error’: Doctor’s admission after death of toddler Noah Souvatzi

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‘Major error’: Doctor’s admission after death of toddler Noah Souvatzi

A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, says the misjudgement was a “major error”. Dr Paul Bumford told an inquest he was working his first shift at Wangaratta Hospital, in northeast Victoria, when an unwell Noah Souvatzis arrived on December 29, 2021. The toddler had been holidaying … Read more

Toddler Skye’s killer William Ngati to be released after 14 years

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Toddler Skye’s killer William Ngati to be released after 14 years

An armed robber who killed a toddler during an adrenaline-charged police pursuit will be released on parole in the face of family and prison opposition. Skye Sassine died in her father’s arms from head injuries after William Ngati’s vehicle slammed into the back of the family car as he tried to escape arrest in southwest … Read more

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and husband Ryan Anderson split three months after her prison release

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard and husband Ryan Anderson split three months after her prison release

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her husband Ryan Anderson are going their separate ways. Three months after her prison release, the 32-year-old appears to have announced the couple’s split. “People have been asking what is going on in my life,” Blanchard wrote in a statement obtained by People that had been written on her private Facebook … Read more

Coles Cannon Hill manager Dean Andrew Stevenson jailed for $90,000 theft from supermarket giant

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Coles Cannon Hill manager Dean Andrew Stevenson jailed for ,000 theft from supermarket giant

A Coles store boss who was “caught red-handed with $38,770 in cash” as he attempted to fleece the supermarket giant of more than $90,000 has been jailed. Dean Andrew Stevenson, 32, managed the Cannon Hill store in Brisbane’s east in 2020 and 2021 in a role that gave him passcodes to access receptacles containing huge … Read more

Sydney woman Renee Prendergast accused of starving her elderly parents faces court

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Sydney woman Renee Prendergast accused of starving her elderly parents faces court

A Sydney woman, accused of stealing her elderly parents’ money to fund her lifestyle while neglecting their welfare, has faced court. Renee Prendergast is facing dozens of charges, and denies stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her parents’ bank account. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman accused of starving her elderly parents faces court. Newsletters: … Read more

Man who stole more than $2 million from stars including Gotye and Peking Duk to serve jail time

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Man who stole more than million from stars including Gotye and Peking Duk to serve jail time

Over the course of 11 years, Damien Luscombe carefully swindled more than $2 million from some of Australia’s most well-known musicians and restaurateurs. The partner and business manager at accounting firm White Sky oversaw the day-to-day accounts of 11 high-profile clients, including performers Gotye and Peking Duk. They trusted him with their finances but he … Read more

Major Kmart payout after bike fell on woman at Woy Woy store on NSW Central Coast

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Major Kmart payout after bike fell on woman at Woy Woy store on NSW Central Coast

A NSW woman is set to receive a major payout from Kmart after she suffered a life-changing injuring from a falling mountain bike at a store on the Central Coast. Rita Marmara was checking out at Kmart Woy Woy in September 2018 when she was injured by a mountain bike that fell from another customer’s … Read more

Man who allegedly shot fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter in Blue Mountains, NSW to face trial

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Man who allegedly shot fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter in Blue Mountains, NSW to face trial

A man who allegedly shot his fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter while she was staying with him at a Blue Mountains property will face a murder trial within weeks. Justin Stein has pleaded not guilty to murdering Charlise Mutten, whose January 2022 disappearance sparked a major search effort. A trial date of May 6 was confirmed during … Read more