Jury discharged in pub patron one-punch death trial
A Brisbane jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing another pub patron in a one punch attack and has been discharged.
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Policeman, crime figure in frame for drag queen murder
Nearly 40 years after the death of Sydney drag queen Wendy Waine, there are numerous theories about what led to her unsolved shooting murder.
‘Peeping Tom’ admits filming naked women in homes
A man has pleaded guilty to watching and recording women aged between 15 and 49, including one who was heavily pregnant, in their homes over two months.
‘Gutless, evil’ men slammed for lethal GHB dose killing
Two Victorian men who killed a man by leaving him in a remote forest after a lethal dose of GHB have been described as gutless dogs by the victim's father.
Leaked Higgins texts ‘calculated to pressure witnesses’
The leaking of text messages sent by Brittany Higgins could be part of an effort to influence Bruce Lehmann's defamation action, a court has been told.
Former Cricket Australia exec spared jail for assaults
Cricket Australia's former head of communications has avoided jail for sexually touching two men without their consent.
Trump faces US criminal charges over documents probe
Former US president Donald Trump will appear in a federal court in Miami after being indicted over his handling of classified government documents.
Rat-plagued youth detention centre in ‘acute crisis’
An independent inspector has described Perth's Banksia Hill youth detention centre as being in acute crisis, with major riots exacerbating longstanding issues.
Man critical after being stabbed, falling from balcony
A man is in critical condition after being stabbed and falling from a fire exit balcony in a building in north Queensland.
Slain mathematician’s family ‘finally has some peace’
Scott Johnson's killer may be out of jail in three years after being sentenced for his fatal punch in 1988 but Steve Johnson says his family feels vindicated.
Lawyer wraps up Prince Harry case by grilling reporter
A former royal correspondent has rejected questions by a lawyer for Prince Harry that some of the information in her stories came from phone hacking.
France lauds ‘backpack hero’ of Annecy attack
Two toddlers are in a stable but critical condition, two more escaped with minor injuries after a Syrian national went on a stabbing rampage in a French park.
Man ‘didn’t mention killing wife to mate at first’
A friend told a jury Shaun Robert Sturgess did not mention that he had killed his wife earlier that day as they drank together but told him the next afternoon.
Third arrest over murder of Northern Territory man
Northern Territory police have arrested a third person in connection to the murder of a man who went missing more than a year ago.
‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked,’ Harry tells court
Prince Harry has rejected a suggestion that a lack of evidence meant his phone was not hacked by reporters for Mirror Group Newspapers.
Prince Harry says phone-hacking was on industrial scale
Prince Harry has faced a second day of grilling over his allegations "rock bottom" British tabloids had used unlawful means to target him since he was a child.
Brisbane police bust drug lab, seize cash, firearm
A Brisbane man has been charged with a string of drug offences following a police raid on a drug lab in Brisbane's north.
Fatal attack on fisherman by two crocs may be a first
Officials believe a deadly attack on a fisherman in north Queensland might be the first time two crocodiles have been known to hunt a human.
Council fails in bid to stall drowning prosecution
A regional council has tried to stop a workplace health and safety prosecution alleging that a lack of lifeguards contributed to two Chinese tourists drowning.
Husband ‘struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking’
Shaun Robert Sturgess hit his estranged wife in the head with a sledgehammer then left her in a pool of blood to go out drinking, a court has been told.
Dylan Brown barred from pubs over alleged breast grope
Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown has been barred from entering licensed premises in Sydney's Double Bay after allegedly groping a woman's breasts.
Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney ‘gay beat’
Jurors have returned a guilty verdict against the man accused of killing Raymond Kean in a suspected gay bashing in Sydney more than 35 years ago.
Assault charge against Olympian Harry Garside dropped
Olympic boxing medallist and reality TV contestant Harry Garside says he feels "vindicated" after a domestic violence charge against him was dropped.
Man freed from Indonesian jail after drunken rampage
Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones is set to return to Australia after spending more than a month behind bars in Indonesia following an alleged drunken rampage.
Man walks free from Qld court cleared of murder
Jason Moana Rimene has walked free from court cleared of murder after his defence had the charge thrown out in week two of his Brisbane Supreme Court trial.
Harry gives evidence in court against tabloid publisher
Prince Harry has become the first senior royal to testify in court in more than a century as he began evidence in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers.
Girl pushed out of moving vehicle during carjacking
Brett John Jackson has been sentenced to five years in jail after a violent carjacking in which a 17-year-old girl was pushed out of a moving vehicle.
Rapist sues Corrective Services over sex worker ban
Queensland Corrective Services thought convicted rapist Leon Frederick Wallace was developing a sexual fixation on his disability support workers.
Ex-Labor MP convicted over restraining order breaches
Months after being expelled by Labor, West Australian MP Ben Dawkins has been denied a spent conviction for breaching family violence restraining orders.
ABC ‘actuated by malice’ in publishing Higgins speech
Ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann claims the ABC maliciously broadcast a speech by Brittany Higgins about her alleged rape that prejudiced his criminal trial.
Independent body needed to stop Folbigg repeat: lawyers
The current appeals system makes it too hard for people like Kathleen Folbigg who are wrongly convicted to have their cases investigated, advocates say.