Courts
Brisbane court worker resorted to fraud, theft to feed gambling habit
The former Queensland public servant took work laptops to Cash Converters to get money to gamble.
- by Cloe Read
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Driver in Lamborghini crash also accused of killing spectator at burnout event
A Ballarat mechanic has been refused bail after crashing into a house six months after he was involved in a fatal crash at a car festival in regional Victoria.
- by Erin Pearson
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NSW Police misconduct
Detective’s alleged teen rape victim ‘kept asking to leave’ when he groped her in police car, court told
The then-19-year-old has accused the sex crimes detective of raping her, and thought she had to ask permission to leave his car because “he was a cop”.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Lehrmann faces legal action from ex-landlord over Sydney northern beaches pad
Bruce Lehrmann, who lost a multimillion-dollar defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson last month, had his rent at the property covered by Seven.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Kate McClymont
‘I have to watch every word I tell you people,’ says Trump after judge flags jail
The NY judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial has had enough of the ex-president’s gag order violations.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Tom Jackman, Devlin Barrett and Marianne LeVine
Perth bikie Troy Mercanti accused of ‘backhanding’ woman, raping her after night out in Northbridge
Prosecutors also told the court a second woman has come forward over a separate incident following news of the 56-year-old’s arrest last week.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Prosecutor wants Defence whistleblower David McBride jailed for years
McBride shared confidential documents with journalists out of arrogance and the pursuit of personal vindication rather than a sense of duty, the prosecution argues.
- by Angus Thompson
WA mum accused of attempting to kill disabled daughter, court told
The woman denies attempting to kill her disabled daughter after allegedly telling medical professionals the child was deteriorating and “nearing the end of her life”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
Alleged Perth ‘Ponzi scheme’ fraudster slapped with more charges
Jack Endersby is now alleged to have received more than $2.5 million from 22 victims across Australia.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘It’s shocking’: Perth Ahmadiyya Muslim community concerned about Islamophobia after radicalised teen stabbing
Imam Syed Wadood Janud spoke on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community on Sunday in response to the news that a radicalised 16-year-old boy stabbed a member of the public on Saturday night in Willetton before being shot dead by police.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Longtime Trump confidant recounts fear in 2016 campaign over Access Hollywood tape
Once one of Trump’s closest advisers, Hope Hicks provided a window into the chaotic fallout over the tape’s release at the former president’s hush money trial.
- by Michael Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Philip Marcelo and Alanna Durkin Richer