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'Aggrieved' sextortionist of 49 teens wants out of jail

A man who tricked 49 teens into sending him explicit images or videos is fighting for parole because he wants to be reintegrated into the community.

AAP · Jul 29, 2025

How multiple personalities helped sex abuse survivor

A woman has opened up about developing multiple personalities to survive being sexually abused by her father from a young age.

AAP · Jun 5, 2025

Man found with $2M worth of ice in car boot ran supply operation like a 'business'

Rodney Grills was shown leniency by the courts in the past. Not on Thursday.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 7, 2024

Gateshead photographer groomed aspiring teenage model

Judge Ian Bourke said Eyre attacked the woman when she was 'exposed and vulnerable'.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 10, 2023

'I've been f***ing stabbed': man walks from court after knifing cousin

The victim suffered complications after emergency surgery.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 9, 2023

Man jailed for lying to police over alleged headphones murder of Jason Galleghan

A judge says people would find it hard to believe the actions which caused a teenage boy's death — allegedly over a pair of headphones — inside a Western Sydney home two years ago.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Man jailed over lies about teen's fatal group bashing

A man has been jailed after falsely saying the fatal bashing of a teen in western Sydney was done by two "Sudanese males" and not a group of youths he knew.

AAP · Feb 7, 2023

Former NSW police sergeant sentenced to four months in prison over child sexual abuse images

Judge Ian Bourke accepted the former policeman was searching for the sexually suggestive images for personal use not disseminating to others, but noted children are abused in the creation of such material, a court hears.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2023

Former NSW cop jailed for child abuse pics

A former police sergeant showed no contrition or remorse after he accessed thousands of images depicting child abuse, the judge who sent him to prison said.

AAP · Jan 20, 2023

TOOHEY'S NEWS: Ex-Knight's plea: 'I want to come home'

"I grew up in Newcastle loving the Knights and always wanting to play for them."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 22, 2022