A kind gesture, a brutal killing and a verdict of not criminally responsible Police and paramedics were called again and again around the time of Dee Folpp's death. Newcastle Herald · Aug 26
Judge delivers special verdict in Muswellbrook housemate murder case The victim had offered her killer a place to stay, family say. Newcastle Herald · Aug 24
'We will defy': activists vow to ignore protest laws Activists have pledged to flout controversial anti-protest laws after claiming they are unconstitutional in a legal challenge that could spill over borders. AAP · Jan 8
Money can't get bail for accused 'spiritual' fraudster A self-proclaimed "curse removal expert" accused of defrauding three people by spiritually cleansing their cash has lost another bid for bail. AAP · Jul 4, 2025
Backlog helps accused anti-Israel vandal get bail A young man has been granted bail while accused of helping set fire to a parked car and graffitiing nine others with hate slogans. AAP · Mar 6, 2025
'Viable' case against accused anti-Israel vandal A young man accused of being part of an anti-Israel graffiti and arson attack is fighting for bail as he faces a months-long wait in custody. AAP · Feb 28, 2025
Anti-Israel vandalism accused has 'Hezbollah tattoos' One of the men accused of torching and spray-painting cars in an anti-Israel vandalism spree might have been ideologically motivated, a court has heard. AAP · Feb 21, 2025
Psychic 'fraud and liar' denied bail after airport stop A woman has been accused of conning victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by claiming to be a psychic and offering "curse removals". AAP · Feb 21, 2025
Gym worker jailed for fatal bashing of 'kind' young man Gym instructor Stephen Staff bashed Matthew Davis in an act of "callous thuggery", before trying to convince others he'd actually tried to save the victim. AAP · Nov 22, 2024
Australian couple acquitted in murder of teen mother Amber Haigh Robert and Anne Geeves, both 64, were accused of killing Haigh to take her five-month-old baby The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2024
Amber Haigh murder trial: how a ‘red herring’ witness and poor policing hampered the hunt for answers Haigh never found the ‘love and solace’ she wanted. Twenty years after her disappearance, her family are left with questions The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2024
Magistrate barred after courtroom bust-up with lawyer The former head of a major university who allegedly wiped her saliva on a schoolgirl's face has won a legal bid after her lawyer clashed with a magistrate. AAP · Aug 21, 2024
Amber Haigh murder trial hears police blinded by ‘presumption of guilt’ against Geeveses Defence counsel makes closing submissions to two-month trial in supreme court in Wagga Wagga The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2024
Murder-accused couple spoke about Amber Haigh in the past tense to police, prosecutors allege Crown alleges in closing statement Robert and Anne Geeves acted like teen was already dead when she was still considered missing The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2024 ‘Incident of extreme violence’ on Geeves property made child protection workers worried for Amber Haigh and her son, court hears Police files document that a former partner was found to have died from a gunshot wound on his property, court has heard
The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2024 Amber Haigh trial unexpectedly delayed after murder accused too ill to attend court Anne Geeves, who is facing murder charges with her husband Robert over Haigh’s disappearance, did not appear as trial was due to begin on Monday
AAP · May 31, 2024 Student gets 20 years in jail for murdering girlfriend A young international student from China will spend a maximum of 20 years behind bars for the brutal stabbing murder of his girlfriend in Sydney.
AAP · Dec 13, 2023 Bachelors contestant allegedly gave drugs to cop Marjorie Griffiths appeared on television screens around Australia earlier this year but her most recent return to the screen was restricted to a courtroom.
AAP · Feb 10, 2023 Man protected cousin who stabbed him before dying A NSW man will remain behind bars until 2024 over the manslaughter of step-cousin Bradley Stanley, who refused to identify who stabbed him before passing away.
AAP · Dec 1, 2022 NSW police minister's brother granted bail A man charged with drug supply and organised crime offences has been released from jail because his brother's high-profile made his detention "unacceptable".
AAP · Nov 24, 2022 NSW fatal stabbing victim a 'peacemaker' Relatives of a young man stabbed to death in the NSW town of Wellington have remembered him in court as gentle, patient and loving.
Newcastle Herald · Aug 4, 2022 Killer Katherine Knight's brother, charged with historical child sexual assault, refused bail again A former youth worker and brother of killer Katherine Knight - the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole - has made a failed bid for bail on the basis that he is no longer a risk to the community.
AAP · May 19, 2022 Daughter abused by father awarded $840,000 A woman who developed 2500 personalities to cope with childhood sexual abuse by her father has been awarded $840,000 in her NSW civil case against him.
ABC News · Feb 21, 2022 Natasha Darcy sentenced to 40 years for murder of Mathew Dunbar at Walcha farm Natasha Darcy searched "how to commit murder" on the internet before killing her partner and trying to make it look like suicide, in a bid to inherit his New England farm.