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Accused childcare predator reported to police for ‘kissing’ child a year before arrest
Childcare manager Yolanda Boruki says she alerted police to the worker who was seen allegedly “kissing” a child but he was then cleared for lack of evidence.
- by Perry Duffin
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‘Egregious, callous, cruel’: Perth woman accused of throwing dog from two-storey car park
Amy Lea Judge, 25, broke down in court as she heard prosecutors were seeking a term of imprisonment for the offence, which carries a maximum penalty of five years jail.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Multiple victims after car ramming, stabbing incident in South Korea
Authorities said at least 14 people were wounded in the country’s second mass stabbing in a month.
- by Kim Tong-Hyung
Parents urged to reach out to police after alleged childcare centre abuse
Queensland’s Police Minister said the man’s alleged offending was “very deceptive” and “heinous”.
- by Cloe Read
Murderer, drug baron, ex-bikie: Who is George Marrogi?
The jailed Notorious Crime Family chief is a target for rival Middle Eastern gangs, believed to be behind the theft from the coffin of his sister Meshilin, whose body they apparently tried to steal.
- by Staff reporters
The man tasked with investigating Trump works with speed and aggression
A largely unknown former prosecutor, Jack Smith has delivered his basic assessment in two criminal investigations in a little more than eight months.
- by Glenn Thrush, Adam Goldman and Michael S. Schmidt
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WA
Protesters planned to chain themselves to Woodside boss’ house, police allege
Police said Jesse Noakes and Gerard Mazza were planning to throw paint on the City Beach home that Meg O’Neill shares with her partner and daughter and chain themselves to a gate, barring her from leaving.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Gambling regulator withheld documents from money laundering inquiry
The NSW Crime Commission has identified more than 100 documents relevant to its inquiry into money laundering that were never passed on by the gaming regulator.
- by Harriet Alexander
Neo-Nazi leader pleads guilty to attack on hikers
Thomas Sewell will avoid facing trial after pleading guilty to a violent attack on a group of hikers at a Victorian state park.
- by Erin Pearson
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Brisbane
The breakthrough that led to childcare worker being charged with abusing 91 girls
For more than nine years detectives trawled through videos from the dark web until one vital clue was spotted in the background of one of the frames.
- by Cloe Read and Perry Duffin
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Animal cruelty
‘Extraordinarily cruel, sadistic, barbaric’: Perth teenager jailed over kangaroo killing spree
Wild scenes erupted between protesters and the accused’s mother outside a Perth court on Tuesday before the sentencing for a case of extreme animal cruelty.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt