Courts and Trials

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 

The 12-year-old girl, who has been placed on a support plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme after being recently diagnosed with autism, is facing charges of deprivation of liberty and the assault of a 13-year-old girl.

Melissa Oates says she heard a "bang" and "panicked", but insists she had no idea she had struck her partner with her vehicle at high speed while he walked home late at night. But an inquest into Jari Wise's 2020 death has heard evidence at odds with her account.

A Gold Coast mother accused of killing her son with a poisoned fruit smoothie has walked free on bail after her murder trial was aborted due to fresh evidence.

A court hears Damien Woods, 49, was a trusted member of staff at Ballarat High School and became a confidante of the victim-survivor, with whom he exchanged more than 110,000 messages, beginning when the girl was 13 years old.

Crime kingpin Tony Mokbel tells a court he "100 per cent" did not tell then-lawyer Nicola Gobbo he was willing to identify corrupt officers and admit to being a drug trafficker.

A former South Australian government employee who tipped her bosses off to an anti-corruption watchdog investigation against them in September 2018 has avoided a conviction and has been fined $1,000.

A judge is urged to put Canberra man Jason Paul Hawkins, 48, in prison for life, over the "incomprehensible" shooting of a 61-year-old Newcastle woman.

The guilty conviction of the Michigan school shooter's mother sets a "contentious" precedent for holding parents accountable for their child's wrongdoings, a US legal expert says.

Michael O'Connell is sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of Danielle Jordan, who fell from the bonnet of his moving car in April 2022.

A police officer facing rape and assault charges is committed to stand trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, with a local court judge finding there is "sufficient evidence" against him.

Kingsley Pickett, who killed pregnant mother Margaret Blurton and her baby son in a 1991 high-speed crash and earned a reputation as WA's worst serial offender, is being released on a supervision order.

Cowboys forward Luciano Leilua has pleaded guilty to low-range drink driving before a Townsville magistrate. 

Lawyer Ekow Yankah says the ruling has set a 'contentious' precedent of holding a parent responsible for their children's wrongdoings.

Kristian White, 33, made a surprise appearance at court this morning, while other charges in relation to the tasering of Clare Nowland last year were withdrawn. 

The man allegedly shot a 29-year-old Deception Bay woman inside a unit complex before calling triple-0.

It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now? 

A federal appeals court rules that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

It was a dramatic start to the long-awaited inquest into the death of young Tasmanian father Jari Wise, who was killed after a car driven by his former partner struck him on a road at night.

Adam Britton has pleaded guilty to 60 offences, including bestiality, possessing child abuse material, and animal cruelty charges.

A woman violently assaulted during a night out in Kalgoorlie shares the physical and emotional trauma she has suffered since, as her attacker has his prison sentence suspended.

Alberto Nicoletti, the former owner and manager of an Italian restaurant in Como, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges for a series of alleged sexual assaults.

The defence tells a Queensland District Court that Yohannes Abate Faris "honestly believed" the encounter was consensual as the jury retires to consider its verdict.

The former Wallaby player repeatedly apologised for 'misreading the situation' in a call to the complainant recorded by police.

Youssef Assoum was shot in the leg at close range in December 2014 and died from severe blood loss, court documents read.