Detectives have charged three people with more than 25 offences after a man was allegedly held against his will and seriously assaulted in Gladstone on Sunday September 12. Police will allege the trio abducted a 32-year-old man from a Gladstone address before taking him to a New Auckland home where he was restrained and assaulted
comment, I refer to the interview with Father Tony Percy (“Police warn priests they are breaking the law”, canberratimes.com.au, September 18). I am a practicing Catholic and read this article in stunned disbelief. We Catholics, while being part of our church community, are also members of the Canberra community. As such we have a moral
Two people have been arrested after armed police swarmed a property north of Adelaide in a ‘high risk’ operation. Two people have been arrested after a routine weapons check descended into a police standoff at Sandy Creek, an hour north of Adelaide. A 41-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were both charged and will appear
When Tom Keneally chose the loaded title Corporal Hitler’s Pistol, he would have been well aware of Chekhov’s advice to writers that if a gun appears in the first act it must be fired in the second. Indeed, he fires his fictional pistol several times to dramatic effect in his 35th novel, a compelling blend
Police launch manhunt over Frankston man’s death The Australian Source link
A man who became known as the Brisbane bike path rapist in 2009 has had two years added to his 19-year sentence, after admitting to a previously unsolved rape on the Sunshine Coast. Key points: Luke James Colless was initially jailed in 2009 for 18 offences against 11 women in Brisbane and the Gold Coast
Organised crime is “hidden” among high-rollers at Crown Perth, one of Western Australia’s most senior police officers has told a royal commission. Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch testified on Thursday that organised crime organisations used the system Hawala to offset cash through casino junkets and avoid detection from regulators. “You’ve got to find the organised
Six months after the UK was shaken by the murder of Sarah Everard, London has again been shocked by the murder of a lone woman in a public space — teacher Sabina Nessa. Key points: Sabina Nessa was walking through a busy park when she was killed The community will be holding a vigil for her
Royal Commission hears of Crown Perth casino high-roller link to organised crime The Australian Source link
A Melbourne man who had his head smashed into the ground by a police officer was “calling for his mum” when he woke up, a witness says. A Melbourne man who was flung head-first to the ground by a police officer who approached him from behind amid a high-intensity anti-protest operation was “calling for his
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