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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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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‘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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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