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Magistrate rejects attempt by Tyrrell foster mother to have charges thrown out
The woman, who cannot be named, is accused of intimidating a child who is not the missing toddler between January and August 2021. She has pleaded not guilty.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Sydney woman acquitted over Forest Lodge samurai sword killing
Hannah Quinn was convicted by a jury in December 2020, but an appeal court found on Friday that this verdict was unreasonable.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Man allegedly driving at 136 km/h before crash that killed two boys
Prosecutors have told a court they have obtained videos of Jimmy Martin Brito’s child passengers filming him before the deadly collision at speed in Monterey.
- by Sarah McPhee
Child said William Tyrrell foster father ‘put his hands around my neck’, court told
A support person who sat in on a police interview in 2021 said the child sobbed during a break and disclosed the foster father had anger management issues, a court heard.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Secret bug captures Tyrrell foster mother’s rant over police
The woman was captured on a recording saying police had “f---ed up” the investigation into missing boy William Tyrrell and were now trying to trip her up.
- by Sarah McPhee and Georgina Mitchell
Officer accused of fatal Taser use on Clare Nowland fronts court for first time
Senior Constable Kristian White appeared at Cooma Local Court as prosecutors said a post-mortem examination into the 95-year-old’s death was still under way.
- by Dominic Giannini and Perry Duffin
Tyrrell foster mother breaks down after secret recordings played in court
Police recorded the woman having arguments with a crying child who is not the missing toddler, and her hitting them with a wooden spoon.
- by Georgina Mitchell
William Tyrrell’s foster mother pleads guilty to assaulting child
The woman hit and kicked the child, who is not William, in 2021. She is contesting other charges of intimidating the same child.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Woman who decapitated mother has jail time extended for guard assaults
Jessica Camilleri pulled hair from the scalps of two correctional officers in Silverwater prison while serving her sentence for the manslaughter of her mother.
- by Sarah McPhee
Alleged driver refused bail after siblings killed in south-west Sydney crash
Johnson Kokozian, 20, was charged on Saturday with a string of offences after siblings Alina Kauffman and Ernesto Salazar died in a head-on collision.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and James Wilson
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‘Do you like that?’ Teenager’s horror trip after Uber mix-up
An 18-year-old woman was sexually touched by a man after she mistook his Toyota Corolla for her Uber outside a Paddington pub.
- by Sarah McPhee