Courts
Family speaks after A-G appeals sentence for killing of Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field
“The perpetrators should be fighting for lesser sentences, not the victims and the families of victims fighting for a longer sentence.”
- by Cloe Read
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Kevin Spacey appears at UK court to face sex assault charges
The actor “strenuously” denies the allegations, his lawyer said as the 62-year-old made his first appearance at a British court to face charges dating back almost 20 years.
- by Michael Holden
Councillor’s five-person protest could tear down Queen Street Mall protections
Greens’ councillor Jonathan Sri wants the Brisbane Supreme Court to assess whether council legislation breaches the Human Rights Act.
- by Toby Crockford
Frank Zumbo exposed himself to witness on park bench, court told
A woman has told a Sydney court former MP Craig Kelly’s office manager spent years kissing and sexually touching her.
- by Greta Stonehouse
Attorney-General to appeal punishment for teen driver who killed couple
The driver was sentenced last week for the killing of Kate Leadbetter and Matthew Field, and will be out of prison before his 24th birthday.
- by Cloe Read
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Queensland courts
Teen murderers who stabbed 15-year-old in heart seen congratulating themselves
Both offenders were 14 at the time of the stabbing, and were captured on camera shortly afterwards.
- by Toby Crockford
Pharmacist admits burning down partner’s Brisbane home
Curtis Shea Mickan, 36, who was arrested over a domestic violence incident the day before the blaze before being released, has pleaded guilty to a string of serious offences.
- by Toby Crockford
‘Serious failure of corporate governance’: Former CBA subsidiary fined $1.71m after charging dead people fees
A total of 499 dead members were charged almost $700,000 in adviser service fees by Avanteos Investments Limited.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Happy, the elephant, isn’t a person, a top New York court rules
New York’s highest court has ruled that Happy the elephant is not a person, in a legal sense, and therefore not entitled to a fundamental human right.
- by Ed Shanahan
Former cop accused of leaking secrets from police reports fronts court
The 41-year-old allegedly leaked official police secrets and unlawfully accessed the police database for almost six years.
- by Toby Crockford
‘Horrible mistake’: residents thought cataclysmic fire was days away
There are calls for the bushfire inquiry to examine why a backburn was lit and then given the name of a distant fire.
- by Harriet Alexander