A former Victorian MP jailed after gambling away more than $173,000 pilfered from the Victorian Electoral Commission has argued in court his jail stint is “excessive”. Lawyers acting for Russell John Northe, 58, appeared in the state’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday afternoon to argue his 21-month sentence had beenContinue Reading
After three tours of duty in the Middle East with the Australian Air Force, Jimmy Anderson returned home a different man. He’d always loved a drink, having played NRL professionally where booze would follow a big win or a punishing loss, and after joining the Defence Force in 2006, whereContinue Reading
An Instagram post showing off a young woman’s boyfriend was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for her stalker, a forensic psychiatrist has told a court. Celeste Manno, 23, was killed in a jealous rage by Luay Nader Sako, 39, after he broke into her family home in theContinue Reading
A mother who survived being lit on fire in an attack that killed her mother and son has spoken out about her desire for justice after the man behind it never faced trial. Natalie Sands had her world destroyed early one morning in October 2019 when her father burst intoContinue Reading
When Tess Swift went on a family holiday to Thailand in 2015 she was 20 years old, about to finish her nursing degree and excited for what the future held. She had no idea that holiday – and a rare parasite not identified in her body until seven years laterContinue Reading