A former music teacher jailed after police uncovered depraved child abuse fantasies shared with his boyfriend and three others is seeking to have his sentence slashed, a court has been told. Lawyers acting for Benjamin Heels, 35, appeared in Victoria’s Court of Appeal on Monday to argue his 11-year sentenceContinue Reading
A self-proclaimed “extreme body modifier” jailed for performing a botched “snowflake” procedure that killed a woman has argued a cocktail of drugs found in her body could have been the real cause of death. Brendan Leigh Russell, 42, is appealing to overturn his convictions after being found guilty for manslaughter,Continue Reading
A dad who “ferociously” stabbed a man who his son had attacked in a shocking act of random street violence will spend almost the remainder of the decade behind bars. Jared Pihlgren, 53, faced the County Court of Victoria on Thursday after pleading guilty to a count of intentionally causingContinue Reading
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne’s lawyers are applying for the woman he is accused of sexually assaulting to be again called to give evidence in a third trial. The former footy legend did not appear in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Monday as lawyers confirmed the trial will beContinue Reading