A man has been charged with the murder of popular Sydney surfer Guy Haymes, who was found badly injured in his apartment earlier this year. Police were called to Mr Haymes’ home in Manly, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, about 5.45pm on February 27. The 59-year-old was found with serious headContinue Reading
Alleged murderer Justin Stein has denied claims he killed Charlise Mutten, telling a jury he “never touched” the schoolgirl when it was suggested he shot her twice. Mr Stein continued giving evidence in defence of his murder charge at his NSW Supreme Court trial on Tuesday. The 33-year-old is accusedContinue Reading
The mother of alleged killer Justin Stein has denied claims she made up evidence, telling the court she heard a “cheeky” voice she believed to be of Charlise Mutten in the background of a phone call at a time prosecutors allege the schoolgirl was already dead. Mr Stein is facingContinue Reading
The man accused of murdering a beloved children’s doctor is set to answer the charges against him following his latest appearance at court. Kerem Aydin appeared again before Magistrate Simon Smart for a committal hearing at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday following an adjournment in early May, which was grantedContinue Reading
Charlise Mutten, 9, was due to fly home to her grandparents in Tweed Heads after spending almost a month in Sydney with her mother over the school holidays. She was due to board a flight back on January 18, 2022. But on that day, the nine-year-old’s body was instead foundContinue Reading
After three days of back-and-forth arguments, a trio of appeal judges are now deliberating Chris Dawson’s fate. The appeal hearing was held over three days from Monday to Wednesday this week, with Dawson’s lawyers arguing the former school teacher suffered from a “miscarriage of justice” as it could not beContinue Reading
Prosecutors have dropped the charge of murder against a young girl accused of stabbing ato death. The girl, 12, who was in state care, faced a single charge of murder over the killing of a woman, 37, in a Footscray apartment on 16 November, 2023. Victorian prosecutors dropped the caseContinue Reading
Chris Dawson has been accused of having a “complete lack of sentiment” towards his two young daughters during the third day of the wife killer’s murder charge appeal. The 75-year-old appeared at the NSW Supreme Court via video link on Wednesday wearing prison greens as crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield arguedContinue Reading
A claim from Chris Dawson that he should be freed on the basis of his “good character” has been spectacularly shut down on the second day of the wife killer’s court appeal, as the 75-year-old fights to have his murder charge quashed. Dawson appeared at the NSW Supreme Court viaContinue Reading
A man has been charged with murder after the body of a man in his 60s was found in a train station carpark stairwell. A police spokesperson said a 37-year-old man was due to appear in the Wollongong Local Court on Monday, charged with murder. About 7.20am on Sunday, policeContinue Reading