Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne called his accuser a “young cow” and described her as “cuckoo”, covert police phone taps played to a jury have revealed. Mr Hayne, 35, was accompanied by his wife Amelia Bonnici as the second week of his NSW District Court trial began on Monday. TheContinue Reading
A woman branded a “drunk Karen” after she was booted off a Gold Coast flight became the “internet’s No.1 star” because of the vicious social media attention she received, a court has been told. Erica Jayne Carlson achieved online infamy after she was filmed being escorted off a Jetstar flightContinue Reading
A former senior university lecturer who murdered his wife in a “rage-state” has partial amnesia, a court has heard. Adam Brown, 40, faced the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday after pleading guilty to the murder of Chen Cheng, 35, on April 30 last year. Brown, a senior lecturer inContinue Reading
The man who allegedly shot and killed a former partner of the woman he’d been seeing will remain behind bars until at least September, a court has heard. On Friday, Michael Craig Stanley faced the Port Adelaide Magistrates court charged with the December 2022 murder of 41-year-old Edwardstown father, GlennContinue Reading
Former NRL star Michael Jennings has lost an appeal where he claimed he was not afforded a fair trial after a judge awarded his ex-wife $500,000 for alleged abuse during their marriage. Kirra Wilden successfully sued the former State of Origin representative in the NSW District Court in 2021, allegingContinue Reading
The jury charged with rendering a verdict in an alleged principal sex abuse case should use their “common sense” to see the holes in the testimony of three sisters, her lawyer has repeatedly said. Giving his final remarks to the County Court trial of Malka Leifer, 56, barrister Ian HillContinue Reading
Early findings into the cause of the deadly Sea World helicopter crash have been revealed, with a damning new report giving survivors and victims’ families some answers as to what went wrong. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau released details of the preliminary investigation into the cause of the crash onContinue Reading
A young woman who entered a busy city fast food restaurant and was filmed having jumped the counter has faced court for the first time. On Friday, Nooria Halake, 19, front the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with disorderly behaviour, arising from an incident caught on video in December last year.Continue Reading
The working relationship between Federal MP Monique Ryan and her former chief-of-staff Sally Rugg has devolved into “trench warfare”, a court has heard. Ms Rugg is suing her former boss and the Commonwealth of Australia, alleging she was fired for exercising her right to refuse to work “unreasonable, additional” hours.Continue Reading
WARNING: Confronting details A man who heinously tortured and sexually assaulted a woman during a drug-fuelled bender has told a court he is convinced he can get Legal Aid funding to appeal his case. Nicholas John Crilley was jailed for life in 2020 for what a court described as theContinue Reading