The estranged wife of union heavy weight John Setka has been found guilty of threatening to kill him in a secretly recorded conversation with a private investigator. Emma Louise Walters, 47, reappeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday, as Magistrate Leon Fluxman announced his finding before handing her aContinue Reading
A prominent community leader was “cultivated” over many years by the Chinese government to influence politics in Australia, a jury has been urged to find. Melbourne businessman Di Sanh ‘Sunny’ Duong is facing trial in Victoria’s County Court on a single charge or preparing or planning to exert foreign influenceContinue Reading
Police are pushing for an apprehended violence order to be taken out against a Sri Lankan cricket star despite him being cleared of sexually assaulting a woman at her Sydney home. Danushka Gunathilaka, 32, was finally allowed to leave Australia in October after about 10 months on bail after heContinue Reading
Police who prosecuted a Sri Lankan cricket star later cleared of sexually assaulting a woman at her Sydney home acted “unreasonably”, a court has been told. Danushka Gunathilaka, 32, was finally allowed to leave Australia after about 10 months on bail after he was acquitted following a judge-alone trial inContinue Reading
A handyman accused of killing his elderly neighbour who was found in a pool of blood appeared on A Current Affair ten days later to say “I hope the coppers catch him”. Stuart Paul Anderson, 42, appeared in the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday wearing a black suit and redContinue Reading
A woman accused of raping a transgender man as he slept has been found not guilty by a District Court jury. Natalia Marjorie Hanson was on trial at Brisbane District Court accused of digitally raping the man, who was transitioning from female to male at the time of the allegedContinue Reading
The heartbroken mother of a murdered young dad has confronted his killer in court saying “you knew what you were doing”. Dozens crowded the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday as Ashley Roy Feetham, 25, returned for a pre-sentence hearing. Last month, Feetham was found guilty of murdering Dylan Bond, 26,Continue Reading
A woman who stabbed her secret lover in a jealous rage after learning he cheated on her will spend at least the next eight years in jail. In a brutal love triangle tragedy, Jenny Niguidula stabbed Rhonie Apostol — her husband’s brother-in-law — with a kitchen knife in their SydneyContinue Reading
A woman accused of orchestrating the plot to have her ex-partner fed to an industrial woodchipper was recorded chastising two other men for their stories “not telling the same”, a jury has been told. Sharon Graham is on trial at Brisbane Supreme Court charged with the murder of Bruce SaundersContinue Reading
The former lover of a woman accused of plotting another ex-partner’s murder by having him fed into a woodchipper claimed to police the slain man was trying to retrieve his phone when he met his grisly fate. Sharon Graham is on trial at Brisbane Supreme Court charged with the murderContinue Reading