An international cricketer pursued a Tinder date “relentlessly” with the night turning out “very differently to what the woman expected or wanted”, while his lawyers have told a court the woman’s evidence is “demonstrably unreliable”. International cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka has stood trial at the Downing Centre District Court forContinue Reading
The TikTok account of an influencer jailed for murder was still active on Friday despite its noted role in the killing of two men. Mahek Bukhari, 23, hatched a plot to silence Saqib Hussain, 21, after he blackmailed her over sex tapes. She and her mother Ansreen, 45, arranged aContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann has sensationally offered to sit a lie-detector test to prove what really happened in the ministerial suite on the night he returned to the office with Brittany Higgins. The former Liberal staffer, who has always maintained his innocence, faced a grilling from Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr and MattContinue Reading
A Turkish dad allegedly told his wife “you don’t deserve to be the mother of my child” before leaving her for dead in northern Victoria, a court has been told. Mahmut Cigercioglu is facing trial before the Victorian Supreme Court accused of stabbing his wife, Lutfiye Kavci, six times inContinue Reading
A recently engaged schoolteacher was killed because a young dad was streaming The Big Bang Theory on his phone, causing him to drive dangerously, a judge has ruled. Judge Sophia Beckett found Bailey Camilleri’s distraction over Netflix was the main reason for the death of Gemma Thompson in November 2021.Continue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann has unleashed on Brittany Higgins’ partner David Sharaz accusing him of politically “weaponising” her sexual assault allegation. Mr Lehrmann, a former Liberal staffer, was charged with Ms Higgins’ rape but was never convicted and has always maintained his innocence. He has spoken out about Mr Sharaz after theContinue Reading
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has flatly denied raping Brittany Higgins in his first TV interview, declaring it “simply didn’t happen.” In a television special that included, for the first time, CCTV of the night in question, Mr Lehrmann described the “dark day” that the allegations were first aired onContinue Reading
ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold SC has told an inquiry that so many “strange things” occurred in the investigation of Brittany Higgins rape allegation and the trial that followed that he felt compelled to demand a public inquiry. Mr Drumgold has accused police of “feeding inaccurate information” in a bidContinue Reading
A former executive threatened to sue Cricket Australia and bemoaned to police that sex offence allegations were “vindictive” and impacted his career, a court has been told. On Christmas Day in 2020, Timothy Whittaker was arrested and interviewed over an allegation he had sexually touched a sleeping colleague after aContinue Reading
A plasterer who kidnapped his boss’s children and then demanded $1m for their safe return did so out of his “hatred” for the man, a court has heard. Jiangang Ji is facing trial in the County Court of Victoria on three charges including the alleged common assault of his employer’sContinue Reading