WARNING: Confronting content. A British woman who was sexually abused as a young child for five years by her stepfather has detailed the moment she confronted her rapist years later, eventually resulting in his conviction. Michelle Sallis was subjected to horrific sexual abuse at the hands of David Sallis, aContinue Reading
A millionaire property developer who bluntly told Aussie tradies they are being paid too much to do too little and that unemployment needed to rise so workers experienced “pain” has issued an apology and declared he “deeply regrets” the remarks. Gurner Group chief executive Tim Gurner, 40, blamed the CovidContinue Reading
The daughter of a man who died after being held in a headlock in a Bunnings Warehouse store has said she is left with a “void in her heart” as she takes on the retail giant, the security officers and their company in a legal fight. Bunnings has revealed itContinue Reading
A heartbroken father has told an inquest that he is “no longer the same man” after losing his family in a fiery head-on collision. Friday was the final day of public hearings into the deaths of Charmaine McLeod, 35, and her children Aaleyn, 6, Matilda, 5, Wyatt, 4, and Zaidok,Continue Reading
The driver of the horror crash that killed 10 people allegedly said “fasten your seatbelt” to his passengers moments before losing control of the bus and sliding into a guardrail, a court has heard. Brett Andrew Button, 58, has been charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death andContinue Reading
A young New Zealand woman has been “suddenly and unfairly taken” after contracting meningococcal disease. Rebekah May Emmett, 23, died on Monday last week “after a short and hard fight”, her family said in a funeral notice published in Hawke’s Bay Today. Ms Emmett worked as a senior stylist atContinue Reading