A prominent anti-lockdown identity is fighting allegations she broke fundraising laws while raising more than $60,000 to support her legal defence. Monica Smit, 35, and her company, Reignite Democracy Australia, are facing a contested hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after a financial backer complained he thought the fundraiser wasContinue Reading
A 23-year-old man is expected to face court on Friday after he was arrested over an alleged home invasion in Melbourne’s east. Police will allege the Hoppers Crossing man was one of four men who forced their way into a Beckett Rd home in Donvale on June 29 last year.Continue Reading
A man felt so remorseful for the role he played in the hiding of Cheryl Ardler’s body, he went to police on the anniversary of her death and turned himself in. Ernest Brown walked into Penrith Police Station on December 12, 2022 – 10 years to the day that MsContinue Reading
The wife of an infamous cult leader who allegedly helped her husband with the “almost lifelong grooming” of a six-year-old girl allegedly engaged in “very longstanding, very sophisticated and very chilling” offences, a court has been told. Downing Centre Local Court was told convicted pedophile William Kamm, 73, and hisContinue Reading
A Victorian man jailed for his role in the kidnapping of a young father over paedophilia rumours has had his bid for a sentence reduction knocked back by the state’s highest court. Nick Stefani, 29, was jailed for a decade after pleading guilty to the kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault andContinue Reading
An infamous cult leader allegedly sent letters to a six-year-old through his wife, with the pair now charged with grooming the young girl for more than a decade. William Kamm, 73, a convicted pedophile also known as Little Pebble, and his wife Sandra Susan Mathison, 58, were arrested on MondayContinue Reading
The ex-wife of a top NRL star acted as a “concerned mother” when she sent pornographic pictures of her ex and his new wife to a friend after their children were exposed to them, a court has been told. The woman faced Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court for the finalContinue Reading
A man who broke into the rental home of comedian Hamish Blake and his entrepreneur wife Zoe Foster Blake while they were asleep and stole their luxury car has learned his fate. Daniel Booth broke into the four-bedroom house being rented by the high-profile couple in Woollahra, in Sydney’s glitteringContinue Reading
When September 2 rolls around every year, Stacie Saggers relives the worst day of her life. Four and a half years ago she left work early after texts questioning her boyfriend about her two-year-old son’s health went unanswered. Her worst fears were confirmed when Jaidyn Gomes-Sebastio was found unresponsive, bloodyContinue Reading
A disgraced former reality TV star and model who used fake medical certificates to avoid reporting to police while on bail for drug driving has had her sentencing delayed so she can get a psychologist report. Jordan Finlayson pleaded guilty to four counts of using a false document to influenceContinue Reading