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The bodies of seven people found at a WA property Video
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Seven people, including four children and three adults, have been found dead at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia's South West.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, family-and-children, margaret-river-6285, australia
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The Police Commissioner would not confirm the identity of the shooter Video
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Three firearms belonging to the grandfather of four children killed in a murder-suicide near Margaret River, in Western Australia, have been recovered at the scene, police say.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, margaret-river-6285, australia
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Woman arrested over violent outburst in KFC outlet
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A young woman who was caught on camera smashing up a KFC store along Adelaide's notorious Hindley Street is charged with property damage and assaulting police.
Topics: police, assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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Somerset College headmaster Craig Bassingthwaighte speaks about Oliver Yang's abduction Video
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Somerset College headmaster Craig Bassingthwaighte speaks to ABC News about the abduction of student Oliver Yang, 12, after school on May 11, 2018.
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Margaret River reeling as mass shooting casts a dark pall over a tight-knit town
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Margaret River is famous worldwide for wine, surf and holidays. But a dark pall has been cast over the WA town, which is now home to one of Australia's worst mass shooting murders.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, margaret-river-6285, wa
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Ex-top cop reviewed fraud investigation file of 'intimate friend', court told
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Former Northern Territory police commissioner John McRoberts reviewed a fraud investigation file relating to his "intimate friend", who was at the top of a list of priority targets, the Supreme Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, police, nt, darwin-0800
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The bodies of seven people have been found at a WA property Video
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Seven people, including four children and three adults, have been found dead at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia's South West.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, suicide, family-and-children, osmington-6285
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Jacqueline Vodden funeral portrait image
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Topics: crime, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, drug-offences, road, death, ballan-3342, ballarat-3350
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Four children, three adults found shot dead in Margaret River murder-suicide
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Katrina Miles and her four children are confirmed among seven people found dead in a home near the WA holiday town of Margaret River, after the worst mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa, margaret-river-6285, osmington-6285
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Policeman who killed 10-week-old son with 'sickening' single punch jailed for nine years
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A suspended Queensland police officer who killed his infant son with a forceful punch because he was "frustrated" from a lack of sleep is jailed and will spend his sentence in solitary confinement.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, police, qld, brisbane-4000
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'NASA conmen' in 'space suits' paraded by Indian police
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Police in New Delhi arrest a father and son dressed in radiation suits who allegedly convinced a businessman to give them more than $260,000, claiming they worked with NASA.
Topics: crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, offbeat, india
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Accused killer shot wife in back of the head, 'prison informant' tells court
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Accused murderer John Chardon told his cellmate that he shot his wife Novy in the back of the head using a handgun with a silencer, saying there would not be forensic evidence because he was wearing protective overalls, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215
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Mother waited for five years but died one month before a breakthrough in son's murder case
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Jose Hammond "would be relieved" to know NSW Police had charge a man with murder over the vicious 2013 bashing death of her son Scott Hammond, her granddaughter says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, murder-and-manslaughter, tahmoor-2573
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From refugee to police officer: New constable part of push to change the force
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Victoria Police is trying to attract new officers from non-English speaking parts of Africa to make the organisation more representative, and constables like Kur Thiek are keen to be the drivers of that change.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, narre-warren-3805
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PSOs hold youth down on train station platform Video
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Protective services offices hold a youth down on a train platform after he badly broke his ankle while trying to flee.
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Father claims PSOs 'stomped' on son's ankle during arrest at Melbourne train station
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Victoria Police say a 16-year-old boy's ankle broke when he tried to flee from Protective Services Officers at an outer suburban rail station on the weekend, but his father says officers stomped on it.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, bayswater-3153, melbourne-3000, vic
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Ex-top cop denied conflict of interest after texts showed 'intimate relationship', court told
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Former Northern Territory police commissioner John McRoberts denied having a "conflict" after text messages revealed he had been in a sexual relationship with the target of a fraud investigation, the Supreme Court hears
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, police, laws, nt, darwin-0800
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Teacher faces court over charges of indecently dealing with students at NT school
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A teacher "adored by students" considered himself "bulletproof" and "exploited his status" to develop inappropriate relationships with his young victims, the NT Supreme Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, police, crime, nt, darwin-0800
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Canberra aged care worker cleared after being accused of strangling colleague over biscuits
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A Canberra magistrate says police "underperformed" in their investigation of an aged care worker accused of strangling and threatening to kill a teenage colleague after she ordered too many biscuits.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Conman Peter Foster tells court he heard Gold Coast man confess to killing his wife
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Convicted fraudster Peter Foster tells a Brisbane court Gold Coast man John Chardon made a jailhouse confession, admitting to shooting and killing his wife Novy Chardon over money.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, coomera-4209, southport-4215, upper-coomera-4209
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Son pleads guilty to manslaughter of Gold Coast woman Linda Sidon
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Appearing in the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Daniel Heazlewood pleads guilty to his mother's manslaughter, as well as interfering with a corpse.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215
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Two mothers of six granted bail over fatal stabbing of Toowoomba woman
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Two mothers who each have six children and have been charged over the fatal stabbing of a woman on Queensland's Darling Downs are released on bail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, assault, wilsonton-4350, toowoomba-4350, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Youth justice worker hit in face with fire extinguisher during attempted Don Dale escape
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An attempted escape by inmates at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre is "not surprising" given critical staffing shortages, a union secretary has alleged.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, nt
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Another Perth food institution shuts its doors after 60 years, as owner delivers parting shot
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For people searching for a small taste of Italy in Perth, the Romany Restaurant in Northbridge has been the go-to place for decades — but age and anti-social behaviour have finally gotten the best of its owner.
Topics: small-business, antisocial-behaviour, crime, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, northbridge-6003, wa
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Former US police officer accused of Justine Damond Ruszczyk murder remains silent Video
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Former Minneapolis police officer, Mohamed Noor, is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after he allegedly shot her through the driver's side window after she approached the police vehicle.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, united-states
