Murder and Manslaughter
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Teens plead not guilty over alleged Riverland school massacre plot
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Two teenagers charged over an alleged plot to carry out a massacre at a Riverland school last year will stand trial after pleading not guilty to conspiring to murder staff and students.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa, renmark-5341
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Murder of Victorian mother leads to call for review of family violence-related deaths
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Victoria's coroner calls for a widespread review of all family violence-related deaths after an inquest into the murder of Joy Rowley, who was killed by her former partner in Rye in 2011.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, domestic-violence, community-and-society, rye-3941, vic, melbourne-3000
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Coroner rules Melbourne woman found with barbell on her neck was strangled
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A Victorian coroner finds a Melbourne woman who was reported to have died in a weightlifting accident was the victim of homicide.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, vic, preston-3072, melbourne-3000
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Woman dead after 'serious domestic violence' incident north of Brisbane
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Police declare a crime scene at a home in Mango Hill after a 75-year-old woman is found dead north of Brisbane, and a man is taken to hospital with self-inflicted wounds.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, suicide, qld, mango-hill-4509, brisbane-4000
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Father jailed for life for murdering son before watching AFL grand final
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A Perth father who stabbed his son to death before watching the AFL grand final with friends is sentenced to life in jail with a minimum of 18 years, but his two children who buried the body could walk free in weeks.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, parmelia-6167
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Police charge man with murder of 20-month-old toddler in NSW's Hunter region
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A 26-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 20-month-old girl in Tarro in NSW's Hunter region.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, tarro-2322
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Husband charged with psychologist's island murder (photos)
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The estranged husband of Samantha Fraser — a mother of three who was found dead at her home on Victoria's Phillip Island last week — appears in court charged with murder.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, cowes-3922, paynesville-3880, vic
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Borce Ristevski to stand trial for wife's murder
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Borce Ristevski formally enters a not guilty plea as a magistrate commits him to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Karen Ristevski, in 2016.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, avondale-heights-3034, melbourne-3000, vic
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Man in 'distinctive' hoodie wanted for questioning over death of mother of three
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Police release footage of a hooded man and a motorcycle driver they want to speak to over the death of Samantha Fraser, who was found dead at her home on Victoria's Phillip Island.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, cowes-3922, vic
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Evidence seized as Police raid Sydney homes over Comanchero bikie boss murder
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Homes in Sydney's south west are raided as part of an investigation into the death of Mahmoud Hawi who was shot outside a gym in Rockdale.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, sydney-2000
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'I attempted murder' on behalf of Islamic State, student tells police
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A Bangladeshi student accused of stabbing her homestay landlord while he slept tells police she travelled to Australia with the sole intention of killing someone on behalf of Islamic State.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, terrorism, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, melbourne-3000, mill-park-3082, vic
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Bloodland Video Transcript
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Are attacks on white South African farmers aimed at terrorising them off the land? Should Australia offer them special haven, as some MPs here have suggested? Jonathan Holmes investigates. Aired on Foreign Correspondent at 8 pm Tuesday July 31st.
Topics: world-politics, communism, colonialism, poverty, discrimination, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, south-africa
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Father seen with bloodied knife found not guilty of murder
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A man is found not guilty of murder, with the jury accepting the defence's argument that he had been chopping ingredients for a meal, then thrown his arms up in self-defence when his son flew at him in a rage.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480
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Man murdered young mum in Belanglo Forest, then killed her toddler daughter
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Daniel James Holdom pleads guilty to the murders of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, who was found in the Belanglo State Forest, and her daughter Khandalyce, whose body was found dumped in a suitcase on the side of a South Australian highway.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, sydney-2000, bowral-2576, wollongong-2500, wynarka-5306, alice-springs-0870
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Accused Flinders Street driver has paranoid schizophrenia, court told
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The man accused of deliberately driving a car into pedestrians on Flinders Street in Melbourne's CBD, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, has "a major mental illness", a court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, vic
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Jo-an Engelbrecht shows the room where he found his parents murdered Video
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Nothing looked unusual as he approached the farmhouse on the South African property where his family have lived for 40 years. But the horror that awaited him inside he will take to his grave, Mr Engelbrecht tells Foreign Correspondent.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, rural, south-africa
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'The white minority took our land. Enough is enough' (photos)
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When a white South African farmer found his mum tortured in her home on Mother's Day he was sure it wasn't just a murder — it was "political hate".
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, government-and-politics, race-relations, south-africa
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Meat grinder bomb plot accused says he was forced to sign a false confession
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An Australian father of two allegedly involved in an Islamic State plot to blow up an Etihad flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi accuses Lebanese authorities of fabricating evidence and forcing him to sign a false confession.
Topics: terrorism, murder-and-manslaughter, crime-prevention, sydney-airport-2020, sydney-2000, lebanon
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Neighbours hear screams as man stabbed at home north of Brisbane
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A neighbour describes hearing screaming and yelling as a 41-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a home north of Brisbane. A 36-year-old man who was living there has been charged with murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, mango-hill-4509, qld, brisbane-4000
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Mystery continues into 'brutal' death of accused child sex offender after murder charges dropped
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One of WA's most notorious murders is back on the unsolved list after a decision to drop charges against a Perth man over the death of alleged child sex offender Robert Dalliston almost a decade ago.
Topics: child-abuse, murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, mandurah-6210, wa
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Murdered brothel madam's cold case review uncovered police corruption, inquest told
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An inquest into the 1975 execution-style killing of Shirley Finn at a Perth golf course hears a review of the case in 2014 uncovered police corruption linked to the brothel madam's murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa
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Man accused of abduction and murder of toddler in 1970 committed to stand trial
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Lawyers for a 64-year-old man accused of the abduction and murder of a three-year-old on the NSW south coast in 1970 question the validity of his alleged confession to police.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, missing-person, fairy-meadow-2519, nsw, wollongong-2500
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Woman who dumped partner's headless torso, set it alight, guilty of murder
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A woman who cut up her partner's body with a saw she purchased from Bunnings and dumped his torso on a roadside is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison, almost five years after his death.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558
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Brothers charged with murder of Rebels bikie chief who was allegedly given lethal drug cocktail
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Ricky Ciano was allegedly given a lethal mixture of prescription and prohibited drugs before his body was found partially naked inside a car in the NSW Central Tablelands on Valentine's Day last year.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, silverwater-2128
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Mother-of-three found dead in garage 'had been assaulted'
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The death of a woman, whose body was found in the garage of her home on Phillip Island in Victoria, is now being investigated by homicide detectives.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, cowes-3922, vic
