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Former NRL player Darrell Trindall’s Supreme Court bail application has been granted on domestic violence charges. The 50-year-old will be released to a specialist rehabilitation program which focusses on addresses drug and alcohol issues of Indigenous people. Trindall labelled his first time in jail, “just what I needed”. Domestic Violence Charges Darrell Trindall was initially […]

Charlotte Hornets basketball player Miles Bridges has been charged with domestic violence offences after his wife released photos of her injuries on social media. She also released a medical report which appeared to support her allegations. Bridges handed himself into police before being released on bail. The NBA have yet to comment, while the Hornets […]

A man who allegedly put a woman in the boot of his car before sexually assaulting her has been granted bail. The pair had been known to each other for 17 years prior to the incident. The man was charged with sexual assault after police received a complaint in May. He was refused bail by […]

A man who was subject to an apprehended violence order (AVO) and committed a number of domestic violence offences has had his bid for Australian citizenship rejected. The Home Affairs Minister’s decision to refuse Lebanese man Khodr Nazem Saadie citizenship was upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. In making the decision, the Tribunal found that […]

NRL player Taylan May will face a Magistrate in October after being charged with assault following an incident during the Penrith Panthers premiership celebrations. The hearing co-indices with the start of the Rugby League World Cup and may require many of his Panthers teammates, including Nathan Cleary, to return to Australia to give evidence. There […]

A man has been charged with common assault after an alleged altercation with a Liberal Party volunteer. The incident occurred in the New South Wales Blue Mountains over the removal of a political sign. The complainant was a 53-year-old male who had his wife and young daughter in a car at the time of the […]

A study into assault charges in Sydney has found that the introduction of lockout laws simply shifted the number of offences out of the CBD and into nearby suburbs. The study also showed that a decrease in assaults occurred after media reporting into alcohol fuelled violence, rather than the introduction of the laws. The Police […]

Police have applied for an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) and laid assault charges against a former prison officer who recently escaped jail time over a relationship with an inmate. Melissa Maree Goodwin is accused of biting Rebels bikie Caleb Valeri during an argument at his home in Liverpool, in Sydney’s west, in September 2021. She […]

A man has pleaded guilty to assault charges after he smashed a schooner of beer on his victim’s face. Matthew McAlister was alleged to have punched Leo Rivaud in the face at the Glasgow Arms Hotel in Sydney in June 2020. The 35-year-old is expected to face jail time due to the severity of the […]

Four men have been charged with kidnapping Australian cricket icon Stuart MacGill at gunpoint in Sydney’s lower north shore. The 50-year-old was allegedly assaulted and held for over an hour by the group after they detained him. Shockingly, one of the kidnappers was the brother of MacGill’s current girlfriend, Maria O’Meagher. Kidnapping Allegations Just before the […]