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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 […]

New affirmative consent laws in relation to sexual assault cases have been introduced in NSW. The amendments to the legislation were revealed by Attorney-General Mark Speakman as ‘common sense’. The reforms to sexual assault consent laws go even further than what was proposed by the Law Reform Commission.   What is consent? Consent is when […]

NSW police have applied for an apprehended violence order (AVO) against actress Madeleine West for the protection of celebrity chef Shannon Bennett’s father in law. West & Bennett were in a relationship until 2018 when the pair split. The application was made just days after Mr Bennett revealed the couple’s six children live full-time with […]

The trial of the former manager of Guy Sebastian has heard that an AVO was applied for against the singer just days before Sebastian went to police. Titus Emanuel Day is facing fraud charges based on allegations made by the former Australian idol winner. Mr Sebastian originally commenced civil proceedings against Mr Day in 2018. […]

A groom has been found guilty of indecent assault involving one of his wife’s bridesmaids just two days before their wedding. Daniel Carney was found guilty four charges following an incident during his wedding festivities. The jury, made up of seven men and five women, delivered the verdicts after nine hours of deliberations. He was […]

Former NRL star Brett Kenny has been charged with common assault domestic violence after an incident on the NSW central coast. Officers attended the home of the Parramatta Eels legend after receiving a report of an altercation. He was arrested and taken to Wyong Police Station before he was formally charged and release. Complainant Known […]

Four people are facing drug supply charges in NSW after police uncovered an alleged crime syndicate. The investigation took approximately 9 months before it culminated in a number of arrests.  A number of search warrants were executed and an amount of cash was seized. Investigations into Supply Prohibited Drug Strike Force Crestreef was established in […]

A drunk speeding driver who was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for the manslaughter of a teenager and a heavily pregnant woman with unborn twins and has had his sentence slashed. Richard Moananu appeared at the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal where he was re-sentenced to 12-and-a-half years with a non-parole period of 8 years […]

A western Sydney man has been charged with sexual intercourse with a child after allegedly being caught by undercover police officers. Officers allege that they had been speaking to the 59-year-old online for a month before they arrested him at Liverpool. A search of a home was conducted with a number of electronic storage devices […]