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Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has been charged with stalking and intimidation of a Sydney bar owner. The 51-year-old, who was self-isolating on his court date, has pleaded not guilty and intends to defend the charge. Police have also applied for an apprehended violence order (AVO) for the protection of the complainant. A friend of […]

Police are looking to charge a man with the offence of supply large commercial quantity of drugs in NSW, after tradies found $44 million worth of ice and $1.1 million cash in a house. They have released a CCTV image of the man they are searching for. A strike force has also been established to […]

Questions are being asked after police took almost two years to lay sexual touching charges over an incident at a popular Sydney beach. A 23-year-old woman reported the allegations to police the same day of the incident in 2020. However, it took police until February 2022 to charge the accused. He was bail refused and […]

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has had his sexual assault appeal allowed and also been released on bail as he awaits a third trial. The 33-year-old’s criminal lawyers had argued that the Court of Criminal Appeal could have entered acquittals — however, the appeal decision did not go this far. The sexual assault allegations centred […]

A father who pleaded guilty to commercial quantity drug supply has claimed he resorted to it after losing his highly paid job during Covid. Keith Anderson was caught by police after his ute packed with drugs was involved in a 160km/hr crash on the M1 north of Sydney. The father-of-three was sentenced to almost five […]

A high school science teacher in Sydney has been charged with supply prohibited drug to her students. Lauren Russell worked at Lucas Heights High School as a science teacher and Year 11 welfare adviser. Police will allege that she also supplied cannabis to her students. The 42-year-old will appear at Sutherland Local Court on 9 […]

A Sydney banker has been granted bail after being charged with common assault against his wife. Fredrik Blencke spent Christmas and New Year in jail for breaching his bail conditions and contravene AVO after he was charged with assaulting his wife Annabelle Price, 30, and contravening an apprehended violence order. But the 49-year-old was granted […]

A former financial advisor has been sentenced to jail for dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception after unlawfully giving clients early access to their superannuation funds. Ahmed Saad used his position as the sole director of a wealth management company to charge fees to clients, claiming he provided financial services to them. However, Australian Securities […]

One of the most common questions asked of the legal profession is, how can a criminal lawyer defend someone who is guilty? There appears to be view that a criminal defence lawyer uses technical arguments or legal loopholes to free persons who are ostensibly guilty of offences. Further, a prevailing view in the community is […]

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 […]