Crime

Troy Smith, who was arrested in April after police found methamphetamine in his hotel room in Bali, is sentenced to six-month drug rehabilitation by an Indonesian court.

The Essex security guard meticulously planned how he would kidnap the This Morning presenter from her home — even going as far as to purchase a kidnap kit for the purpose. 

Essex Police have arrested Gavin Plumb after allegedly plotting an attack on British television presenter Holly Willoughby since 2021.

Anthony Bray, 48, from Nuneaton, east of Birmingham, says he bought the 20 centimetre replica sword online as a fidget toy.

68-year-old Patricia McKay was struck and killed by a white sedan during a botched robbery attempt at Fashion Island mall, Newport Beach.

Jie Shao was jailed six years after the death of 35-year-old Jean Huang, who underwent a banned breast augmentation procedure in Sydney.

A man who bought a 3D printer to help his autistic son with school work has been granted bail after spending nine months in jail on weapons manufacture charges.

Claudean Jonathon Williams is alleged to have stolen the SUV from a Kalgoorlie shopping centre where it was parked with six children inside.

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was under investigation for child sexual abuse offences when he died by suicide was still sending explicit messages to teens in the days leading up to his death, a report finds.

Christopher Dillon Joannidis has pleaded guilty to five counts of dangerous driving causing death over the crash at Strathmerton in northern Victoria last year.

Despite anecdotal information suggesting spiking is reasonably common, only seven people went to court charged with unlawful drink spiking in Queensland between July 2021 and May 2024.

The 29-year-old faces two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021.

Affectionately referred to as “Garry”, the 1.5m gorilla statue was stolen from Leith Park retirement in Melbourne's north-east last month.

Environmental activist group Blockade Australia plans to continue protests, which have already stopped passenger trains and coal movements into one of the world's biggest coal ports for more than a week. 

Victorian police are asking for the public to help with a manhunt following a fatal collision in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested and is undergoing health assessments after he allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old student at the University of Sydney on Tuesday morning. The Counter Terrorism and and Special Tactics Command is investigating the stabbing.

A Victorian disability pensioner who claims to have been been falsely nominated for nearly 60 traffic infringements says he has had yet another crime wrongly pinned on him.

Desperate to feed hungry animals, these Tasmanian farmers spent thousands of dollars on hay that never arrived. Now, they want to protect other vulnerable people from doing the same.

A teenager has been arrested over a stabbing at Sydney University that put the campus into lockdown.

Henry Laduma has avoided an immediate jail term for his role in stabbing a man to the lower chest during a gang-related nightclub brawl at the Nairobi Affair Lounge in March 2022.

Police say a motive or ideology has not been determined after a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a student in the neck on the grounds of the University of Sydney this morning.

Detectives say there may be more alleged victims, and are urging people with information to come forward, after more than a year of investigating the alleged historic crimes. 

The first study tracking the murder of children by parents in domestic violence situations is released.

South Australian Independent MP Fraser Ellis has been found guilty of four counts of deception over his misuse of the Country Members Accommodation Allowance.

A remote property near the Victoria-New South Wales border is among several raided by organised crime squad detectives.