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Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed
Facing allegations of public masturbation, threatening sexual comments, stalking of women and girls, Geoffrey Postle has repeatedly been released despite police warnings.
- by Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
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Alexandria stabbing accused allegedly broke knife in three pieces during attack
Police will allege that Anthony Monteleone stabbed his former girlfriend so hard that the knife broke apart at the handle and blade split in two.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Student with knife sends Sydney school into lockdown, staff member injured
A Sydney school was sent into lockdown after a student allegedly brought a knife to school. A teacher was cut while disarming the teenager.
- by Perry Duffin
Rambo-style hunting knives for sale at Westfield shopping centre
Long-bladed knives, swords, axes and other weapons are being sold at a kiosk in Westfield Hornsby just weeks after the shocking knife attack in which six people were killed at Westfield Bondi Junction.
- by Andrew Taylor
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‘Cleaning cars’: How an alleged murder syndicate was blown open
Toufik Hamze, 64, and his son Salim, 18, were gunned down outside their Sydney home. This is how police tracked down the organised crime figures they say ordered the teen’s death.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
More than 40 staff at northern beaches school targeted with malware by colleague
Police say school staff had personal information including credit card details allegedly stolen by Aaron Pennesi. Police also allegedly found child abuse material.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Hunter Valley bus driver addicted to drugs, took pills before fatal crash
The bus driver, who killed 10 people in a crash last year, had a long history of opioid abuse that concerned doctors and employers.
- by Perry Duffin
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Detective’s alleged teen rape victim ‘kept asking to leave’ when he groped her in police car, court told
The then-19-year-old has accused the sex crimes detective of raping her, and thought she had to ask permission to leave his car because “he was a cop”.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Former television reporter charged with choking woman
Now a corporate consultant, Liam Cox, 39, has been charged over an alleged domestic violence incident at a home in Sydney’s east.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Sarah McPhee
Violent abuser allowed to stay in Australia after attacking partner with bat
A tribunal has cancelled plans to deport a repeat abuser who attacked his partner in the NSW town of Orange after years of criminal behaviour.
- by Perry Duffin
NSW Police to use metal detectors against knife violence
The Minns government is giving police more powers after a spate of high-profile stabbings, including the Bondi Junction attack and the Wakeley church assault.
- by Alexandra Smith