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Man sentenced for sexually touching teen who mistook his car for Uber
A 42-year-old man who repeatedly rubbed the thigh of an 18-year-old girl in Sydney’s east has failed to have the case dealt with on mental health grounds.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Carnival misled passengers over safety of Ruby Princess cruise: court
Retired nurse Susan Karpik sued the cruise ship company over the voyage at the start of the pandemic, on which her husband most likely contracted COVID and almost died.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Georgina Mitchell
Former manager happy to deliver mail after ‘sham redundancy’, court told
Jasmine Chambers is suing the Bureau of Meteorology alleging she was fired after taking two days of leave in Paris.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Woman may not remember sex with 14-year-old boy, prosecutor tells jury
A 46-year-old woman accused of sexually assaulting a teenager may have only remembered kissing him because she was drunk and would black out, a court has heard.
- by Sarah McPhee
How two days off in Paris led to claims Jasmine was sacked in a ‘sham redundancy’
Jasmine Chambers was made redundant after her manager criticised her for taking leave in Paris, which he had approved, a court was told.
- by Georgina Mitchell
‘I thought you were 18 and I was 18’: Taped call at 46-year-old’s child sex trial
The woman has been quizzed during her Sydney trial about a conversation she had with a boy she is accused of sexually assaulting when he was 14.
- by Sarah McPhee
Woman claims boy’s sexual assault allegation ‘fabrication or fantasy’
A 46-year-old woman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy has taken to the witness box at her NSW District Court trial, giving evidence about that night.
- by Sarah McPhee
‘No place for such hatred’: Sydney killer jailed for maximum of 22 years
Stanley Early was “motivated by a hatred for and prejudice against homosexual men”, a judge said, when sentencing him over the 1987 murder of Raymond Keam in Sydney’s east.
- by Sarah McPhee and Michaela Whitbourn
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‘He’s trying to steal my car,’ man yelled before alleged murder by son
Kenneth Fitzpatrick’s neighbour allegedly saw him bloodied in a fight with his son over car keys before his death at his Berowra Heights home, a court has heard.
- by Sarah McPhee
Lisa Wilkinson suing Ten over $700k legal costs in Lehrmann defamation case
The journalist is seeking for her costs to be paid immediately, after Ten argued it would pay them at the end of the proceedings.
- by Georgina Mitchell
‘She came in and raped him’: Boy’s mother cries at woman’s child sex trial
The mother of a 14-year-old boy allegedly sexually assaulted by a woman has told a jury her son was sobbing and shaking when he told her about the incident.
- by Sarah McPhee