Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 February 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Ben Barba May Be Banned for Life after Being Accused of Domestic Violence The NRL is taking an increasingly tough stance on players accused of...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 28 January to 3 February 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Saving Aboriginal Mothers From Prison: An Interview With Free the People’s Debbie Kilroy The Free the People campaign is raising money to pay off the...
Acting in defence of another person. What does the law say?
Imagine this. Your teenage daughter is at the shopping mall with friends after school. She calls to tell you she is being beaten up. By a grown woman. As the story unfolds, you find out that she and another girl...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 January 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Imprisoned for False Sexual Assault Allegations The false accusation of rape resulted in the woman’s former partner spending months behind bars and nearly taking...
Prison for Police Officer who Groomed Vulnerable Teen
A Victorian Police officer who groomed a vulnerable teenager for sexual relations has spent his first night in prison, after a Victorian Judge sentenced him to 10 months behind bars. Officer Vikram Gopinath met the teen when she was just...
Woman Imprisoned for False Sexual Assault Allegations
A former police worker has been sentenced to a minimum of two years behind bars after she pleaded guilty to falsely accusing her ex-partner of sexual assault. 28-year old Sarah-Jane Parkinson entered pleas in November last year to two counts...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 January 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Renewed Calls for Wage Theft to be Criminalised Revelations that the ABC underpaid up to 2,500 casual staff over 6 years has led to fresh...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 January 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Politician to Charge Taxpayers for Attendance at Racist Rally Independent MP Fraser Anning has been criticised for charging taxpayers to attend a far right-wing rally....
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 31 December 2018 to 6 January 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: New Laws Will Allow the Use of Military to Break Protests The federal government has introduced legislation which will allow state police to call upon...
Magistrate Under Investigation for Remarks About Sexual Assault Complainant
Magistrate Richard Pithouse is to be investigated by the Judicial Commission of Victoria after reportedly telling a complainant in a sexual assault matter that she “put herself in that position”. The investigation will come as a result of a referral...
