Alleged Members of Criminal Group Charged with a Range of Serious Offences
Thirteen people are facing criminal charges as police taskforces target an alleged criminal group said to be responsible for a range of serious criminal offences across Sydney. The investigation The New South Wales Crime Command’s Financial Crimes Squad Motor Unit...
Criminal Offences Relating to Tobacco Products in Australia
Law enforcement officers from the Multi-Agency Strike Team (MAST) have issued a Court Attendance Notice (CAN) for two counts of importing tobacco products with intent to defraud revenue against a 42-year old man over the seizure of 25 million cigarettes...
Dehumanising Police Assault of Mentally Ill Woman Highlights Desperate Need for Reform
Two New South Wales police officers recently pleaded guilty to several assault charges as well as unauthorised use of a prohibited weapon for brutalising a naked 48-year old mentally ill woman who was in the midst of a mental health...
NSW Police Officers Plead Guilty After Brutalising and Degrading Mentally Ill Woman
Two New South Wales police officers have pleaded guilty to criminal offences after their body worn cameras filmed them approaching a naked 48-year old woman who was clearly in the midst of a mental health episode, punching, kicking and stomping...
Courts Must Assess Individual Moral Culpability in Cases of Joint Criminal Enterprise
A Toyota Land Cruiser was stolen from electronics store Karera in the New South Wales Central Coast town of Tuggerah in mid-October 2020. At 9 am on 15 October 2020, Adam Jones, the son of a Karera manager, spotted the...
Sydney Kebab Shop Shooting May Be Linked to Organised Crime
Police say a 26-year old man and 47-year old woman are in a stable condition, and a 25-year old man is in a serious condition, after two masked assailants entered a kebab shop on South Parade in Auburn at about...
Courts Must Consider Family Violence When Making Financial and Property Orders
The federal parliament passed the Family Law Amendment Act 2024 on 10 December 2024, which amends the Family Law Act 1975 in a several ways, including the way in which financial and property matters are determined after the breakdown of...
Constitutional Rights in Australia Versus the United States
Despite the efforts of the current president of the United States to enhance state control through executive orders at the expense of fundamental civil liberties, the nation’s constitution explicitly guarantees wide range of individual rights in relation to the government....
Constructive Murder in NSW: Homicide That Occurs During Another Serious Criminal Offence
At about 12.30 am on 24 May 2020, a man referred by the NSW Supreme Court as DPD and four other men, DJD, EE, Murdoch and Shillingsworth, were driving towards the home of Kevin Kourtis, which was located on Langton...
Doli Incapax: The Presumption that Kids Between 10 and 14 Cannot Form Criminal Intent
A 15-year-old boy made a complaint to New South Wales police about his older brother twice having had sexual intercourse with him, whilst he was roughly 6 years and 9 months old, which made his brother then 11 years and...
