The Offence of Common Assault in NSW
Two women have been charged with common assault and using offensive language after they allegedly attacked a man near a bus stop on Gadigal land in the Sydney CBD. Officers attached to the Sydney City Police Area Command received a...
The NSW Offence of Reckless Wounding in Company
Two New South Wales men have been charged with reckless wounding in company, following an incident involving an alleged assault on a 31-year-old man at a licensed premises in on Wiradjuri land on Yapunyah Street in the southwestern NSW town...
Sexual Touching in New South Wales: Offences, Penalties and Legal Defences
New South Wales Police has reported that a man apprehended by officers from the North West High Visibility Policing Unit on Dharug land in the western Sydney suburb of Lethbridge Park at 6.20 pm last Saturday night, 22 August 2026,...
The Offence of Child Abduction in New South Wales
A New South Wales woman was sentenced to two years prison time in March 2025, over having abducted her own child from a park on Dharawal land in the coastal city of Wollongong in December 2022. The woman had taken...
Impact of Youth on Moral Culpability Must Be Considered in Sentencing
Ali Qadir arranged to meet Karim Shehade at an address in the Sydney southwestern suburb of Yagoona at around 11 pm on 14 October 2023, in order to buy a car that the latter had listed on Facebook Marketplace for...
The Offence of Possessing an Encrypted Device to Facilitate Criminal Activity in NSW
Strike Force Harskamp has been investigating an alleged organised crime network’s suspected illicit trade in the supply of dedicated encrypted criminal communication devices (DECCDs). DECCDs are mobile devices that have been specifically altered to provide secure encrypted communications between criminals...
The Offence of Animal Sexual Abuse in New South Wales
New South Wales man Joel Kerin, then 30, pleaded guilty to four counts of bestiality in Bega Local Court in October 2024. But since March 2026, this crime has been modernised and is now known as the offence of animal...
The Offence of Aiding or Abetting the Suicide of Another in NSW
A former New South Wales police officer recently failed in his attempt to appeal his sentence over a conviction of having aided or abetted the suicide of another, as Phillip Baldwin had successfully assisted his wife, Joanne, in taking her...
The Criminal Offence of Riot in New South Wales
Three men were arrested on Friday, 19 June 2026 and charged with a long list of crimes, including the offence of riot. The arrests were in response to New South Wales police officers having been called out to a park...
The Offence of Throwing Objects at Vehicles in New South Wales
Northern Beaches Police Area Command posted a 26 May 2026 message to its Facebook page calling on parents to “please talk” to their children about how throwing objects at cars is not only a dangerous thing to do but is...
