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...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent to Avoid Arrest in NSW
A 17-year-old boy was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest last week, after he allegedly accelerated a Mazda sedan in the direction of several New South Wales police officers in Sydney’s north on Saturday, 6...
Criminal Offences Relating to Possessing, Supplying or Making Explosives in NSW
Police officers conducted a raid at a residence on Wiradjuri land on Rockley Street in Perthville, on the New South Wales Central Tablelands, that uncovered a clandestine laboratory and bomb-manufacturing site at 9 am on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. A...
The Offence of ‘Home Invasion’: Aggravated Break and Enter to Commit Serious Indictable Offence
A 15-year-old boy from southwestern Sydney gained entry into a house located on Cabrogal land on Longfield Street in Cabramatta at around 6.15 pm on 6 May 2026, and he had no permission to do so. The teenager then grabbed...
