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...
The Combined Offence of High Range Drink Driving and Drug Driving in NSW
A little after 3pm on Sunday, 3 March 2026, New South Wales Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers were patrolling on Bundjalung land in the northeastern New South Wales town of Tweed Heads, when they were alerted to a...
The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’
New South Wales police were called out to Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach, which is located on Gadigal land, following several reports regarding property damage on 29 November 2025. Officers attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrived at...
The Offence of Assaulting a Police Officer in New South Wales
A 27-year-old woman was arrested on Gadigal land at her Potts Point residence on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, as part of the ongoing investigations of Strike Force Laine, which is the New South Wales Police Force probe into the participants...
