The Law on Destroying or Damaging Property in New South Wales
A 52-year old man has been arrested for destroying or damaging property after allegedly using a claw hammer to smash several glass panels near the entry to Parramatta Local Court at around 7.15pm last night. Video footage of the incident...
Teacher Who Sexually Abused Student Wins Appeal
42-year old Adelaide teacher, Sonia Mackay, has walked free after successfully appealing her sentence of imprisonment for sexually abusing a student. Last year, Ms Mackay pleaded guilty to persistent sexual abuse of a child, which is an offence under section...
Fingerprint Evidence Is Not Infallible
We previously reported on the problems with fingerprint evidence, including the lack of uniformity in matching techniques and the fact that a human’s interpretation is what ultimately determines whether there is a match. Since our article, additional research has been...
Australian Police Don’t Take Hate Crime Seriously
It has been reported that of the thousands of hate crimes recorded in police statistics across the nation each year, only a very small proportion are ever prosecuted. Recent findings Data released by Victoria Police suggests that, on average, three...
Dismissal of NSW Police Officer for Suspected Cocaine Use Was Unlawful
The NSW Police Force has lost an unfair dismissal case in the state’s Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), after it was found that an allegation of cocaine use is not sufficient to terminate an officer’s employment. Background The officer was dismissed...
Woman Charged with Blackmailing Grieving Parents
It’s entirely possible that you saw and perhaps even shared the desperate pleas on social media from couple Jay and Dee Windross calling for help to find a lost mobile phone that held photos of their dying baby girl. The...
Man Faces Court for Filming Under Cubicle Door
30-year old French national Mehdi Gaci has been charged with recording an intimate image without consent arising from an incident that allegedly occurred in a Sydney bar on Saturday, 27 April 2019. Police allege that at around 1am that morning,...
Woman Are Less Likely to Support Cannabis Legalisation Than Men
Community attitudes towards the legalisation of cannabis have shifted in recent years, with more and more people calling for marijuana to be legalised in Australia. However, research by North Carolina State University has suggested that women are less likely than...
Partner of Deceased Refugee Sues Australian Government
The wife of Omid Masoumali, who died after setting himself alight on April 2016 has commenced civil proceedings against the Australian Government for negligence and failing to provide adequate care. The life and death of Omid Masoumali Three years before...
The Crime of Bestiality in New South Wales
A 34-year-old Bangalow man stands accused of going on a seven year sexual offending spree in Byron Bay. This included having sex with at least 19 dogs. Dean Anthony Sellenthin has been charged with bestiality over the acts that involved...
