Murder / Manslaughter

The Victoria Police Killing of Homeless Somali Man: Justified or Excessive Force?

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Two Victoria police officers shot dead Somali man Abdifatah Ahmed at around 9 pm on Thursday 17 April 2025, after being called out to the corner of Paisly and Albert streets in the Naarm-Melbourne suburb of Footscray, due to a...

Statistics Suggest Police Are Solving More Crimes Than Ever Before

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A recent report by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has the mainstream media asserting that criminal offences are being ‘solved’ at higher rates than ever before in New South Wales. But while these sources...

Killing of Indigenous Boy Suggests Racist Violence is Alive and Well in Australia

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Killings and massacres based on race, as well as systemic social, economic and political issues defined by race, ethnicity, religion, gender and sexual orientation have plagued our nation since its inception.  The latest example of an attack reported to be...

Prosecution Appeals Against Judge’s Decision to Allow Killer Cop to Avoid Prison

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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) will file an appeal against the inadequacy of the sentence imposed on a police officer who avoided a prison sentence despite being convicted of manslaughter for fatally tasering a 95-year old...

Sentence for Officer Who Killed Great-Grandmother by Taser Is Manifestly Inadequate

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The former police officer convicted of manslaughter for fatally tasering 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland at an aged care facility in southern New South Wales has been given a non-custodial sentence, with many expressing the view that the penalty is far...

Criminal Offences of Injuring or Killing Australian Citizens or Residents Overseas

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Six tourists including two young Australian women, both aged 19-years, are now deceased as a result of a mass poisoning in a popular South-East Asian holiday destination in Laos, after consuming drinks that are believed to have contained methanol. The...

Horrific Australian Crimes: Massacres, Serial Killings and Persistent Child Sexual Assault

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Australia is no stranger to unimaginable crimes, despite our relatively small population. Indeed, our lucky country has been the scene of some of the world’s most horrific criminal offences - crimes that have attracted worldwide attention and, for those who...

Infamous Crimes on Halloween: Death Destruction and Disaster on a Dark Day

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Halloween is a United States-inspired tradition when kids dress up, go trick-or-treating with their friends, and get as much candy as possible. But, over the years, Halloween has slowly morphed into something darker. Not only does crime spike during this...

What is the Standard Non-Parole Period for Murder in New South Wales?

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Former New South Wales police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon appeared via audio visual link in Downing Centre Local Court yesterday charged with murdering Jesse Baird and his boyfriend, Luke Davies, inside a home in Sydney on 19 February 2024. The 29-year...

White Supremacist Stabs Man in Sydney, But Terrorism Police Stumped as to His Ideology

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White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, an Anglo Australian man from the NSW town of Grafton, walks into two mosques in Christchurch in March 2019 and guns down 51 Muslim worshippers. The killer produced a far-right manifesto. He had links to Australian...
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