Court Reveals Identity of Lawyer Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault
It may be common knowledge in the legal profession, but the name of a Sydney criminal defence lawyer charged with aggravated sexual assault has now been made public, after the lawyer’s appeal against the Local Court’s refusal to grant a...
The Rules Relating to Commencing and Discontinuing Criminal Prosecutions in NSW
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Victoria is facing a barrage of criticism after withdrawing the criminal charges against a de-frocked Catholic Priest. The complainant, now in her early 60s, has spent nearly a decade trying...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A man is facing 135 criminal charges, including 46 sexual assault charges against 31 women that he met via dating apps, whom he allegedly drugged and filmed as he was sexually assaulting them. Police say the 30 year old man...
British Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly 100 Child Sexual Offences
A British man has admitted to almost 100 sexual offences against children in Britain, Australia and the US. In a UK court, 36 year old labourer David Wilson pleaded guilty to 96 sexual offences against 51 boys, some as young...
The Offence of Child Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A 65 year old man has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a boy in Sydney more than 30 years ago. NSW Police allege the man sexually assaulted a boy, then aged between 10 and 14 years...
When Can a Jury Be Discharged in New South Wales?
The trial of a 22 year old Sydney swimming instructor will now be forced to restart, after the jury was discharged by NSW District Court Judge Kara Shead, on the second day of trial. The jury had been assembled this...
The Offence of Disseminating, Possessing or Producing Child Abuse Material
Australian Federal police have arrested 44 men across the country, including eight from NSW who are alleged to belong to an international ring sharing child abuse material. The AFP’s special unit, called the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE),...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for the Offence of Aggravated Sexual Assault in NSW
Sydney man Joshua Rini is behind prison bars and facing additional charges, after a third woman has come forward accusing him of sexual assault. Mr Rini handed himself into Police after a public appeal for information on his whereabouts in...
Sexual Assault, Stalking and Suicide: The Dark Side of Tinder
Last year, Victorian man Glen Hartland was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting three women and indecently assaulting another. He pleaded guilty to the charges, after using dating app Tinder to lure his victims. One of...
Sydney Doctor Sent to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Patients
A Sydney doctor has been sentenced to six years behind bars for sexually assaulting patients while working at a sleep research clinic. Ali Khorami pleaded not guilty to committing sexual offences against five females aged between 16 and 29 whom...