Dumping and Punching: NSW Police Watchdog Investigates Brutality and Misconduct
In its Annual Report 2018-19, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) notes that over the last year it assessed 2,547 complaints about the NSW Police Force (NSWPF). However, due to a “challenging” budget, the oversight body was only able to...
Sexual Assault Investigation into Julian Assange Dropped
Swedish prosecutors have formally dropped their investigation into an allegation that Julian Assange sexually assaulted a woman in Stockholm ten years ago, conceding the evidence is too weak to support a prosecution. The allegations In 2010, Swedish prosecutors issued an...
Victims of Police Shooting to be Paid Over $2 Million
The Victorian Police force has agreed to a last minute multi-million dollar settlement with two people who were shot by officers at a party at a Melbourne nightclub. Eleventh hour settlement to avoid court The case was due to be...
The Great Dividing Range Between Morrison and the People
For the second week running, eastern Australia is burning. It isn’t even summer yet, but unprecedented fires are sweeping through NSW and Queensland. And these blazes have hit our state at a time of unparalleled drought and human caused water...
The Crime of Arson in New South Wales
Two people are dead, several remain missing and more than 150 homes have been destroyed in the past several weeks as bushfires have surged out of control along the Eastern Coast of Australia. With most of the country in severe...
The Offence of Refusing to Leave a Licensed Premises in NSW
The ‘rule of law’ dictates that everyone should be treated equally under the law, regardless of who they are, who they know and what position they hold. A senior police officer learnt this the hard way when, some time ago,...
Police Allegedly Shot Dead an Unarmed Teen
At around 7.15 pm on Saturday 9 November 2019, a Northern Territory constable allegedly gunned down an unarmed Warlpiri teenager. The incident occurred as two police officers entered the home of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker in relation to claims he’d breached...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 November 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sniffer Dogs are Ineffective in Detecting the Presence of Drugs Drug dogs may give a positive indication where a person has merely touched affected currency...
Police Officer Appeals Conviction, In an Effort to Keep His Job
The Queensland Police officer who received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to illegally accessing and using information from a police database is now appealing his sentence. Senior Constable Neil Punchard was convicted after leaking a domestic violence victim’s address...
Military Whistleblower Not Allowed to Choose His Own Lawyer: An Interview With David McBride
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer turned whistleblower David McBride told reporters last week that he’ll be representing himself in court. A reason for this decision is that the government requires any lawyer who represents him to have top secret security...
