Teacher who pleaded guilty to sex with boy expected to be cleared

Teacher who pleaded guilty to sex with boy expected to be cleared

Gaye Grant admitted to repeated acts of sexual intercourse with the boy and coaching him “about what he would say if her husband caught them together”.

  • bySarah McPhee

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Man who set sister alight found not criminally responsible for her death
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Man who set sister alight found not criminally responsible for her death

Jason Raymond Patterson argued he was suffering from a mental health impairment when he killed Jody James,who he believed was possessed by a demon.

  • bySarah McPhee
Former nightclub boss jailed for 20 years over $1.5b cocaine plot

Former nightclub boss jailed for 20 years over $1.5b cocaine plot

Tristan Waters was arrested at a meeting with undercover police in a Serbian hotel,to which a fellow Australian had brought a suitcase containing $1 million.

  • bySarah McPhee
‘Extremely weak case’:Beale argues he should have never been charged

‘Extremely weak case’:Beale argues he should have never been charged

Lawyers for rugby star Kurtley Beale are seeking to have his legal costs paid for by the state after he was cleared of sexual assault charges in a Bondi pub.

  • bySarah McPhee
Teen charged with Wakeley terrorism attack travelled 90 minutes to church:police

Teen charged with Wakeley terrorism attack travelled 90 minutes to church:police

The teenager charged with stabbing a bishop in a church in Sydney’s west has a “long history of behaviour” consistent with mental health issues,a court heard.

  • byJessica McSweeney andSarah McPhee
This $24m mansion burnt to the ground. The arsonists almost backed out
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This $24m mansion burnt to the ground. The arsonists almost backed out

Property developer Steve Nassif has pleaded guilty to his role in the fire that destroyed a Northwood home in 2022,but is remaining tight-lipped on his motive.

  • bySarah McPhee,Lucy Macken andClare Sibthorpe
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Bruce Lehrmann defamation case as it happened:Brittany Higgins raped by former staffer,Justice Michael Lee finds

Bruce Lehrmann defamation case as it happened:Brittany Higgins raped by former staffer,Justice Michael Lee finds

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has dismissed Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case after finding Ten and Lisa Wilkinson had established on the balance of probabilities that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andSarah McPhee
‘Hell-bent on having sex’:Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins

‘Hell-bent on having sex’:Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has handed down his decision in the former political staffer’s high-stakes defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn,Sarah McPhee andPerry Duffin
‘This was a terrible scene’:Joel Cauchi identified as Bondi Junction attacker

‘This was a terrible scene’:Joel Cauchi identified as Bondi Junction attacker

The 40-year-old man was known to Queensland police.

  • byMegan Gorrey,Anthony Segaert,Jordan Baker,Sarah McPhee,Perry Duffin andAlexandra Smith
Bondi Junction stabbing as it happened:NSW Police identify Joel Cauchi as attacker;John Singleton’s daughter among multiple dead in Sydney’s eastern suburbs

Bondi Junction stabbing as it happened:NSW Police identify Joel Cauchi as attacker;John Singleton’s daughter among multiple dead in Sydney’s eastern suburbs

Saturday’s mass stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction has shocked Sydney – and the country. Follow our rolling coverage of the tragedy.

  • byJosefine Ganko,Sarah McPhee andDaniella White
Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack
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Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack

Six people have died in a stabbing spree at Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.

  • bySally Rawsthorne,Nigel Gladstone,Perry Duffin,Amber Schultz andSarah McPhee