Private apology from top prosecutor after failed sex abuse case
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Private apology from top prosecutor after failed sex abuse case

A group of boys was described by a prosecutor as “willing participants” in their own alleged abuse by a female teacher,in a case that was ultimately thrown out by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

  • byPerry Duffin

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Executive ‘feared for his life’ when he jumped into taxi and drove off
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Executive ‘feared for his life’ when he jumped into taxi and drove off

Former Mirvac executive Brett Henson has told a court he was accosted by a group of men who said they were both the “Muslim brotherhood” and the police.

  • bySarah McPhee
Man sexually touched teens and young women on Sydney buses

Man sexually touched teens and young women on Sydney buses

The 72-year-old touched those seated in front of him on the bottom with his toes. One incident caused the driver to pull over and lock the bus to stop him escaping.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Woman guilty of manslaughter after fatal breast filler procedure

Woman guilty of manslaughter after fatal breast filler procedure

Jean Huang died from an anaesthetic overdose during an augmentation in her own inner Sydney beauty salon. Jie Shao was accused of killing her.

  • bySarah McPhee
‘We know what you did’:Woman who decapitated mum involved in further jail incidents
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‘We know what you did’:Woman who decapitated mum involved in further jail incidents

A prison guard pleaded with convicted killer Jessica Camilleri as her hair was ripped from the scalp in an assault nearly identical to attacks two years earlier.

  • bySarah McPhee
George Burgess admits to ‘advance’ on woman,denies grabbing bottom

George Burgess admits to ‘advance’ on woman,denies grabbing bottom

The former NRL player says he was being cheeky when he asked the woman for a cuddle,but did not repeatedly grope her inside her Sydney home.

  • bySarah McPhee
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Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Surgeon William Mooney can be trusted to resume practice in “an honest and ethical manner” after earlier findings which included deliberately misleading authorities.

  • byKate McClymont
Aimee says bullying hurt her HSC results. Now she’s suing her school

Aimee says bullying hurt her HSC results. Now she’s suing her school

Aimee Clifton says bullying at school led to severe stress,which caused her to under-perform in the HSC. She wants the school to pay almost $600,000 in compensation.

  • byJordan Baker
Eddie Hayson’s dental and foot surgery claims fail to free him

Eddie Hayson’s dental and foot surgery claims fail to free him

The colourful racing identity failed to convince a magistrate he should be granted bail because his surgeries were so complex they could not be performed in the prison system.

  • byKate McClymont andSally Rawsthorne
‘Quite alarming’:Surgeon performed revision operation on Al Muderis patient

‘Quite alarming’:Surgeon performed revision operation on Al Muderis patient

After a doctor performed remedial surgery on a former patient of Dr Munjed Al Muderis,he mysteriously found himself the subject of an anonymous complaint.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Family of Clare Nowland settle civil case over Tasering

Family of Clare Nowland settle civil case over Tasering

The family had sued the state of NSW for negligence,assault and battery. Senior Constable Kristian White has been committed to stand trial over the 95-year-old’s death.

  • bySarah McPhee