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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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout
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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout

At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.

  • byAngus Thomson
Beau Lamarre-Condon’s lawyer says murder charges ‘could be defendable’

Beau Lamarre-Condon’s lawyer says murder charges ‘could be defendable’

Lamarre-Condon,a former NSW Police officer,did not appear in court for a compliance hearing on Tuesday,as his lawyers gave an update on his life in prison.

  • byPerry Duffin
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
Hernias and hubris delay fugitive Jean Nassif’s return to Australia
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Hernias and hubris delay fugitive Jean Nassif’s return to Australia

The international fugitive recently paid $50,000 to keep alive his long-running defamation battle against Sydney broadcaster Ray Hadley,who called him a “shoddy developer.”

  • byKate McClymont
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
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‘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
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
Alleged Wakeley rioter says joining unrest and posting to Instagram ‘was a mistake’

Alleged Wakeley rioter says joining unrest and posting to Instagram ‘was a mistake’

Dani Mansour was the first person arrested over the violence that erupted on the streets of western Sydney after the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on Monday night.

  • byClare Sibthorpe andJessica McSweeney
Lehrmann’s lies and Lisa’s angry text flag possible new skirmishes
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Lehrmann’s lies and Lisa’s angry text flag possible new skirmishes

A message Lisa Wilkinson sent to a rival TV program suggesting Bruce Lehrmann had breached legal confidentiality rules has been confirmed by Justice Michael Lee.

  • byKate McClymont andAngus Thompson
The omnishambles that Bruce Lehrmann unleashed on himself
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The omnishambles that Bruce Lehrmann unleashed on himself

Bruce Lehrmann has gone from cause celebre to disgrace. Along the way he has managed to damage and hurt many lives and reputations.

  • byHarriet Alexander