Tag: Law, Crime and Justice
Child sex abuse victims wait months for counselling
Some children as young as three years old are waiting for months for counselling for sexual abuse in Victoria.[MORE]
Doherty banned from driving
Singer Pete Doherty has been handed a 12-month driving ban and fined 500 pounds ($825) after admitting he allowed his manager to use his car without insurance.[MORE]
Bank heist triggers man-hunt
Gippsland police are still searching for a man who held up a bank at gunpoint at Mirboo North yesterday.[MORE]
6 accused of teen sex assaults
Five men and a boy have been charged with the sexual assault of two teenage girls at Wonthaggi last weekend.[MORE]
Australia on internet enemy watchlist
A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.[MORE]
Illegal immigrant accused of $1m theft
An alleged illegal immigrant from Indonesia will today face more than 130 charges in court, after being accused of laundering more than $1 million worth of stolen cheques in Sydney.[MORE]
Individual liberties under threat: Hockey
A senior Federal Liberal MP has criticised a push by state and territory governments to increase police powers, saying it threatens individual liberty.[MORE]
Prisoners get drunk on vanilla essence
A number of inmates at the Ivanhoe jail in far west New South Wales were found drunk at the prison on Tuesday night after drinking vanilla essence.[MORE]
US sushi chef charged with serving whale
A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered sei whale, the US Justice Department said.[MORE]
Neo-Nazi to be extradited over Auschwitz heist
A court in Sweden has ruled that one of its citizens can be extradited to Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz concentration camp. [MORE]
Eight banned over alcohol-related violence
Eight people in the Bendigo area have been banned from all licensed venues for up to two years. [MORE]
Sri Lanka's former army chief to face trial
The Sri Lankan military has announced it will put defeated presidential candidate and former army chief General Sarath Fonseka on trial next week.[MORE]
More scrutiny urged on justice policy
The South Australian Law Society says the state needs a law reform commission.[MORE]
Inquest told of Palm Island 'scuffle'
The coronial inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island man will continue hearing evidence today from the police officer acquitted of his manslaughter.[MORE]
Baby left in car while dad went shoplifting
A man will face court next month accused of leaving his 13-month-old son in his car while he shoplifted in Sydney's east.[MORE]
Teen sold ecstasy outside police station
A teenager who was caught selling ecstasy tablets opposite Hindley Street police station in Adelaide has been fined and put on a good behaviour bond.[MORE]
Fines imposed for workplace accidents
SafeWork SA says three businesses have been fined a total of more than $57,000 in the Industrial Court over workplace injuries.[MORE]
Man jailed for secretly filming naked wife
An appeals court in the US state of Minnesota has upheld a one-year prison sentence for a man who drilled a hole in his bathroom wall and filmed his wife naked without her consent.[MORE]
New law says Berlusconi too busy to face court
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will again evade prosecution over corruption charges after Italy's parliament passed a new law allowing him to claim that he is too busy to attend court.[MORE]
Pink Floyd beats EMI in song download case
The English rock band Pink Floyd has won a court case preventing its record company from selling downloads of the group's songs.[MORE]
Venables case sparks fresh debate on child killers
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The British government is locked in a battle with the media for refusing to say why a notorious child killer has been sent back to jail, amid warnings he faces a lynch mob if his identity is revealed.[MORE]
Coroner recommends licensing jet skis
A coroner says people who use jet skis in Queensland should be licensed.[MORE]
Conman jailed after posing as spy
A Melbourne conman who pretended to be an ASIO agent to cheat a woman out of her life savings has been jailed for four and a half years.[MORE]
Death in custody 'not linked to racism'
Queensland's Corrective Services commissioner has rejected allegations that racism is to blame for the death in custody of an Aboriginal teenager.[MORE]
Policeman 'never heard Doomadgee's cries for help'
The police officer acquitted of the 2004 manslaughter of a Palm Island man in police custody says he never heard the prisoner's cries for help.[MORE]
