Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Roy Tabalbag's murder conviction for killing girlfriend's lover with chef's knife quashed and other top stories.

  • Roy Tabalbag's murder conviction for killing girlfriend's lover with chef's knife quashed

    Roy Tabalbag with his former girlfriend Geecy Rebucas. Photo: Sydneytoday.com.au A man who stabbed his girlfriend's lover to death after finding them in bed together has had his murder conviction quashed after an appeals court found the jury was wrongly directed about returning a majority verdict.Roy Abanales Tabalbag said he was "a demon possessed" as he chased Amin Sthapit around his Darling Point bedsit, stabbing him to death with a chef's knife, on Novemb..
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  • 'That's live TV for you': Christopher Pyne refuses to let protesters drown him out

    'That's live TV for you': Christopher Pyne refuses to let protesters drown him out
    'That's live TV for you': Christopher Pyne refuses to let protesters drown him out Video will begin in 5 seconds. Pyne presser protest Christopher Pyne had to speak up to get a word in, at his own press conference. Courtesy ABC News 24. PT0M47S 620 349 Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has demonstrated his unswerving commitment to staying on message by shouting down protesters who attempted to disrupt a press conference.Mr Pyne was speaking about road safety in his home tow..
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  • New Queensland bikie law changes may have caveat

    New Queensland bikie law changes may have caveat
    Still unable to say how it's changes to the Newman government bikie laws would work - and whether the new legislation would still stop members of criminal gangs meeting in groups if they didn't have convictions - the Palaszczuk government has changed tact.After days of questioning and conflicting answers over the scrapping of anti-association laws, in favour of New South Wales's anti-consorting laws, acting Premier Jackie Trad made sure to add a caveat to every statement she made over gang memb..
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  • Backbencher Michelle Landry criticises Government's 'wishy-washy' performance

    Backbencher Michelle Landry criticises Government's 'wishy-washy' performance
    Backbencher Michelle Landry criticises Government's 'wishy-washy' performance Updated April 06, 2016 13:39:52 Coalition backbencher Michelle Landry has described the Government's efforts at selling its agenda as "wishy-washy" in the wake of a number of setbacks for the Prime Minister's team. Key points:Nationals MP Landry says Government has "a lot of positives", but needs to "buckle down"Says poll showing Coalition falling behind Labor a "wake-up call"Canavan says Lan..
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  • Turf's up: Salim Mehajer replaces fake lawn

    Turf's up: Salim Mehajer replaces fake lawn
    The nature strip outside the home of Salim Mehajer, who installed artifical grass without his own council's approval. Photo: Peter Rae The grass is no longer greener for Salim Mehajer.Auburn's suspended deputy mayor has ripped up the fake lawn outside his palatial Lidcombe home just hours before a panel was due to rule on whether he should be forced to do so. "There is no artificial turf at the front of the premises," the 29-year-old property developer told F..
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  • Qld cricket club may have known of abuse

    Qld cricket club may have known of abuseAllegations of child sexual abuse by Queensland cricket coach Bob Ross may have been made known to a club member as long as 30 years before charges were laid, an inquiry has been told.The club treasurer, known as BMX, told the abuse royal commission on Wednesday that he heard rumours last week that a member was possibly made aware of the claims against Ross in the 1980s.Ross took his own life in November 2014 after being charged with 50 child sex offences,..
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  • Harriet and Hugo Wran settle case against father Neville Wran's estate

    Harriet and Hugo Wran settle case against father Neville Wran's estate
    Harriet Wran is led into Liverpool Local Court, 2014. Photo: ABC News The youngest children of former NSW premier Neville Wran have settled their case against their half-sister over his fortune following a mediation by eminent former appeal judge Keith Mason.But Glenn Wran, the son of Wran's first wife Marcia, will continue to fight Kim Wran Sheftell, his half-sister and the estate's executor, over the late Labor giant's millions.Neville Wran's youngest chil..
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  • Murder-accused father to be represented by top lawyer as it s revealed he was covered in bite marks - Yahoo7

    Murder-accused father to be represented by top lawyer as it s revealed he was covered in bite marks - Yahoo7
    Krystal Johsnon - Yahoo7 News on April 6, 2016, 6:43 am Video Thousands sign online petition over man charged with killing intruder A top criminal lawyer has vowed to have murder-accused Newcastle father Ben Batterham released from prison as it's revealed he was left with bite marks on his body after ‘detaining’ an alleged intruder inside his home before he died in later in hospital.Mr Batterham is currently imprisoned at Cessnock Correctional Centre after he allegedly murdered Ricky Slat..
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  • Elite Sydney private schools face sexual abuse suits

    Elite Sydney private schools face sexual abuse suits
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Private schools sued by alleged abuse victims Prestigious private schools around Australia face multi-million dollar lawsuits from alleged victims of sexual abuse. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. PT1M48S 620 349 The royal commission into child sexual abuse has triggered a fresh wave of litigation against Sydney private and Catholic schools.Sydney lawyer Ross Koffel says he has filed 10 claims on behalf of abuse victims against elite schools, includi..
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  • man charged with child sex offences as part of undercover police online investigation

    man charged with child sex offences as part of undercover police online investigation
    Sydney man charged with child sex offences as part of undercover police online investigation Updated April 06, 2016 13:57:52 A Sydney man has been charged with child sex offences after he was arrested as part of an undercover police online investigation.Detectives from the Child Exploitation Internet Unit posed as the mother of an 11-year-old girl and began chatting to the man online.They alleged the man made a number of sexually explicit comments about the 11-year-old ..
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