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Tag: Courts and Trials

Woman refused bail over alleged security guard assault

January 8, 2009 19:23:00

A 19-year-old woman accused of lunging at a security guard with a knife outside a Wanniassa supermarket has been refused bail in the ACT Magistrates Court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, assault, act, canberra-2600, wanniassa-2903

Police attacker admits to problem with authority

January 8, 2009 18:11:00

A man has pleaded guilty in the Darwin Magistrates Court to assaulting two police officers despite having no recollection of the incident.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, nt, darwin-0800

Police monitor Rosemeadow as tensions run high

January 8, 2009 18:07:00

Police will maintain a heavy presence at a housing estate in Sydney's south-west tonight following a violent neighbourhood feud on Monday.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, nsw, rosemeadow-2560, sydney-2000

Art valuer escapes jail over fraudulent deal

January 8, 2009 17:36:00

A Brisbane art valuer has been convicted of dishonestly obtaining almost $100,000 and fraudulently obtaining a picture worth almost $50,000.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, qld, brisbane-4000

Torres Strait nurse attacker fined for bail breach

January 8, 2009 17:03:00

A 23-year-old man who sexually assaulted a nurse on a remote Torres Strait island has been convicted of breaching his bail.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, qld, cairns-4870

Suspended drink driver jailed

January 8, 2009 16:18:00

A drink driver who'd already lost his licence for five years has been jailed in Darwin after being caught drunk behind the wheel.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, nt, darwin-0800

Protesters' names obtained from court: Gunns

January 8, 2009 14:43:00

The Tasmanian timber company Gunns says the names of protesters involved in last month's Triabunna woodchip mill action were in the public domain.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, timber, tas, triabunna-7190

Alleged taxi-driver assailant denied bail

January 8, 2009 13:50:00

A man accused of slashing a 60-year-old taxi driver in the face with a knife at Horsley last month has attempted unsuccessfully in Wollongong Local Court to apply for bail.[MORE]

Tags: crime, courts-and-trials, assault, horsley-2530, wollongong-2500

Group to lodge complaint over court security scare

January 8, 2009 13:48:00

A group representing prison inmates will make a complaint to the Ombudsman over an incident at the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, police, vic, melbourne-3000

Accused brawler's family abuses media

January 8, 2009 12:32:00

Family members of a 16-year-old allegedly involved in a Sydney street brawl have abused media outside court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, antisocial-behaviour, nsw, rosemeadow-2560, sydney-2000

Flamingo case evidence sent interstate

January 8, 2009 12:17:00

A court has heard that forensic material relating to the alleged bashing of a flamingo at Adelaide Zoo has been sent interstate for analysis.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000

Forest workers expect to gain from damages claim

January 8, 2009 11:09:00

Forest contractors says Gunns has agreed to pass on to workers any compensation from a damages claims against anti-logging protesters.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, timber, tas, triabunna-7190

Storm Financial accuses Commonwealth Bank of deception

January 8, 2009 10:05:00

Storm Financial says it intends to take the Commonwealth Bank to trial.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, townsville-4810

Trio to face court over street brawl

January 8, 2009 07:46:00

Three more people will face court today over the violent street brawl in Sydney's south-west.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, antisocial-behaviour, nsw, rosemeadow-2560, sydney-2000

German trial of former SS man collapses

January 8, 2009 07:40:00

The planned trial of an 87-year-old former SS member who confessed to killing three Dutch civilians collapsed after the court decided he was unfit to stand trial for health reasons.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, world-war-2, germany

40 detained over Turkish coup plot

January 7, 2009 23:10:00

Turkish police have detained around 40 people including three retired generals, media said, in the latest stage of a probe into an alleged plot to topple EU aspirant Turkey's Islamic AK Party Government.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, turkey

Man granted bail over alleged glassing

January 7, 2009 21:46:00

A 22-year-old man accused of glassing a committee member of the Tennant Creek Memorial Club last Wednesday has been granted bail in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, assault, nt, alice-springs-0870, tennant-creek-0860

Man granted bail over alleged brick assault

January 7, 2009 21:41:00

An 18-year-old Canberra man who allegedly assaulted another man with a brick in Kambah early this morning has been granted bail in the ACT Magistrates Court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, assault, act, canberra-2600, kambah-2902

Alice police slam 'cowardly' attack on officers

January 7, 2009 21:23:00

The Northern Territory's Southern Region Police Commander has described an attack on officers in Alice Springs as cowardly.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, police, burglary, assault, nt, alice-springs-0870

Scam victims became complicit in fraud: police

January 7, 2009 20:04:00

A Sunshine Coast couple have been charged with fraud after allegedly starting out as victims of the same scam. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, qld, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558

Driver to be charged after car veered into pedestrians

January 7, 2009 18:48:00

A 62-year-old NSW man will be charged on summons after a car accident at Lorne yesterday that injured eight people.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, australia, nsw, vic, lorne-3232

Man facing child porn charges granted bail

January 7, 2009 18:37:00

A 36-year-old Pakistani national charged with importing child pornography and bestiality material into Australia has been granted bail.[MORE]

Tags: pornography, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, nsw, sydney-2000

Brawl accused ordered to leave Sydney

January 7, 2009 14:34:00

A man charged over a street brawl in Sydney's south-west has been granted bail on the condition he stays away.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, antisocial-behaviour, nsw, rosemeadow-2560, sydney-2000

Gunns sues anti-logging protesters

January 7, 2009 13:37:00

Forest activists who are being sued by Gunns say they will not be intimidated by the Tasmanian timber company.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, timber, tas, triabunna-7190

Pair plead guilty to possessing 68 cannabis plants

January 7, 2009 13:27:00

Two people charged with possessing 68 cannabis plants have pleaded guilty to drugs charges in the Albany Magistrates Court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, albany-6330