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Venables case sparks fresh debate on child killers

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March 11, 2010 18:37:00

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]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, prisons-and-punishment, rights, human-rights, murder-and-manslaughter, united-kingdom, england

Conman jailed after posing as spy

March 11, 2010 18:26:00

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]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, prisons-and-punishment, vic, melbourne-3000

Death in custody 'not linked to racism'

March 11, 2010 18:24:00

Queensland's Corrective Services commissioner has rejected allegations that racism is to blame for the death in custody of an Aboriginal teenager.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, death, discrimination, indigenous, health, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, rights, australia, qld, brisbane-4000

Policeman 'never heard Doomadgee's cries for help'

March 11, 2010 18:22:00

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]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, police, australia, qld, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810

Rockhampton murder trial jury considers its verdict

March 11, 2010 17:15:00

A Supreme Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in a murder trial at Rockhampton in central Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, qld, rockhampton-4700

Soldier who committed suicide 'had mood swings'

March 11, 2010 17:09:00

An inquest into the suicide of a soldier at Townsville's Lavarack Army Barracks in north Queensland has heard the 20-year-old private had mood swings and sometimes liked to be on his own.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, suicide, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, qld, townsville-4810

Wild car ride ends in court

March 11, 2010 16:12:00

The District Court has heard two teenage drivers raced through red lights on Brisbane's southside before crashing their cars, leaving a passenger with serious injuries.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, traffic-offences, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, camp-hill-4152

Geraldton security cameras go live

March 11, 2010 15:31:00

Geraldton police have switched on the new closed-circuit television camera network.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, geraldton-6530

Drug raid turns up Order of Australia Medal

March 11, 2010 15:29:00

Three people have been charged with various drug offences after a raid on a Carnarvon house, which also uncovered an Order of Australia Medal.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, carnarvon-6701, geraldton-6530, karratha-6714

Dogs seized from alleged puppy farm

March 11, 2010 15:14:00

Most of the dogs at an alleged puppy farm near the Brisbane Ranges have been removed after an order from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, local-government, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, ballarat-3350, beremboke-3342

Mining council comments ridiculous: MP

March 11, 2010 15:11:00

New England independent MP Tony Windsor says the New South Wales Minerals Council is running a scare campaign on mining access agreements.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, rural, mining, nsw, tamworth-2340

Cameras to monitor CBD crime

March 11, 2010 15:01:00

Security cameras are being installed in Tamworth's city centre in an effort to reduce crime rates.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, local-government, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, tamworth-2340

Six charged over sex assault on two teens

March 11, 2010 15:00:00

Six people have been charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls at a house in Wonthaggi, south-east of Melbourne on Saturday night.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, vic, wonthaggi-3995

ACCC blocks cancer treatment claims

March 11, 2010 14:49:00

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has obtained an injunction against a Queensland man who treats people with cancer.[MORE]

Tags: health, alternative-medicine, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, qld, maroochydore-4558

Members of alleged organised crime family refused bail

March 11, 2010 14:48:00

A court has heard police have covert phone and video evidence implicating four men in an alleged family drug syndicate.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, australia, nsw, liverpool-2170, vic, mildura-3500

Greenmount double murder investigation continues

March 11, 2010 14:18:00

Police investigating a double murder in the Perth suburb of Greenmount say an identikit photo of a person of interest has failed to generate any strong leads.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, wa, greenmount-6056

Mothers accused of attacking alleged paedophile

March 11, 2010 14:16:00

Two women will be charged on summons over an alleged assault on an accused paedophile outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court.[MORE]

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

Legal action launched over Xstrata discharge

March 11, 2010 14:08:00

Mining giant Xstrata says it has been advised the State Government has begun legal action over the discharge of water from a north-west Queensland mine.[MORE]

Tags: environment, mining, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, rural, water, qld, cloncurry-4824, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Policeman testifies about Doomadgee death

March 11, 2010 13:41:00

A policeman who found Cameron Doomadgee's body in a jail cell on Palm Island in 2004 has given evidence at a North Queensland inquest.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, indigenous, black-deaths-in-custody, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, qld, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810

East Point developer withdraws legal proceedings

March 11, 2010 13:30:00

Legal proceedings have been withdrawn in the Planning and Environment Court to change development conditions for the controversial East Point development in Mackay.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, local-government, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, mackay-4740

Third arrest over pub robbery

March 11, 2010 13:22:00

Police have charged a third man over an attempted armed robbery at Appin earlier this week.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, armed-robbery, appin-2560, picton-2571

Magistrate accused of bias at Dale committal

March 11, 2010 13:14:00

A murder committal hearing involving former drug squad detective, Paul Dale, has been placed in doubt with prosecutors accusing the presiding magistrate of bias.[MORE]

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

Teen denied bail over wheelchair bashing

March 11, 2010 13:02:00

A second teenager has been denied bail over the bashing of a wheelchair-bound Canadian tourist in Sydney on Tuesday night.[MORE]

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

US schools in lockdown after Australian threat

March 11, 2010 13:00:00

A vague threat apparently posted from Australia on two social networking sites has led to the lockdown of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, law-crime-and-justice, crime, australia, united-states