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Ronald Thompson now lives in a waterfront apartment at Maroochydore.

Accused child predator, too sick for trial in NZ, found living on Sunshine Coast

The former carpet salesman’s trial on charges of abusing six children was stopped due to medical evidence that he was “palliative” with “months to live”.

  • Dan Nolan

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Mevlut Coskun (left) and Paea I Middlemore Tupou after their sentencing on Monday.

Two Australian gunmen sentenced to 16 years’ jail over Bali villa murder of Melbourne dad

A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Igor Komarov, shortly before he was kidnapped, with his influencer girlfriend Yeva Mishalova.

Snatched in Bali, this Ukrainian pleaded for his ransom. Then police found his head

A foreign enterprise had again sent operatives to Bali, Australia’s most popular overseas holiday destination, to carry out its dirty work.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Former MP Rory Amon was charged over an incident in a northern beaches car park toilet.

Former MP cleared of most child rape charges, jury deadlocked on others

Rory Amon could face a retrial on two charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy in a northern beaches car park toilet.

  • Amber Schultz and Clare Sibthorpe
A man was arrested in the early hours of Monday after a police operation at Lalor Park.

Gunshots ring out on Sydney street for second time this year

A man has been released from custody after another man was shot in suburban Sydney. It was the first of two incidents in the city’s west on Sunday night.

  • Jack Gramenz
Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

Teenage boy accused of torture now charged over violent extremist material

The 15-year-old was charged in relation to alleged torture and indecent treatment offences late last year.

  • Dominique Tassell
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A home on Spring Street, Concord, where a man in his 30s was fatally stabbed.

Man allegedly stabbed to death by friend during dispute at Sydney home

The man, aged in his late 30s, was found with a stab wound to his chest after what is believed to have been an argument among friends.

  • Riley Walter
Aidan Becker.

Good Samaritan killed at train station remembered as hero with a kind soul

Aidan Becker was killed while intervening as a group allegedly tried to rob a schoolboy, police say. His friends remembered him as kind and optimistic.

  • Angus Delaney and Marta Pascual Juanola
Two scammers from Nigeria have been convicted as a result of action by NSW police, the AFP and local authorities.

Nigerian scammers got just deserts but online teens need guardrails

The jailing of two Nigerians whose online scam resulted in the death of a NSW teenager shows social media is not an open free-for-all.

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Two scammers from Nigeria were arrested by the AFP and local authorities last month.

Nigerian scammers sentenced over sextortion that led to teen’s suicide

The “girl” sent a racy photo, and the boy sent one back. Hours later, he took his life.

  • Amber Schultz and Perry Duffin