Tag: Courts and Trials
Residents fight for right to display signs
The Onkaparinga Council in Adelaide's south has been accused of infringing the constitutional rights of a couple by banning them from displaying signs in their front yard.[MORE]
Trial for man charged with raping a sex worker
A 49 year-old Geraldton man is on trial in the District Court accused of raping a 55 year-old sex worker.[MORE]
Good behaviour order for tip assault
A man has been convicted and given a good behaviour order for assaulting another man at Canberra's Mugga Lane tip. [MORE]
Challenging speeding ticket costs truckie $10k
A far north Queensland truck driver faces a legal bill in excess of $10,000 after he unsuccessfully challenged a $250 speeding ticket.[MORE]
Water contract bribe a pleasant surprise, ICAC told
The ICAC has heard a contractor believed jobs would not be approved by water inspectors unless cash payments were made to them.[MORE]
Drug trafficker jailed for at least 4 years
A 32-year-old Geraldton man will spend at least the next four years behind bars after being sentenced for drug trafficking.[MORE]
Mother to stand trial for attempted murder of children
A Melbourne magistrate has ordered a 42-year-old woman to stand trial for the attempted murder of two of her three children. [MORE]
Teenager to face court on drugs charges
Police in Newman have charged a teenager after they allegedly found a quantity of drugs in his car. [MORE]
Alleged rape victim feigned sleep, court told
A man has gone on trial accused of raping an intoxicated woman while she feigned sleep.[MORE]
Broome pilot charged for unsafe flying practices
A Broome helicopter pilot has been charged with unsafe flying practices.[MORE]
Dutch journalist pleads guilty
A Dutch journalist, who says he is investigating the death a woman in central America, has been fined by a Perth court for failing to leave a house in Subiaco.[MORE]
Facility found for jailed intellectually-disabled man
An intellectually-disabled man who is being held in prison in Darwin will be moved to a new facility this week.[MORE]
CFMEU fined over strike
The construction union has been fined $48,000 for an unlawful strike that shut down a Perth building site for 24 hours.[MORE]
New technology reveals new evidence in cold case
A man, 27, is in police custody charged with the rape and torture of a 58-year-old woman in Ipswich west of Brisbane 11 years ago.[MORE]
Neighbours move house due to gun-happy cop
Neighbours tell a court they have moved house since a police officer fired shots in front of their children.[MORE]
Unimin claims 'implied approval' for sand mining
A Brisbane Magistrate has adjourned the prosecution of a mining company accused of illegally taking sand from North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane.[MORE]
Student bashing trio sentence 'manifestly inadequate'
An appeal against the suspended sentences given to three Hobart men who attacked international university students has begun. [MORE]
Watson's father 'relieved' Qld cooperating with Alabama
Queensland authorities will cooperate with police in Alabama over Tina Watson death.[MORE]
Company in court accused of illegal sand mining
Two former Queensland mines ministers have been summonsed to appear in court by a company accused of illegal sand mining.[MORE]
Convicted teenager denies lying in murder trial
A teenager convicted over a fatal fight at last year's Maitland show has denied lying about the actions of his co-accused.[MORE]
Guilty plea over death of 3yo
The man accused of killing three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan Singh has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. [MORE]
Man guilty of plaster cast pub robbery
A man has been found guilty of stealing almost $60,000 from a Top End pub by using a plaster cast on his leg to smash a window.[MORE]
Travolta extortion case dismissed
A judge in the Bahamas has dismissed charges against two people accused of trying to extort $US25 million from John Travolta over his son's death.[MORE]
Officials to stand trial over Van Gogh theft
Eleven employees of the Egyptian culture ministry are to stand trial in connection with the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum last month. [MORE]
November trial for man accused of killing 82yo
A date has been set for the committal hearing of a man charged over the murder of an elderly woman in central Queensland. [MORE]
