Crime

Serena Williams has sparked outrage for making critical comments about a 16-year-old rape victim saying she “shouldn’t have put herself in that position”, but the head of Australia’s rape crisis authority says unfortunately “victim-blaming” views are shared by a large section of the population. Speaking with Rolling Stone magazine, 31-year-old tennis star Serena questioned the […]

The man who fatally punched teenager Thomas Kelly during a night out in Sydney’s Kings Cross has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Kieran Loveridge, 19, entered the plea at Sydney’s Central Local Court this morning. He was originally charged with murder, but the prosecution accepted the lesser plea. Loveridge was accused of assaulting five males, including […]

Family and friends of murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher have appeared in court to voice the impact the horrendous crime has had on their lives. The husband, father and mother of the ABC employee who was attacked in Melbourne last September, submitted emotional victim impact statements at the plea hearing for the man who admitted […]

For the eight years she has been in Kerobokan prison, convicted drug mule Renae Lawrence has been mostly ignored, her plight overshadowed by that of fellow inmate, Schapelle Corby. But, when The Weekly visited her, it was to discover a young woman ashamed of what she’s done, embarrassed for her family — and terrified to […]

The ex-boyfriend of murdered Sydney girl Kate Malonyay plunged to his death this afternoon after being chased by police seeking to arrest him. Elliot Coulson leapt from 26th floor balcony of a luxury Gold Coast hotel this morning as homicide detectives were trying to get into his hotel room. The tragic twist comes the same […]

The family of Allison Baden-Clay have marked the anniversary of her death with moving written tribute.

Rolf Harris has been named in a UK newspaper as the Australian arrested last month over an alleged sexual abuse scandal. The Sun reports the 83-year-old entertainer was taken into police custody and questioned over decades-old sex abuse allegations. Detectives first raided Harris’ home in Berkshire, England, on November 24 last year. He was not […]

A 22-year-old mother has tried to sell her two kids on Facebook for $5000. Hilarious, right? That’s probably what she thought. Until she was arrested. Misty VanHorn allegedly tried to sell her two-year-old for $1,000, and asked for $4,000 for her four-year-old to get enough cash to bail her boyfriend out of jail. Hollywood Life […]

Even police were shocked by the horrific gang rape of a young woman in Baulkham Hills over the weekend but many people are already blaming the unnamed victim. She was probably drunk, they say, and wearing a short skirt and high heels. And what was she doing walking home alone at 1am? She was practically […]

Keli Lane has been denied bail in a bid for release ahead of her upcoming appeal in the NSW Supreme Court over her conviction for murdering her newborn baby. The former elite water polo player was sentenced to at least 13 years and five months in jail in April 2011 over the disappearance and murder […]