Crime

A terrifying arranged marriage, an evil mother-in-law and a chilling murder. Sarbjit Kaur Athwal talks exclusively to Juliet Rieden about how she risked her life to testify against her family in a landmark honour killing trial that shocked the world

Tom Meagher’s life was destroyed when his wife, Jill, was raped and murdered nine months ago, in a crime that shocked the nation. Jill’s killer, Adrian Ernest Bayley, has pleaded guilty to murder and has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of 35 years. He could be back on the […]

The husband of murdered rape victim Jill Meagher has slammed the justice system that he says failed to protect his wife. In an interview following the conviction of Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man who raped and murdered his 29-year-old wife, Tom Meagher described Jill’s killer as “unreprentantly evil” saying he had been let off too […]

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 […]