Convicted murderer Chris Dawson has been forced into the Special Management and Protection Program inside prison, as correctional officers say there are real concerns he would be “dead by Friday”. Prison officers performed a medical assessment, and also highlighted possible threats from other inmates due to the high-profile nature of the case, and Dawson’s relationship with a schoolgirl. Dawson, 74, ...

A single mum who used a lost company credit card to buy booze, groceries and petrol across the eastern suburbs has been sentenced. Samantha Wortley, 36, was convicted for dishonestly obtaining financial advantage at Waverley Local Court on Wednesday. According to facts tendered to court the Pyrmont woman fraudulently spent $1572.94 of international film studio Division Global’s money with a ...

The father of an Alameddine crime clan associate has been charged with supplying drugs across Sydney in recent months. Raymond Bayssari was arrested at his Fairfield home about 7am on Tuesday by Criminal Groups Squad officers working as part of Strike Force Newnham, who took him into custody over his alleged involvement in the drug supply ring. NSW Police have ...

Premier Dominic Perrottet and his Deputy Paul Toole were said to be “comfortable” with John Barilaro’s appointment to a plum New York trade role after he got the job, according to a text from Investment NSW boss Amy Brown Secret documents released to parliament have also revealed an $80,0000 review into the appointment could not even investigated dumped Minister Stuart ...

She became one of Australia’s most recognisable people when she was arrested and then sentenced to 20 years in jail for smuggling marijuana into Bali. So what’s Schapelle Corby up to now? Schapelle Corby grew up in relative obscurity on the Gold Coast before she shot to notoriety when she was arrested in Bali for smuggling marijuana in a boogie ...

Police have released haunting pictures of two sisters from Saudi Arabia who were found dead in mysterious circumstances in their Sydney apartment. Police in Australia identified the two women as Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23. Their decomposing bodies were found in their beds in separate rooms in the Sydney suburb of Canterbury on June 7. There ...

Two men charged over shooting which left nine-year-old in hospital Police have charged a second man over a drive-by shooting in Sydney’s south earlier this month where a nine-year-old girl was hit. About 8pm on Tuesday night, Raptor Squad officers arrested a 21-year-old man in Greenacre following further inquiries into their investigation. He was taken to Bankstown Police Station and ...

With public pressure mounting, his name in the national media and knowing police were listening in on his calls via a phone tap, Chris Dawson decided to send a pointed message to journalist Hedley Thomas. “Hedley, you’re a f***ing w***er,” Chris told his twin brother Paul on the phone in September 2018. Mr Dawson’s Supreme Court trial murder has entered ...

A Blockade Australia protester arrested after live-streaming himself suspended on a pole above train tracks at Port Botany in March was found in possession of a handwritten “how-to” guide outlining what he should say and do, a court has heard. Despite being a seasoned activist, Alex Lewis Pearse apparently needed instructional notes advising him how to best get his point ...

An eastern suburbs teeth whitening and tooth gem professional was still under the influence from a boozy event the night before when she was caught drink driving on Christmas Day, a court has heard. Officers issued Eilidh Mackenzie-Hunter, 28, with an infringement notice for low range drink driving on Christmas Day last year after she blew over the limit at ...