Clare Sibthorpe
Clare Sibthorpe is a crime reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home
Police were called to the home in Sydney’s north-west on Thursday morning, responding to reports of a concern for welfare.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Anthony Segaert
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First responders had to ‘wrestle’ child from father accused of fatal blaze
The 28-year-old man who allegedly set fire to his home, trapping three children inside, has been charged with their murder.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe
The white van, the eastern suburbs car park and the alleged international drug ring
As the 23-year-old Sydney man approached the van in the dead of night, police were waiting to swoop.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Man charged with murder after woman stabbed in alleged DV attack
The sister of a young housekeeper who was allegedly stabbed to death described her as popular and loved.
- by Perry Duffin, Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe
A mother’s love and a father who ‘tried to kill us’
Images posted by the mother of the children killed in the Lalor Park house fire reveal “a bond like no other”.
- by Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
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‘I’m no hero’: Man who saved children from inferno tells of horror night
A neighbour who charged into a burning house in western Sydney to save four children says he is not a hero and was only following his instincts.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Perry Duffin and Jessica McSweeney
Chinese ‘tourist’ jailed over fatal breast surgery
A Chinese national used between nine and 12 times the safe dose of an anaesthetic before performing a botched procedure that killed a Sydney woman.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Sarah McPhee
Accused Sydney uni attacker allegedly previously planned terrorist attack
A teenager who allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old university in the neck on Sydney University grounds on Tuesday morning was previously charged with planning a “Christchurch-style” terrorist attack.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Clare Sibthorpe, Jessica McSweeney and Kate Aubusson
The physical abuse was criminal. Sarah’s isolation and humiliation weren’t. That now changes
New laws that take effect on Monday are a major shift in NSW’s response to domestic violence.
- by Jordan Baker and Clare Sibthorpe
Sydney’s night of bullets: Four children lucky to be alive, man shot in stomach
The children, all girls, narrowly escaped the shots fired into a home in Sydney’s south-west overnight, while a man was taken to hospital with bullet wounds to his stomach in mysterious circumstances.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Jessica McSweeney
Man arrested after ride-share driver allegedly assaulted, car stolen
Two men ordered the driver to taxi them around for an hour before assaulting him and stealing his car in an early morning ordeal, police allege.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe