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Sydney businessman charged with sex crimes against 10 women in case ‘unlike any other’
A venture capitalist from Sydney has been charged with dozens of counts of rape and abuse against 10 women in a major test of new consent laws.
- by Perry Duffin
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We rely on them to keep Sydney running. But they can barely afford to live here
The five Sydney suburbs that are home to the most police officers are, on average, 45 kilometres from the CBD. For solicitors, the average is less than four kilometres.
- by Matt Wade and Craig Butt
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Crime
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
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Man waited inside ex-girlfriend’s north shore home before stabbing, court told
A 23-year-old man was picked up by police in North Manly shortly after the incident. It is alleged he was covered in blood.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Domestic violence
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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Man arrested after woman stabbed to death in Sydney’s west
A 21-year-old woman has died after being found with two stab wounds to her chest.
- by Perry Duffin and Ben Cubby
‘How low can you be’: Flowers allegedly stolen from roadside memorial
Photos show a couple appearing to load flowers into the boot of their car from a memorial to a young tradesman killed in an alleged road rage incident.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Ben Cubby
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NSW
Two bodies found near rocks at eastern suburbs beach
Police have found two bodies, believed to be those of rock fishermen, at Little Bay, as missing diver in Middle Harbour has now been accounted for.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Courts
‘I will destroy you in court’: Top jockey’s night of drunken, racial abuse of police
Chad Schofield was meant to be in Wagga for a lucrative horse racing carnival, but instead ended up in custody after a wild confrontation with police.
- by Adam Pengilly
X-Factor star accused of murdering a baby is ‘battling cancer, abuse from locals’
An X-Factor star accused of murdering a baby girl has had his bail conditions changed after telling a court he suffers abuse when reporting to police.
- by Perry Duffin