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There were sighs of relief in the ACT Supreme Court when Shakira Adams received the maximum jail sentence for causing th...
17/12/2025

There were sighs of relief in the ACT Supreme Court when Shakira Adams received the maximum jail sentence for causing the death of Matthew McLuckie in 2022. The court heard Adams put multiple other drivers at risk when driving high on drugs.

The woman who was driving a vehicle at speeds of at least 177 km/h while high on drugs when it…

Jude Luckshan Wijesinghe has been sentenced to decades behind bars for stabbing his co-worker, Tshewang Choden, to death...
12/12/2025

Jude Luckshan Wijesinghe has been sentenced to decades behind bars for stabbing his co-worker, Tshewang Choden, to death in a kitchen storeroom at the National Zoo.

CONTENT WARNING: This article details an act of murder and attempted su***de. Tshewang Choden's murderer has been sentenced to 30…

Australian and International police have been investigating an alleged robbery of luxury items worth $10 million from a ...
11/12/2025

Australian and International police have been investigating an alleged robbery of luxury items worth $10 million from a Canberra home. ACT police have given their first update on the investigation, describing the incident as "something like a movie".

Four Frenchmen came to Canberra to allegedly steal $10 million worth of jewellery, handbags and other luxury items, police have…

A man will face court accused of attempted murder and other charges, over his alleged involvement in a spate of shooting...
11/12/2025

A man will face court accused of attempted murder and other charges, over his alleged involvement in a spate of shootings in March 2025.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder over his alleged involvement in four shootings earlier this year. An…

A Federal Court has upheld the ACT Integrity Commission's findings that former judge Walter Sofronoff engaged in serious...
11/12/2025

A Federal Court has upheld the ACT Integrity Commission's findings that former judge Walter Sofronoff engaged in serious corrupt conduct while examining the ACT's criminal justice system.

The Federal Court has dismissed a former judge's appeal against a finding he had engaged in serious corrupt conduct while…

A 44-year-old man has briefly faced court after being charged with murder over an alleged stabbing in Bega.
11/12/2025

A 44-year-old man has briefly faced court after being charged with murder over an alleged stabbing in Bega.

A sixth person has been charged with murder over an alleged Bega stabbing. At about 2 am on 6 October,…

A 31-year-old man is facing five charges over a crash on the Far South Coast that killed a six-year-old and injured a tw...
09/12/2025

A 31-year-old man is facing five charges over a crash on the Far South Coast that killed a six-year-old and injured a two-year-old and an eight-year-old.

A man will appear in court early next year, charged over alleged dangerous and negligent driving that left a young…

Michael O'Connell has been re-sentenced for the manslaughter of his former partner, Danielle Jordan, after his convictio...
08/12/2025

Michael O'Connell has been re-sentenced for the manslaughter of his former partner, Danielle Jordan, after his conviction of murder was overturned.

Michael O'Connell has been sent to prison for a decade for the manslaughter of his former partner, Danielle Jordan. The…

A former Flight Centre employee who stole nearly $40,000 and then unsuccessfully tried to avoid sentencing for his crime...
07/12/2025

A former Flight Centre employee who stole nearly $40,000 and then unsuccessfully tried to avoid sentencing for his crimes has been jailed for at least two years.

A serial fraudster showed

Civilians raced to help a Wagga man and his dog after a fire on Lake Albert Road threatened life and property and caused...
07/12/2025

Civilians raced to help a Wagga man and his dog after a fire on Lake Albert Road threatened life and property and caused power outages over the weekend.

Four brave civilians ran to save a man and his dog as a weekend fire in suburban Wagga Wagga came…

A crash on Cotter Road has resulted in minor injuries and traffic congestion this morning.
07/12/2025

A crash on Cotter Road has resulted in minor injuries and traffic congestion this morning.

Traffic is congested on Cotter Road this morning after a two-car crash near the McCulloch Street intersection at Curtin. The…

A man has died after the car he was driving collided with a truck in a Canberra slip lane. He is the ninth person to die...
05/12/2025

A man has died after the car he was driving collided with a truck in a Canberra slip lane. He is the ninth person to die on ACT's roads in 2025.

The driver of an Audi has died after being involved in a head-on collision, becoming the ninth person to die…

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