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‘It’s A Triggering Experience’: Inside The Strip Search Case Rewriting Policing In NSW

A landmark NSW Supreme Court ruling has redefined how NSW police can conduct strip searches. Here’s what it means for your rights.

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NSW urged to stop strip-searches of young people after court ruling spotlights police conduct

Supreme court rules police suspicion that a person is in possession of a prohibited drug ‘is not sufficient to conduct a strip-search’

The Guardian - AU

Woman Awarded $93k In Damages After ‘Humiliating’ & Illegal Strip Search At Splendour

“I sincerely hope that this case brings an end to the practice of unlawful strip searches and, in the future, police powers are only used in the circumstances intended by parliament."

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Raya won $93,000 in a class action after she was strip-searched by police and forced to remove her tampon

Police admitted to unlawfully strip-searching Raya Meredith in 2018 at Splendour in the Grass and withdrew all witnesses before court hearing

The Guardian - AU

‘Absolutely no evidence’: how NSW police backflipped on unlawful strip-search

Shortly before court hearing class action involving 3,000 people, force admitted to unlawfully strip-searching Raya Meredith and withdrew all its witnesses

The Guardian - AU

Judge suggests NSW police had ‘absolutely no evidence’ to justify main strip-search in class action

Justice Dina Yehia says manner force conducted its defence ‘is a matter, I’ll be quite honest with you, of grave concern to me’

The Guardian - AU

NSW police argument that unlawful strip-search was necessary is ‘outrageous’, class action lawyer says

Judge appears baffled that police force, which admits search of Raya Meredith was unlawful and unjustified, nevertheless claims it was ‘objectively necessary’

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Disgraced ex-deputy mayor behind bars ahead of appeal

A former deputy mayor convicted of domestic violence and fraud will remain in jail after a "highly speculative" bail bid was rejected ahead of an appeal.

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Mastermind jailed for drug dealer's murder, but who pulled the trigger?

Elijah Cage and Max Lowcock were on Friday jailed for their roles in the murder.

Newcastle Herald

'Who pulled the trigger?': pair who murdered drug dealer face sentence hearing

David King's family grieve the glue that kept everyone together.

Newcastle Herald

Jury asked to determine who brought shotgun to fatal drug deal

Defence lawyers are delivering their closing addresses this week.

Newcastle Herald

Jury directed to find driver not guilty of murdering drug dealer

The murder charge against Elijah Cage and Max Lowcock remains.

Newcastle Herald

Judge suggests Revenue NSW ‘not following the law’ on homeless woman Covid fine

State government has admitted 33,000 Covid fines were invalid but questions remain about additional 29,000 fines issued during pandemic

The Guardian - AU

Homophobic killer to die in jail for 'gay beat' murder

A man jailed over the 1987 gay hate murder of Raymond Keam has had his actions described by a judge as an affront to civilised society.

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Gay hate killer from the 1980s a 'soulless monster'

A 77-year-old man convicted over the 1987 murder of Raymond Keam during a gay hate crime, accepts he will likely die in jail.

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Colombian man jailed 10 years for killing sex worker

A judge found there were special circumstances after extradited Colombian Hector Valencia was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder.

AAP

No prejudice in trans sex worker's killing, lawyer says

A Colombian national who killed a 69-year-old sex worker after learning she was transgender was not motivated by hatred or prejudice, his lawyer has said.

Newcastle Herald

Teenager sentenced for murdering 16-year-old boy

The teenager has been sentenced over the stabbing murder.

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Newcastle Herald

'I wish you nothing but pain and suffering': Teenager faces sentence hearing for murder of 16-year-old boy in Hunter

The boy's mother said her son was "the glue" holding the family together.

ABC News

Kenneth Knight jailed for at least 12 years over stabbing murder of partner in Bourke

Kenneth James Knight will spend time behind bars for the murder of his partner in remote western New South Wales. A judge described the murder as an "impulsive and spontaneous" act in which Knight had no intention to kill.

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Wife killer will likely spend rest of life in prison

John Douglas Bowie, who murdered his wife more than four decades ago, will likely die in custody after being sentenced to 24 years in prison in NSW.

ABC News

John Bowie sentenced to 24 years' jail for the murder of wife Roxlyn 40 years after she disappeared

It's "justice for my Mum" says the killer's daughter as he is sentenced to almost certainly die in jail, but a grim question goes unanswered: where are Roxlyn Bowie's remains?

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Daughter's plea for closure as wife-killer awaits fate

Brenda Boyd has pleaded with her father to reveal what he did with her mother's body after murdering her in 1982, as a judge weighs up his jail term.

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Colombian student guilty of killing trans sex worker

Hector Enrique Valencia Valencia who attacked a sex worker when discovering she was transgender has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

The Guardian - AU

NSW judge questions policy preventing support for youths on bail unless there is guilty plea

In decision on bail for Aboriginal 12-year-old, judge says she has ‘disquiet’ about 2005 bail protocol between children’s court and youth justice

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