The Latest Breaking News from DPP

Senior ACT police officer was ‘immediately suspicious’ of Brittany Higgins’s rape allegation, inquiry told

Det Supt Scott Moller says he did not understand why Higgins wanted to ‘involve the media’ before giving formal statement to police

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

DPP hits back at Met chief by suggesting police are not bringing enough cases

Max Hill’s comments follow Sir Mark Rowley accusing the Crown Prosecution Service of ‘cherry-picking’ easy cases to boost its conviction rates’

Evening Standard · May 22, 2023

Police did not believe evidence was sufficient to take Bruce Lehrmann to trial, inquiry hears

AFP’s Scott Moller says he charged Lehrmann on advice of DPP despite investigators not thinking Brittany Higgins’s allegations reached threshold for prosecution

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023

Raymond and Jennie Kehlet, Stacey Thorne among 64 WA cold cases given $1 million reward

An additional 60 unsolved missing and murdered persons cases in WA, including those of amateur prospectors Raymond and Jennie Kehlet, will attract rewards of $1 million each for information that results in a conviction.

ABC News · May 16, 2023

Transcript released to Bruce Lehrmann board of inquiry reveals jurors did not discuss research paper that saw trial abandoned

A transcript of closed proceedings during the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, which has been released to an ACT board of inquiry, reveals the jury never discussed the research paper that saw the case abandoned.

ABC News · May 16, 2023

ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold admits he should have done more to correct reporting of Lisa Wilkinson's Logies speech

Media reports at the time claimed journalist Lisa Wilkinson had been given a clear direction from the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions not to give the speech, which her lawyer disputes.

ABC News · May 12, 2023

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The Hindu · May 11, 2023

Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer says he demanded that ACT's chief prosecutor stop Brittany Higgins from addressing National Press Club

John Korn, who represented Bruce Lehrmann, recalls his "somewhat inappropriate" advice to the ACT's top prosecutor to prevent a speech at the National Press Club about sexual assault.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Garda to face criminal prosecution over pursuit of infamous N7 robbery gang who died in head-on smash fireball

Dean Maguire, 29, Karl Freeman, 26, and Graham Taylor, 31 were killed instantly when their BMW vehicle burst into flames following a crash with a truck while they were driving on the wrong side of the carriageway

Irish Mirror · May 10, 2023

Plastic surgeon used Snapchat to procure and pay six underage girls for sex, police allege

Double Bay doctor Richard Paris Sackelariou remains behind bars.

Newcastle Herald · May 10, 2023