Husband betrayed by 'cruel' wife who faked son's cancer A mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis to raise thousands of dollars has been jailed for more than four years. AAP · Apr 29
Man charged with attempted rape of girl, 13, in Adelaide's inner-north found not guilty by mental incompetence Anthony James Stengewis had been accused of attempting to rape a schoolgirl at a bus stop at Gilberton, but the prosecution and defence agree he is mentally unfit to stand trial after reviewing medical reports. ABC News · May 15, 2023
Former cop Thomas Booker jailed for more than two decades for dark web drug syndicate A former South Australian police officer turned drug boss has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for trading drugs in what a court heard was a complex business run on the dark web. ABC News · Apr 14, 2023
Former RAA employee Susan Clarke convicted and fined for COVID-19 vaccination fraud An Adelaide woman who exploited a vulnerable person to have a COVID-19 vaccination in her name to keep her job has been fined nearly $8,000 for her crime, with the sentencing judge describing her conduct as "reprehensible". ABC News · Mar 7, 2023
Comanchero bikie jailed for shooting at Hells Angel's house in Adelaide suburb of Ingle Farm A South Australian judge tells a court that violence is an "unacceptable" part of bikie gang wars before jailing a Comanchero for shooting up the home of a rival. ABC News · Feb 2, 2023
Mother of child with 'large quantity' of meth in system found not guilty of criminal neglect The three-year-old suffered "significant symptoms" and was found to have meth in her system, but a judge determined the prosecution had not proved how the child had access to the drug. ABC News · Dec 12, 2022
Adelaide's Chad Modra sentenced after drugs found in house, but parents' charges dropped Police found 600 grams of methamphetamine and 1.8 litres of GHB across two visits to the house. ABC News · Oct 13, 2022
Shaun Preston Mate jailed over attempted murder of three-year-old daughter at Eden Hills home Shaun Preston Mate and his three-year-old daughter were found unresponsive at their home in Adelaide's south-eastern suburbs in 2020. ABC News · Aug 12, 2022
Ronald Niewenhuizen faces Mount Gambier court for growing cannabis on Crown land Police got more than they bargained for when they went to a Beachport property to investigate reports of an illegal firearm, instead finding hundreds of cannabis plants just over the fence. ABC News · Aug 8, 2022
Adelaide father tried to kill girl 'out of spite' towards his wife, court hears An Adelaide father who tried to kill his young daughter "out of spite" and "vindictiveness" towards his wife hopes to one day "regain" his child's trust, a court hears. ABC News · Jun 24, 2022