The Latest Breaking News from Newcastle Local Court

Climbing wall, bike track, wall ball at new-look playground

"There have been lots of local families peeking through the fence during construction."

Newcastle Herald · Nov 3, 2022

Dealer caught handing over jewellery bag full of cash pleads guilty to drug and gun charges

A Maitland woman has pleaded guilty to a string of drug and firearm charges after police caught her trading a jewellery bag filled with $55,000 in cash for 277 grams of methylamphetamine in November, last year.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 3, 2022

Woman pleads guilty to role in alleged murder cover-up after SD card chewed up and spat out

A woman has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to murder after she told someone to rip down the CCTV camera outside her unit and lied to police.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 2, 2022

'I want sex': prisoner pleads guilty to attack on guard

A prisoner who tried to drag a corrections officer into an office and sexually assault her has admitted to the charge against him in Newcastle Local Court.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 12, 2022

NSW police minister's brother drug arrest

Joshua Toole, the brother of NSW Deputy Premier and Police Minister Paul Toole, is accused of being part of a multimillion dollar drug syndicate.

AAP · Oct 12, 2022

Christopher Carne pleads guilty over crash near Port Stephens that killed woman in parked car

The family of a woman killed by a drink driver speeding north of Newcastle in late 2021 attend Newcastle Local Court to hear the driver plead guilty to manslaughter.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

Former high-ranking bikie guilty of supplying ice, cannabis and GBL

A former high-ranking bikie charged by detectives investigating the execution-style murder of Stockton swimming teacher Stacey Klimovitch has pleaded guilty to supplying ice, cannabis and GBL on an ongoing basis.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 21, 2022

Man admits concealing information about Cooks Hill shooting murder

A young man has admitted to concealing from police information about the shooting murder of Wesley Prentice at a unit block in Cooks Hill last year.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 14, 2022

Hamilton police operation: man charged with armed robberies of city pubs

The man at the centre of a dramatic police operation that saw a Hamilton street shut down on Tuesday did not apply for bail in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 10, 2022

Woman punched in face at King Street McDonald's: Danish man arrested

A WOMAN was hospitalised with head injuries at the weekend after she was punched in the face and repeatedly knocked to the ground in Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 8, 2022