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'I'm going to end you': jury told of accused killer's threat before Cessnock tip death

Adam Bidner is accused of murdering rival scrap metal scavenger Shane Mears when he allegedly ran him down from behind in the Cessnock tip in 2020.

Newcastle Herald

Judge finds Adam Bidner fit to stand trial over Cessnock dump death

Adam Bidner, of Aberdare, is accused of using his Toyota Landcruiser to run down 54-year-old Shane Mears at the waste management facility on Old Maitland Road on July 5, 2020.

Newcastle Herald

Maddison Hickson acquitted of murdering career criminal father Michael Carroll at Tenambit

Maddison Hickson has been acquitted of murdering her career criminal father Michael Carroll, a jury finding she was acting in self-defence when she twice stabbed him in the chest with a knife at a home at Tenambit last year.

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NSW 'cursed' killer jailed for 20 years

Jordan Brodie Miller has been sentenced to a maximum jail term of 20 years for murdering his girlfriend while delusional and psychotic after taking LSD.

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Man who murdered 16-year-old boy at Charlestown knew of ice link to psychosis

Chadley Sheridan knew what could happen to him if he used methamphetamine.

Newcastle Herald

Chadley Sheridan, accused of murdering 16-year-old boy at Charlestown, was suffering from drug-induced psychosis, expert says

A man who strangled a 16-year-old boy to death at a unit in Charlestown last year was suffering from a temporary, substance-induced psychosis directly related to his use of methamphetamine, a jury has been told.

Newcastle Herald

'Please don't do this to me': jury in New Lambton baby murder trial played 'distressing' triple-zero call

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a baby at New Lambton in 2019 have been played a "distressing" triple-zero call, during which accused killer Jie William Smith can be heard wailing and repeating "please don't do this to me."

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Jordan Miller murder trial: jury to decide cause of killer's psychosis

There is no dispute it was Jordan Brodie Miller, now 21, who killed his girlfriend Emerald Wardle at a home in Galway Crescent in the early hours of June 20, 2020.

Newcastle Herald

Psychotic episodes lasted months after Metford killing, court hears

During the Newcastle Supreme Court trial of Jordan Brodie Miller on Tuesday, psychiatrist reports were read out detailing his behaviour in custody after his June 2020 arrest.

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