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Fatal stabbing of Robert 'Bobby' Palmer was 'impulsive': psychiatrist

The man who tried to rob a Shortland service station while armed with knives, a hammer and an improvised bomb was likely impaired by mental illness at the time of the hold-up, a psychiatric expert has opined.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 18, 2023

Paranoid and delusional: accused had explosive device, two knives and a hammer

Zack Mavin pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted armed robbery, raising a defence of mental health or cognitive impairment in the stabbing death of Robert "Bobby" Palmer.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023

Pair accused of murdering Stockton grandmother to face trial

Both men will face a trial in Newcastle Supreme Court in October.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 14, 2023

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.

AAP · Oct 6, 2022

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 · Sep 15, 2022

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 · Sep 9, 2022

'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."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 5, 2022

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 · Jun 7, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2022