Italian tourist spared jail over triple fatality A judge has suspended the jail term of an Italian tourist who killed three people in a crash tragedy, saying he hopes the young man can one day forgive himself. AAP · Nov 22, 2024
'Depraved' child sex tourist jailed for 15 years A child sex tourist who corrupted a vulnerable Filipino mother so he could abuse her daughter has been sentenced to 15 years' jail. AAP · Nov 8, 2024
Twenty-three years' jail for deviant online child abuse An online predator who manipulated overseas child victims to satisfy his deviant sexual desires will remain in prison until at least 2039. AAP · Jun 4, 2024
Rapist posing as cop to prey on vulnerable women jailed Shivan Agravat will spend another year-and-a-half behind bars for posing as a cop to threaten vulnerable women into having sex with him and giving him money. AAP · Dec 15, 2023
Victims confront 'monster' rapist who posed as cop Shivan Suresh Agravat posed as a cop to threaten two vulnerable women to have sex with him, an action they told a court left them traumatised. AAP · Dec 14, 2023
Former SA Liberal Party leader turned fugitive John Malcolm West mentally unfit to stand trial A former South Australian Liberal Party President and lawyer who fled Australia more than 30 years ago on a fake passport is now too unwell to stand trial for defrauding clients. ABC News · Jan 30, 2023
Lamborghini driver spared jail over crash A man who killed a pedestrian when he lost control of his high-powered Lamborghini has been spared an immediate jail sentence. AAP · Oct 13, 2022
Speeding, drunk taxi driver to be deported after serving time for crash that injured five passengers A judge says it is incredible no-one was killed when a drunk off-duty taxi driver who was speeding with five passengers crashed into a concrete wall in Adelaide's southern suburbs. ABC News · Sep 13, 2022
Eight-year sentence for Adelaide Hills driver's 'totally irresponsible and drunken action' that led to killing pedestrian A woman who fatally injured a pedestrian with her car in the Adelaide Hills later told police she had drunk two sixpacks of beer before getting behind the wheel. ABC News · Aug 3, 2022
Prosecution and defence contend over whether driving in Lamborghini crash that killed Sophia Naismith was 'legally dangerous' Closing submissions in the trial of Alexander Campbell over a 2019 crash that killed 15-year-old Sophia Naismith in Adelaide focus on whether the accused's driving was dangerous or just careless. ABC News · Jul 22, 2022
Lam Duc Vu avoids jail over fake payslip scam that helped Vietnamese migrants secure home loans A South Australian Justice of the Peace who provided false pay slips to banks in a bid to help Vietnamese migrants buy properties that they otherwise could not have secured is given a suspended sentence. ABC News · Jul 15, 2022
Alexander Campbell seen driving in 'dramatic manner' before crash that killed 15-year-old Sophia Naismith, court hears Alexander Campbell, who was driving a Lamborghini that hit and killed 15-year-old Sophia Naismith while she was walking on a footpath outside a restaurant in Adelaide's west in 2019, is expected to go on trial tomorrow. ABC News · Jul 14, 2022