The Latest Breaking News from Peter Krisenthal

'Predatory' children's author used fame to groom kids

A bestselling children's author who preyed on girls as young as 11 after visiting their schools to talk about his books has been jailed.

AAP · Feb 13

'Who pulled the trigger?': pair who murdered drug dealer face sentence hearing

David King's family grieve the glue that kept everyone together.

Newcastle Herald · May 17, 2024

Ex-speedway racer killed sister's abusive boyfriend

A 27-year-old man told his sister, "No one's going to hurt you again" before stabbing her abusive boyfriend a third time, a court has been told.

AAP · Apr 26, 2024

'He stabbed me': not guilty plea over Jesmond love triangle murder

Defence say Daniel Pettersson was "aggressive" and "forced" his way into home before stabbing.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 4, 2023

Judge 'surprised' after two decades on the bench

"It's almost as if it's your first matter as a judge," Public Defender Peter Krisenthal said.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 20, 2023

'I wish you nothing but pain and suffering': Teenager faces sentence hearing for murder of 16-year-old boy in Hunter

The boy's mother said her son was "the glue" holding the family together.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 22, 2023

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.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 2, 2022

Woman stabbed 'nightmare' dad, jury told

A NSW woman who stabbed her father to death was trying to mend their broken relationship, a court has heard.

AAP · Oct 27, 2022

Maddison Hickson stabbed father twice 'not out of fear but anger' after being called 'a slut and a dog': prosecution says

Maddison Hickson was the one armed with a knife throughout a fatal confrontation with her father inside a house at Tenambit last year and stabbed him twice not out of fear but anger after he called her "a slut and a dog" in front of her friends, a jury has…

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2022

Daughter stabbed violent dad in the heart

Maddison Hickson is on trial for murder but is claiming it was self-defence when she stabbed her violent criminal father twice in the chest, piercing his heart.

AAP · Oct 18, 2022