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Reform police commissioner on £79k salary scraps 130-date theatre tour after public backlash

Colin Sutton was to host a live stage production called The Makings Of A Murderer – Double Jeopardy

The Independent UK · Sep 17

Cop cleared of hotel room rape after Warcraft meet-up

A police officer who had sex with a woman in a hotel room while his partner slept nearby has been cleared by a jury of a rape charge.

AAP · Sep 17

Stolen RAAF security vehicle found in outback township

Three arrests have been made in a outback township after police tracked a stolen air force base security vehicle to the remote location.

AAP · Sep 17

Teen murder accused in court over ambush attack

A ninth person has now been accused of taking part in an armed attack at a house party that left a young man with fatal head injuries.

AAP · Sep 17

Police officer convicted of assaulting newborn child

A police officer has been convicted of assaulting his five-week-old baby after the force announced he had been stood down from duty.

AAP · Sep 17

Alleged plotters behind Vietnam gang murder charged

Two men who allegedly planned the shooting murder of an Australian citizen in Vietnam have been granted bail after being arrested and charged in Samoa.

AAP · Sep 17

HSBC Director Found Dead Was Suspected 'Putney Pusher' Who Nearly Killed Woman in Unprovoked Attack

HSBC banker Nicholas Brandram, suspected of being the 'Putney Pusher', has died aged 44 while under investigation over a 2017 bus attack.

International Business Times UK · Sep 17

‘Harrowing reading’: what the inquiry into NZ fugitive father Tom Phillips revealed

Inquiry uncovered missed opportunities and failures by New Zealand police and government agencies that may have avoided four-year hunt

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17

Is Australia’s ‘voracious’ illicit drug use behind organised crime violence? It’s complicated

Sydney appears to be facing an escalation of organised crime violence. The shootings this month of 23-year-old university student Marco Tapia and, two days later, 40-year-old Joshua Macdonald in the city’s west, highlighted the often hidden world of organised crime and its violence.

The Conversation · Sep 16

'Putney Pusher' Suspect Nicholas Brandram Found Dead Nine Years After Woman Was Shoved Into Traffic

Nicholas Brandram, arrested over the 2017 Putney Bridge attack, has been found dead in west London. He was never charged, and the case remains unresolved.

International Business Times UK · Sep 16