Trio overturn convictions for bucks party gang rapes Three men jailed for gang raping multiple teenagers during a bucks party weekend have had their convictions quashed on appeal. AAP · Dec 8, 2025
Mokbel drug convictions 'infected' but retrial on cards An underworld figure faces a retrial on a 2005 drug importation charge after three judges delivered a mixed ruling on his appeal against three convictions. AAP · Oct 2, 2025
Mokbel's wait to wipe 'tainted' convictions continues Gangland figure Tony Mokbel will have to wait to learn if he successfully appealed drug-trafficking and importation convictions. AAP · Sep 4, 2025
Mokbel argues he suffered a miscarriage of justice Underworld kingpin Tony Mokbel claims police, prosecutors and barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo tainted his drug-trafficking convictions. AAP · Sep 3, 2025
'Sinister element': claim jury misguided over gang rape An appeals court has been told a jury may have misinterpreted evidence regarding three men convicted of rape at a buck's party due to erroneous directions. AAP · Aug 21, 2025
Backpacker's body found in 'dangerous' area: lawyer The area where backpacker Simone Strobel's body was found had a history of sexual attacks on young women, a coroner has heard. AAP · Nov 13, 2024
Jarryd Hayne Wins Appeal Over Sexual Assault Convictions & Could Be Headed For A Fourth Trial His lawyers argued evidence had been “concealed”. Pedestrian.tv · Jun 12, 2024
Hayne to reunite with family but may face another trial Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been granted bail after sexual assault convictions were quashed on appeal, with prosecutors considering another trial. AAP · Jun 11, 2024
Hayne's lawyers fight to overturn rape conviction Lawyers for ex-NRL star Jarryd Hayne are accusing his victim of lying. Newcastle Herald · Apr 3, 2024
Hayne's lawyers accuse victim of 'concealing' messages Lawyers for ex-NRL star Jarryd Hayne are seeking to overturn his rape conviction, accusing his victim of lying about a series of deleted text messages. AAP · Apr 3, 2024
Ex-NRL star Hayne in second bid to quash rape verdicts Jarryd Hayne will watch on as lawyers fight to overturn his convictions following three trials and a guilty verdict on two counts of rape. AAP · Jan 24, 2024
Paedophile footy coach appeals, accusing judge of 'copying' He is currently serving a 20-year jail term for child sex crimes. The Canberra Times · Apr 15, 2023
Scott White's lawyers call for trial in Scott Johnson murder case after surprise guilty plea, court hears Lawyers for a man who unexpectedly pleaded guilty to the cold case murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson say he did so without "good reasons", and are calling for him to face trial. ABC News · Oct 25, 2022
Jessica Camilleri appeals sentence for killing mother Rita Camilleri in Sydney A woman who killed her mother in an act of 'brutality' appeals her sentence, saying the judge did not take her disability properly into account. ABC News · Sep 30, 2022
ABC News · Aug 3, 2022 Police allege Tobias Moran allegedly suffocated Simone Strobel, court hears The man charged with killing German backpacker Simone Strobel in 2005 is accused of suffocating her, a Sydney court hears. His lawyer says the case against him is "non-existent".