5 d. ago Islamic preacher ‘dehumanised’ and ‘humiliated’ Jewish community, court told

Wissam Haddad is facing legal action over sermons he gave at his Bankstown mosque, which senior members of the Jewish community claim were antisemitic.

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5 d. ago Perth woman recalls moment partner shot dead by masked intruders

Tammy Wallace told the Supreme Court of WA she woke to a noise before a man dressed in black with his face covered fired shots through their bedroom window, killing her partner, Ralph Matthews-Cox.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson murder trial day 26 as it happened: Mushroom cook says fear of estranged husband’s actions led to phone resets; details dumping food dehydrator at local tip after fatal lunch

Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.

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1 week ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs paid guard to hide beating video, court told

A security worker at hotel where Sean 'Diddy' Combs attacked Cassie Ventura has told a US court the music producer paid him for CCTV of the assault.

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1 week ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Dismissed as an ‘overanxious mother’, Erin’s recalls the moment she lost trust in the health system

Erin Patterson recounted a deeply distressing experience with her daughter’s early medical care that, she told the court, cemented her distrust of the healthcare system and a growing reliance on ‘Dr Google’.

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1 week ago Colorado suspect posed as gardener and planned to kill group, court told

Mohamad Sabry Soliman had second thoughts during the attack and only threw two of his 18 Molotov cocktails, burning himself in the process.

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1 week ago Colorado suspect planned attack for more than a year, court told

Mohamed Sabry Soliman had second thoughts during the attack and only threw two of his 18 Molotov cocktails, authorities allege.

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson trial as it happened: Alleged mushroom cook’s phone records too expensive for police

The lead homicide detective on the mushroom case told court that a year’s worth of mobile phone location tracking would have left police with a six-figure bill.

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2 w. ago Kiama MP told alleged rape victim ‘he’d take care of him’, court told

The political staffer said he felt “dirty” and “confused” after allegedly being raped by Gareth Ward in his Potts Point apartment in 2015.

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2 w. ago Kiama MP ignored man’s protests during alleged rape, court told

The alleged victim said he felt “dirty” and “confused” after allegedly being raped by Gareth Ward in his Potts Point apartment in 2015.

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2 w. ago Kiama MP allegedly raped man after event in parliament, court told

Gareth Ward’s trial over the alleged indecent assault of one man and alleged rape of another started in Sydney on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Guns, drugs, revenge: How an innocent man was killed in his Landsdale bedroom

A 34-year-old man is on trial this week in the Supreme Court of WA charged with murder. Prosecutors have told the jury the story starts with a drug deal gone wrong.

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2 w. ago Fatal lunch cook changed details on where and when she bought mushrooms, court told

A Health Department manager has detailed her conversations with Erin Patterson about mushrooms they believed were behind an outbreak of illness.

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3 w. ago Council officer tells court he scoured grocers for mushrooms after people fell ill

A council officer has told a court he searched Asian grocery stores across south-east Melbourne in an attempt to identify the source of a suspected outbreak of mushroom-related “illness”.

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3 w. ago Death cap mushroom searches found on computer seized from Patterson's home

The jury has been shown searches for death cap mushrooms that were allegedly found on a computer seized from Erin Patterson's home.

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3 w. ago ‘Death cap’ internet search made on laptop seized from Erin Patterson’s home, court told

An internet search for a death cap mushroom sighting was made on a device connected to Erin Patterson, a court has heard.

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3 w. ago Death cap webpage accessed on computer seized from Erin Patterson’s home, court told

An internet page listing a death cap mushroom sighting was made on a device connected to Erin Patterson, a court has heard.

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3 w. ago Erin Patterson’s phone pinged near mushroom sightings months before lunch, trial told

A phone tower expert has told the Supreme Court he was asked by homicide detectives to analyse the accused killer’s phone records for a period spanning more than three years before the beef Wellington lunch.

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