Released Long Bay jail inmate who travelled to Canberra to rape ex partner given 10-year sentence
The court heard the 28-year-old travelled straight from a jail in Sydney to assault his ex-partner, in breach of a family violence order.
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The court heard the 28-year-old travelled straight from a jail in Sydney to assault his ex-partner, in breach of a family violence order.
A judge who calculated former national rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell's sentence for child sex abuse on a maximum sentence much higher than what applied at the time of the offences is urged to maintain the over 13-year sentence anyway.
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A Canberra tradie is denied bail for allegedly repeatedly hitting a client who recorded their conversation about defects in work done on his house, before hitting him with his ute.
The 30-year-old Canberra man was denied bail after he allegedly kicked his partner, who is seven months pregnant, in the stomach just hours after a family violence order had been imposed.
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Canberra man Steven Howarth wiped tears from his eyes as, after less than a day of deliberations, a jury found him not guilty of raping a woman he met at a New Year's Eve party in 2023.
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