“I’m guilty, Your Honour”: Nearly two years after her death, the man accused of killing Hobart mum Rachel Wake has changed his plea to guilty. Wake, aged just 52 at the time, was allegedly stabbed multiple times in front of her kids on Christmas Day in 2021 and passed away in the Royal Hobart Hospital […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 5:50pmA man caught attempting to smuggle methamphetamine on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in his underwear will spend the next few years behind bars. Robert Craig Williams was found to be packing 54.2 grams of crystal meth in his underwear, estimated to be worth upwards of $50,000, during a police search in October 2022. Supreme Court […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 12:20pmA drunk motorist who overtook police before ‘swerving all over’ a Tasmanian highway and narrowly avoiding other drivers has been arrested. The Sassafras man overtook officers who were out on patrol on the Bass Highway at Don around 9pm on Saturday night before “swerving over the road” in front of them. Acting Sergeant Samantha Hardy […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 11:30amA 15-year-old girl spent has spent much of the weekend in a cell after she allegedly robbed a Launceston business at knifepoint. The teenager is accused of holding up a business in Mowbray at around 5:45pm on Saturday, reportedly threatening a staff member with a knife before stealing items and fleeing the scene. Police were […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 3:00amTwo lead-footed drivers have lost their licences after they were caught speeding at 170km/h on the Bass Highway. Both drivers, including a P-plater driving a black Ford Falcon, were caught by highway patrol officers travelling at 60km/h over the 110km/h limit near Westbury around 4:30pm on Friday. The P-plater was snapped speeding first, “closely followed” […]
Sat Dec 9, 2023 - 9:30amTasmania’s Attorney-General will move that Justice Geason be suspended when Parliament reconvenes next week. Supreme Court Judge Gregory Geason was charged with assault and emotional abuse last Friday and under current legislation, can’t be stood down easily. Court documents released following his initial appearance in the Hobart Magistrates Court reveal ‘persistent yelling and screaming’ allegations and […]
Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 5:00pmA Bridgewater woman has been charged with allegedly sexually abusing a teenager over a three-year period. The 45-year-old is accused of committing the crimes against a teenage boy when he was between the ages of 14 and 17. Police say the arrest was made following extensive investigations by detectives from the Bellerive Criminal Investigation Branch […]
Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 3:40pmTasmania Police are investigating reports of a suspicious man in a white van who allegedly approached a child while they were walking to school in the Sandy Bay area this week. The primary school student from Waimea Heights Primary School alerted their parents following the incident on Tuesday morning when a “man they didn’t know” in […]
Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 12:25pmA boy with autism now lives with a “constant fear of being attacked” after his 12th birthday was ruined by armed men who pushed their way into his family home during the celebrations. Jaidon Glen Polden, then 18, was one of four men armed with a handgun, knife, taser and knuckledusters when they carried out […]
Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 9:30amLeading Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock is appealing a lifetime ban that prevents him from owning, training or nominating greyhounds for racing. Bullock was banned and charged with “possessing an animal part capable of being used as bait, quarry, or a lure” by a panel of stewards last month after an animal tail was discovered […]
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