A Hobart teenager who stole nearly $5,000 from his retail store employer by masking payments as refunds on the payment terminal did it because he had things to pay for “all at once”, a court had heard. Daniel James Watson, who was 18-years-old at the time, pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud for transferring money […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 3:05pmA coroner has said that he still finds it “quite extraordinary” that some Tasmanians “continue to die needlessly” by not wearing seatbelts. In his recently published findings on a crash that resulted in the death of a King Island driver, Coroner Simon Cooper said many serious injuries are prevented by ‘simply wearing a seatbelt’. The […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 11:30amA Hobart man has been arrested and charged with a number of child abuse offences following a “significant investigation” by Tasmania Police. The 39-year-old from Bellerive was taken into custody by Detectives on Tuesday and charged with 38 offences, including producing child exploitation material, grooming with intent to procure a child for sexual abuse and failing […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 4:10pmAn off-duty police officer has helped stop a drink driver in his tracks after reportedly spotting him ‘driving erratically’ on Hobart’s eastern shore overnight. Sergeant Terry McCulloch said the officer ‘became concerned’ about the manner of driving of a green Ford Territory Sedan on the Tasman Highway at Warrane on Tuesday night and called it […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 3:35pmA man in his 40’s has been found dead at Hobart’s Glebe Hill Shopping Centre this morning. Emergency services rushed to the Howrah complex around 8am where the man’s body was located. Police say “investigations have determined there were no suspicious circumstances”. Witnesses at the scene told Pulse they saw officers ‘run straight into’ the […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 11:05amA 59-day-old Tasmanian infant who passed away while sleeping alongside his mother “would not have died if he had been in his own cot”, a Coroner has found. The infant, identified only as FG, died on February 17th this year after his mother moved him to a single mattress with her when he “would not settle” […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 10:05amA young Hobart man who broke into a blind woman’s home, stole her jewellery and threatened to stab her is now off to jail after failing to make it through a strict deferred sentence. Then 18-year-old Gregory Maxwell Picken broke into the woman’s home in January this year and was initially bailed – with the […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 1:00amA coroner has found that a Hobart man’s death could have been prevented if a wheelchair-accessible taxi was available to pick him up. 78-year-old Robert William East passed away in March of last year due to a head injury he sustained after crashing his wheelchair while traveling along a gravel footpath. Coroner Olivia McTaggart said […]
Tue Nov 14, 2023 - 3:00amA Tasmania Police officer has been served with a summons after an alleged incident in Moonah earlier this year. The 38-year-old man from Southern District was on-duty at the time of the incident on 10 May 2023, a police spokesperson said. He will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on 2 February 2024 to face a […]
Mon Nov 13, 2023 - 4:15pmFive Hobart teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly held up a 24-hour convenience store while armed with weapons overnight. The group, made up of a 15-year-old, two 16-year-olds and two 18-year-olds, is alleged to have entered the Liverpool Street store shortly before midnight and unsuccessfully demanded cash and cigarettes. After “leaving empty handed” following the […]
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