A woman who drowned in a popular swimming spot while visiting Tasmania in the summer of 2022 “most likely” suffered a medical event, according to a Coroner. Emily Catherine Stein, 22, died in January 2022 after she disappeared around 15 minutes after entering the water alongside her father and brother in Launceston’s Cataract Gorge First Basin. […]
Fri Oct 27, 2023 - 11:45am7:45pm, Thursday 26: Police have charged three youths over a stabbing in Launceston on Wednesday night. The teenagers, one aged 15-years-old and two 16-year-olds, will be held overnight to front the Youth Justice Division of the Launceston Magistrates Court tomorrow. Each has been charged with wounding, trespass and possess dangerous article in a public place. A 50-year-old […]
Thu Oct 26, 2023 - 7:50pmThursday morning: Two teenagers have been arrested over a wounding that left a man seriously injured at a Launceston shopping centre overnight. A 16-year-old and and 17-year-old were taken into custody on Wednesday night and are “assisting police with their inquiries”. Police say the victim, who is believed to be in his 50s, remains in the […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 11:00pmA drunk Tasmanian man who reportedly ran down several signs and collided with multiple parked cars during a short drive in Launceston has lost his licence. The 59-year-old from Prospect was allegedly three and a half times the legal breath alcohol limit when he was caught drink driving in Invermay yesterday afternoon. Police say multiple 000 […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 12:00pmA former top Tasmanian greyhound trainer has been given a lifetime ban by Tasmania’s Office of Racing Integrity. Anthony Bullock received the “disqualification for the term of his natural life” for possessing an animal part that could be used for bait or luring purposes after an investigation was sparked by drone footage of his property […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 10:35amThe family of a transgender woman who was allegedly assaulted in Risdon Prison before her 2018 death is calling for a coronial inquest. Rosemary Harwood says her daughter Marjorie Harwood refused life-saving medical care for a kidney condition due to the fear of being sent back to the facility where she had allegedly been sexually […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 4:00amPolice have launched an investigation after thieves reportedly swiped around $50,000 in cigarettes from Eastern Shore stores in recent weeks. Several business are believed to have been targeted by the burglars, including a Bellerive service station, a Lauderdale bottle shop and a Lindisfarne supermarket. Detective Sergeant Boyd from Bellerive CIB said the offenders, who have “no regard for […]
Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 3:42pmA Bridgewater man allegedly found with more than 5 dozen cannabis plants and multiple firearms has been charged. The 29-year-old was hit with charges for drug and firearm offences after a search of a northern suburbs property on Monday. Detective Sergeant Boyd from Bellerive CIB said officers located over 70 cannabis plants and five firearms, including three that […]
Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 3:32pmA Hobart man who got caught up in a Police surveillance operation while out buying cocaine to share with his friends three days before Christmas in 2018 will most likely not spend any time in jail. In his passing comments on the sentence, Chief Justice Alan Blow said then 23-year-old Jordyn Jack Webb visited drug dealers from […]
Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 4:00amA Tasmanian man has been charged after he allegedly spent his weekend stealing 26 computers, iPhones, specialist engineering equipment, tools, furniture and a car from a building on Macquarie Street. The 29-year-old is believed to have “unlawfully entered” the Hobart CBD building late on Friday night, where he made off with a ‘substantial amount of […]
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