A man has been charged over a deliberately lit house fire that left a family dog with serious burns last month. Emergency services were called to the blaze, which completely destroyed the public housing unit off Wattle Street, around 2:30pm on Thursday 13 July. The 42-year-old man will appear in the court in September charged […]
Fri Aug 4, 2023 - 12:54pmA young Tasmanian man who befriended a stranger on a Saturday night out in Launceston before robbing and stabbing him has been sentenced to home detention. 20-year-old Austin Cornish will spend the next 10 months at home for committing aggravated armed robbery and wounding in June 2022. Cornish had pled guilty to the charges at […]
Fri Aug 4, 2023 - 5:00amA serial drug driver has been sentenced to jail for repeatedly driving while under the influence. Codan James Viney pleaded guilty to five counts of driving while disqualified and six counts of driving while under the influence of an illicit drug. The Launceston Magistrates Court heard on Monday how Viney committed the offences between March and […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 6:00amWarning: This story contains references to bestiality and sexual assault A Tasmanian man haș admitted to engaging in bestiality with a goat on two separate occasions, including once in a public toilet. 21-year-old Branxholm man Jacob Heatlie Johnston appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court this morning, where he pled guilty to two counts of bestiality. The most recent […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 1:00pmA 45-year-old Devonport woman has been arrested after 112 grams of Ice were intercepted in a ‘suspicious package’ at a mail sorting facility. Police say the drug could have resulted in 1170 street deals and had the potential to put over 1000 Tasmanians at risk. Following the woman’s arrest, further searches uncovered more drugs, including ice and […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 11:08amFollowing the death of a farmer at a Chudleigh in 2020, the Coroner has recommended that some tractors be banned in Tasmania. 67-year-old Ian John Barwick was killed after he was run over by a tractor while removing hay bales at his farm west of Launceston on June 9 2020. In her newly published findings, Coroner […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 12:23pmFire has gutted a 5-storey stewards tower at the New Norfolk race course overnight. 25 volunteer firefighters worked to put out the blaze around 9:15 PM. Investigations into the cause are underway. It is not yet understood how much damage was caused.
Mon Jul 31, 2023 - 7:00amPolice are investigating after the driver of a stationary car was allegedly carjacked at gunpoint and knifepoint on Launceston’s Invermay Road last night. The suspect, described as a man with a large build, green eyes, brown curly hair and an unkempt beard, is believed to have stolen the car around 6:30pm. “It is alleged a […]
Fri Jul 28, 2023 - 4:05pmChristopher Mark Jordan. That’s the man accused of murdering missing Tasmanian teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell. According to the ABC, the 36-year-old Scottsdale man did not enter a plea or apply for bail when he appeared in a Launceston court this morning. He was remanded in custody to next appear on August 16 via videolink. Man charged […]
Fri Jul 28, 2023 - 12:31pmDramatic dashcam footage has captured the moment a drunk Hobart driver rolled his vehicle on the Tasman Bridge overnight – and then ran away. The crash happened shortly before 11pm on Thursday as the 4×4 entered the bridge from the Domain Highway. Video obtained by Pulse shows the unregistered 1990 Nissan Patrol sliding across four […]
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