Courts

A 19-year-old woman appears in court via telephone accused of damaging Mount Gambier's Cast in Blue sculpture, which has drawn criticism for its cost and appearance.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's controversial plan to alter the natural river system on his large outback WA cattle station is under renewed legal scrutiny.

A US judge rejects a plea deal granting shorter jail sentences to funeral home owners accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building.

A man who shot a dog in the face during a robbery on the Central Coast of New South Wales has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

A 56-year-old man was stripped naked, handcuffed and made to wear a spit hood after suffering a seizure inside prison, a coronial inquest into his death has heard.

Police are investigating possible links between a man accused of a mass stabbing on an English train and a series of other incidents. 

Xiantao Shang went to an apartment seeking a woman who owed him money. When told she was not there, he and an accomplice forced their way in and assaulted the couple inside.

The triple-murderer lodges documents in Victoria's Court of Appeal requesting an appeal against her convictions.

A teenager involved in the violent attack on a security guard that forced a country Victorian shopping centre into lockdown avoids jail.

Umar Al Enizi is charged with the murder of Troy Vandenberg in September 2021. The jury heard both men were "total strangers" who had been involved in an altercation.

The actor's lawsuit against his co-star Blake Lively ends after he missed a court deadline on October 17 to file an amended complaint. 

Thousands of pages of evidence had to be reissued to defence team after it was lost in server crash.

A Perth mother who stabbed her daughter's teenage boyfriend when she found him semi-naked in the family home avoids a prison sentence.

A girl who died, allegedly as a result of criminal neglect by her mother, had resorted to eating food out of bins at her school, a court has heard. Warning: This story includes references to child abuse and self-harm.

The Bathurst childcare worker is said to have used "considerable force" on the child, resulting in his head needing medical adhesive.

The father of murdered childcare worker Molly Ticehurst breaks down while expressing his frustration at the delays in the case against her alleged killer.

The use of artificial intelligence to prepare court documents raises questions in the legal profession about its use and misuse in the industry. 

A man charged with the domestic violence murder of 39-year-old Hunter woman Rhukaya Lake is remanded in custody.

With all the hallmarks of a Hollywood blockbuster, the high-profile murder trial of ex-bikie David Pye in WA's Supreme Court was never going to be a pedestrian affair.

An international covert sting linked to the encrypted AN0M platform which brought down hundreds of alleged criminals and netted cash, drugs and weapons has reached a new phase.