Police
Jailed construction boss lives in the community as he fights $10m fraud conviction
It can be revealed George Alex was granted bail just months after being imprisoned for nearly a decade. He is appealing over “jury misconduct”.
- Clare Sibthorpe
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- Sharks
Coogee shark attack survivor loses arm, family pay tribute
The family of Leah Stewart, 35, say they have been “shocked and devastated” by the attack on the young mother and ocean lover.
- Riley Walter
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- Crime
Father rehearsed murder-suicide over several days, police believe
Cameras at a waterfront property captured the man throwing his six-year-old daughter into the Parramatta River moments before jumping in himself.
- Riley Walter
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- Sydney emergency
‘Rock any mother to the core’: Bodies of girl, father found in Parramatta River
The bodies of a man and his young daughter have been found after a boat was seen drifting in the Parramatta River in Sydney’s inner west.
- Kate Aubusson
The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis
Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.
- Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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- Crime
Estranged son allegedly killed mother after arranging meeting at Sydney park
The woman has not been seen since Monday afternoon, when she drove to meet her son at a park in Sydney’s north-western suburbs.
- Daniel Lo Surdo and Sarah McPhee
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- Crime
Sex assault victim’s outrage after arrest of notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf
Tracy Lee says she was just 15 when she allegedly became one of the first victims of the Skaf brothers.
- Amber Schultz
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- Merrylands
The map that exposes Sydney’s bloody two-year gang war
Data compiled by the Herald reveals the shocking pattern of shootings, firebombings and underworld violence that has scarred the city.
- Perry Duffin and Nigel Gladstone
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- NSW Police misconduct
‘Blind eye to insidious behaviour’: Former top cop demands change to ‘unacceptable’ culture
Karen Webb commissioned the review into NSW Police culture which found that while there had been significant reform, toxic personalities and behaviours persisted.
- Amber Schultz
Melissa Caddick’s widower says police tricked him over alleged Vaucluse assault
Anthony Koletti is accused of shoulder barging a 73-year-old woman at a clifftop reserve in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Clare Sibthorpe