Sydney Police Constable Charged After Allegedly Threatening Junior Officers
A Sydney police officer is facing criminal charges after allegedly threatening two ‘rookies’. The 29-year old police constable has been charged with four offences: common assault, intimidation, causing danger with firearm, and neglect of duty, after an internal investigation found...
Police Threaten to Taser Father at His Home Over Alleged Driving Offence
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has come under fire for attending a father’s home and threatening him with a taser, over an alleged driving offence, which was later thrown out of court when police failed to produce any evidence. Video...
What Are the Penalties for Choking Another Person Without Consent?
A British man who violently assaulted a woman after meeting her on the popular dating app, Tinder, has been sent to prison. An English court heard that 32-year old Benjamin Flatters attended his female victim’s home on 23 June 2022,...
Barilaro Charged Over Altercation with Cameraman
Former Deputy New South Wales Premier John Barilaro has been charged with criminal offences over a late-night altercation with a media crew last month in the Sydney suburb of Manly. The clash The incident occurred when a Channel Seven cameraman...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for the Offence of Common Assault
A male teacher from an exclusive private school in Queensland has pleaded guilty to common assault after shoving a female student in the back with his foot. On 11 October 2021, 41-year old Travis Templar was employed as a teacher...
The Defence of Lawful Correction of a Minor
A 46-year old unemployed single mother has been sentenced to nine months’ probation after pleading guilty to assaulting her 10-year old son with a wooden spoon. The court heard that the woman smacked her autistic son, who suffers from ADHD,...
‘The Slap’ – Would Criminal Charges Have Been Filed if it Happened in Australia?
It’s the slap that has the world talking, debating, asking questions: Staged or unstaged? Justified or unjustified? Chauvinism at play or a family man just protecting his loved-one? A comedian just doing his job or a weasel that crossed the...
Criminal Conviction Recorded Against Child Over Brutal Attack
The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal has reversed a judge’s decision not to record a conviction after a 15-year old teenage girl who pleaded guilty to charges including take and detain with the intention of obtaining an advantage,...
Police Officer Charged Over Brutal Assault
A police officer who approached a member of the public from behind and violently threw him to the ground, leaving him in a pool of blood and urine, has been charged with recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault. The man...
When Can Police Use Pepper Spray in New South Wales?
An internal police investigation is now underway, following the death of a man pepper sprayed by New South Wales Police Officers. Police have only issued a few details about the incident. Police attended an address in Wellington in the central...
