The Latest Breaking News from District Court

The son of a Queensland MP will spend Christmas in prison after prosecutors revealed to the District Court today he would face fresh charges relating to alleged child exploitation.

The NSW Supreme Court finds the man's original sentence, which enabled him to be released on parole next week, was inadequate and did not reflect a "crime of significant domestic violence".

Defence barrister Brendan Grehan completed his submissions today to the three-judge court on why the secret audio recording, which the State says is "part of the core" of their case, is inadmissible

The non-jury Special Criminal Court was being played a bugged conversation between the 59-year-old and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall.

The hypocrisy of Florida’s freedom governor was on display again last week after a federal judge halted enforcement of a state gag order at Florida’s colleges and universities. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District in Tallahassee called Florida’s new Stop WOKE Act, which restricts speech…

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 135 months — or more than 11 years — in prison, following her conviction for felony fraud in one of the most closely and widely watched trials in Silicon Valley history.

Prosecutors tell the District Court in Perth that Jaycob Anfernee John Yarran held the hands of a toddler in boiling water, causing severe burns, and also held a cigarette lighter against her skin.

The program to erase student loan debts for millions of borrowers hit a brick wall Thursday when it was blocked by a U.S. District Court judge. The administration quickly appealed the decision.

Prosecutors drop their long-running case against former Renewal SA boss John Hanlon on the morning his jury trial was due to start — one day after a District Court judge threw out key evidence against him.