The Latest Breaking News from District Court

A man has told a Brisbane District Court jury he feared he would be cut up after being hit in the arm and torso in a chainsaw attack outside his home.

US authorities say Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, who lived for years using the names of two dead infants, should be held without bail on charges of identity theft

A man found guilty of abusing a girl while he was the leader of an alleged cult in the Adelaide Hills has overturned his conviction for a second time.

James Salerno — known as "Taipan" in the alleged cult called the "Ideal Human Environment" — walked free from prison on Thursday after being granted bail.

Comanchero Mathew Kokotis pointed a replica pistol at the head of his ex's new partner for 43 seconds in Adelaide's southern suburbs in 2019, a court hears.

South Australian former teacher Anthony Rex Virgo pleaded guilty to the persistent sexual exploitation of three students in the 1980s, with his lawyer telling the court his client's job uncertainty "in some degree probably helped shape some of the offending".

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail calls showing the brothers and their wives had growing concerns over the lack of an immunity deal from…

A District Court judge jails a former WA police officer for sexually abusing a young girl more than 40 years ago, telling the man he left her with a lifelong sentence.

As (yet another) Texas v. U.S. slides from the shadow docket to the rocket docket

The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs for seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, generally considered the most important court in the nation other than the Supreme Court. Childs, and the circumstances of her nomination and confirmation, provide a good tour of how…

A girl's lawsuit over a horse falling on her at a NSW show jumping event may result in damages of more than $750,000, a judge has concluded.