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Judge sends message as drunk driver jailed for crash that injured motorcycle couple

Adam Harvey had four beers and then got in his car in peak hour to drive home.

Newcastle Herald

Parolee who sparked pursuit before crashing into business jailed

Mitchell Sutton was in 2018 jailed for six years for a domestic-related stabbing.

Newcastle Herald

'You made me feel disgusting': Youth group leader jailed for abusing girl

The woman tearfully and powerfully confronted the offender in court.

Newcastle Herald

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Twin Richard Mateer sentenced for historical child sexual abuse

The twins committed sexual and indecent assaults against two young boys.

Newcastle Herald

Man robbed 7-Eleven of Maltesers and dog food, hit businesses for cash

Weekend robbery spree netted man snacks, dog food and $2740.

Newcastle Herald

'Tell me you're not a dog': kidnap witness stabbed on Windale bike path

The offender filmed the victim as he lay bleeding on the ground.

Newcastle Herald

Homeless man who held-up stores wanted to go back to jail

Jonathan Luke Hedley has been sentenced in Newcastle court

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Jail for one-punch killer who thought himself 'sheriff'

A five-year jail term has been handed the one-punch killer of a former champion surfer who regarded himself as the "unofficial sheriff" of a coastal town.

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Notorious paedophile identical twin 'groomed and corrupted' young boys

Horrendous predator 'used boys up before casting them aside'.

Newcastle Herald

Lunar lining: Columbia coat tech insulates Intuitive Machines' newly launched moon lander

A technology used to protect the first astronauts to land on the moon is on its way back to the lunar surface, and you may already have some of it in your coat closet.

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Twins Stephen and Richard Mateer face sentence hearing for historical child sexual abuse

One of the victims read a statement about the impact of the abuse.

Newcastle Herald

Family reasons behind sentencing delay for commercial drug dealer

Marife Farnham pleaded guilty to supplying 649.4 grams of ice in the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Man who provided knife before brutal Newcastle West stabbing learns fate

It was an ugly brawl between two groups that quickly became a stabbing.

Newcastle Herald

Teacher who punched student in the head has conviction overturned

Mr Kable cracked in the face of a 'number of physically and verbally disruptive students'

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Woman guilty of commercial meth supply says she was coerced into trade

Marife Farnham and her partner Noel Bautista sold methylamphetamine in the Hunter region while being monitored by police in 2021.

Newcastle Herald

'Thought I was going to die': woman thrown in front of own vehicle

Colin Calgaret has been sentenced for a string of crimes, including a violent car-jacking at Blackalls Park.

Newcastle Herald

Alleged Islington rapist granted bail

The court heard that Mr Greentree's trial over the alleged rape will not take place until at least September, 2024.

Newcastle Herald

Man shot in foot after clash over 10 bucks escalates into bar brawl

A clash over a $10 note escalated into a fully-fledged bar brawl and ended with a man getting shot in the foot.

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Coal train climate protesters appeal sentences in district court

'They each genuinely and sincerely hold beliefs in relation to the connection between coal and fossil fuels and the climate.'

Newcastle Herald

Pursuit driver says he did not realise he hit police officer: court

Bright has been sentenced over the November 2022 chase.

Newcastle Herald

'I thought I was going to die': court hears stabbing victim suffered

'I kept thinking about pulling the knife out and all the blood'.

Newcastle Herald

Horse identity jailed for plotting to import 'party drug' from Peru

The woman untangled herself from the conspiracy but only after she realised no big payday was coming.

Newcastle Herald

Witness worries, lawyer fired, jury dismissed, taxi driver's distress: how stab trial unravelled

The Afghan man broke down and said he couldn't handle a delay, but the judge said it was in the interest of justice.

Newcastle Herald

A stabbing, $7000 in smokes stolen, a knifepoint hold-up: spree ringleader jailed

Inside the wild crime spree that terrorised residents and businesses across the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

'Peer pressure': young man sentenced for role in Morpeth supermarket stabbing and armed robbery

"I didn't want to do it but I just jumped out and did it," he said. "I felt pressured like I couldn't say no."

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