A 17-year-old girl disappeared in Thailand after reportedly meeting an Australian man. Less than a day later, her body was discovered concealed inside a suitcase abandoned near railway tracks. The Australian tourist was subsequently arrested and charged with murder in connection with the teenagerās death.
The man responsible for one of Australia's most brutal and shocking attempted murders has been denied parole, bringing relief to Lauren Huxley and her family more than 20 years after the horrific attack that left the then-18-year-old fighting for her life.
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Convicted mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson is set to return to court in August after lodging an appeal against her triple murder convictions. Patterson is serving a life sentence with a 33-year non-parole period for the deaths of Gail and Don Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and for the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, who survived the deadly lunch.
Newly released police footage has reignited outrage over the murder of Southampton student Henry Nowak, showing officers handcuffing the dying teenager after his killer falsely accused him of racism.
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Shock in rural Victoria, Australia, as a gunman shoots two policemen and injures another in a violent ambush that shattered the calm of Porepunkah, a rural town in Victoriaās alpine region, on Tuesday, 26 August 2025.
