Evelyn Leckie

Court documents reveal Aliyawar Yawari, who is accused of indecently assaulting a woman at a motel in Adelaide's north after being released from immigration detention, befriended the alleged victim.

A man who was found dead in a northern Adelaide rubbish tip in 2021 was allegedly bashed and killed before he was dumped in a green waste bin, a court has heard.

An Adelaide grandmother charged with attempting to traffic cocaine, worth millions of dollars, has had her charges dropped.

A former South Australian government employee who tipped her bosses off to an anti-corruption watchdog investigation against them in September 2018 has avoided a conviction and has been fined $1,000.

South Australian seafood company heir Marcus Cappo has been confronted by three moving victim impact statements, after he pleaded guilty to a slew of child exploitation offences.

Vasilis Vergulis is identified as the man who allegedly murdered his wife and shot his daughter at their home in Adelaide's north-east last July, after a court lifts a suppression order.

The family of Melissa Hoskins say they are "utterly devastated" following the death of the Olympic cyclist over the weekend.

Professional cyclist Rohan Dennis has been charged with causing the death of his wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins after a crash in Adelaide's north on Saturday night.

Police say two train workers have died and the Barrier Highway is closed in both directions after a crash between a train and truck in Bindarrah.

Dhirren Randhawa, who is accused of causing the death of Charlie Stevens last month during Schoolies celebrations has asked a magistrate to vary his bail conditions – so he can have contact with his friend, who is a case witness.

Two men accused of the bashing murder of Modbury man Bradley Frost have had their murder charges dropped.

Shivan Suresh Agravat, who pleaded guilty to rape and deception two days into his trial, has been sentenced to a non-parole period of four years and six months, backdated to December 2020 when he was first taken into custody.

The teen says the airline has previously allowed her Western Australian registered and trained assistance dog on board, but rejected her application to fly with the same dog next month. It's prompted calls from disability advocates for a standardised national policy.

Two directors of a former NDIS provider charged over the death of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died while in full-time care, have been committed to stand trial.

A woman tells an Adelaide court she feared she would never see her family again after a man pretending to be a federal police officer accessed her hotel room and held at her gunpoint after asking to see her immigration papers.

A South Australian education coordinator and former Catholic school teacher accused of child sex offences has been found not guilty by a jury in the state's District Court.

An Adelaide man who has spent nearly 40 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit has had his bid for freedom rejected by the High Court.

The teenage boy, who was 14 years old at the time of the offending, addressed his abuser in South Australia's District Court saying he will "forever hate" him.  

Seven men found guilty of murdering Adelaide man Jason De Ieso will each spend at least 30 years behind bars.

A man on trial for allegedly having sex with underage female employees at his regional South Australian bakery tells the District Court that any sexual contact he had with the teenagers happened after the legal age of consent.

Kristy and Matt Turner were forced to move earlier this year when the owners of the house they were renting moved back in. It happened at a time when dozens of state housing homes sat empty in their regional South Australian town.

The brother has given evidence in a trial against a formerly married couple who owned a regional bakery in the 1980s.

The South Australian Supreme Court has heard new details in the case against an Adelaide man charged with planning a terrorist act — with police alleging he wanted to attack an Adelaide Hills substation.

The Adelaide Magistrates Court hears that Lisa Lines was allegedly hiding in countries that were beyond the reach of Australian authorities and allegedly engaged an undercover police officer as a hit man before her arrest.

Family violence prevention advocates call for the public to acknowledge the four women found dead in separate and unrelated domestic incidents across South Australia in the past week.