Crime

Police allege the 80-year-old woman was one of three who was assaulted on January 4, she was left in a critical condition and died in hospital on Friday.

Queensland police allege a 43-year-old woman was taken from a property in Doolandella on Friday afternoon by a group of men and assaulted, before being driven to Forest Lake.

Authorities say the chances of Abdul Ezedi surviving after disappearing on London's Chelsea Bridge are "extremely remote".

The Elizabeth Magistrates Court hears Ethan Ross allegedly administered over-the-counter drug naloxone and methamphetamine to Amy Bowden to try and reverse the effects of a heroin overdose.

Former Perth Wildcats basketballer Tiny Pinder apologises to his victims amid his latest sexual assault convictions, as his lawyer says he has the cognitive capacity of a 14-year-old. WARNING: The story contains details of sexual assault.

Police say two female officers were bitten by a woman, while another officer was attacked by a dog, as a home was engulfed in flames in South Hedland.

A magistrate grants a forensic order allowing police to do an external examination and take DNA samples from 48-year-old Milenko Snjegota, whose father's body was found by a neighbour outside the pair's home on Sunday.

Former Wallaby Kurtley Beale is found not guilty by a jury of sexual offences against a woman at a Bondi pub.

Victoria Police allege investigators also found drug paraphernalia and $10,000 in cash when they executed a search warrant.

The search for Samantha Murphy has entered its sixth day. The 51-year-old was last seen Sunday morning leaving for her regular running route.

A book teaching men to heal from their trauma will be given to domestic violence perpetrators in Australian prisons in an effort to lower rates of reoffending.

A man will face court charged with a drug offence over the death of a woman who was found unconscious in Adelaide's north-east where emergency services were called after reports of an overdose.

Some of Western Australia's most vulnerable teenagers are sweltering through Perth's heatwave without air conditioning in a converted adult prison unit.

Officers seek to reassure frightened residents in Bendigo that police have enough resources to deal with a rise in home and car break-ins, warning that while it is a person's right to defend themselves in a home invasion, they cannot use "unreasonable" force.

WA police have charged an 11-year-old boy and are searching for two more suspects after a 69-year-old man was attacked in Bentley.

The Mackay parents, accused of murdering their two-year-old daughter by denying her medical treatment, also allegedly failed to register her birth, a court has heard. 

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

Kurtley Beale's barrister in her closing argument to the jury says her client's accuser made a "false" allegation of sexual assault. 

Michael Katsidis, who won the WBO interim lightweight championship in 2007, will walk free from custody after serving nearly two years in jail.

Police charge a 25-year-old man who was taken to hospital under police guard for treatment after the body of a woman, believed aged in her 60s, was found at an address in Tweed Heads on Wednesday.

An 18-year-old man is due to face court charged with murder after the death of a 34-year-old man on Abel Smith Parade in Mount Isa.

With Kalgoorlie-Boulder the latest city to receive emergency police resources, remote residents say WA's justice system needs a new approach to fix deep-seated problems.

After six years behind bars, Ms Crabtree was released on bail.

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 

The 12-year-old girl, who has been placed on a support plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme after being recently diagnosed with autism, is facing charges of deprivation of liberty and the assault of a 13-year-old girl.