Can Police Search You Using a Drug Detection Dog in NSW?
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. Sniffer dog operations have reportedly returned following their apparent suspension due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sniff Off, a Greens campaign for police accountability, drug law reform and civil liberties, regularly reports on sightings of drug dog operations in order to raise the public awareness. They ...continue reading
Latest BOSCAR statistics and the need for greater focus on rehabilitation: An interview with Deputy Mayor of Dubbo and Barrister Stephen Lawrence
By Poppy Morandin. Recent release of crime statistics detailing a quarterly update for this year, have revealed that crime across most of NSW has remained stable or fallen in the two years to June 2020. A major exception to this finding was within the crime category of sexual assault, which has risen 9.4% over ...continue reading
Man Charged for Alleged Child Abduction
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It was the terrifying moment a five-year-old child was grabbed by a stranger in broad daylight in an alleged abduction attempt on the streets of Canberra’s CBD, leaving members of the public to intervene and restrain the man before police could arrive. According to reports from The Canberra ...continue reading
Calls for dismissal of Police Officer who leaked information of alleged domestic violence victim: An Interview with the Doctors Against Violence Towards Women
By Poppy Morandin. The uncertain status of whether a Queensland Police Officer will be dismissed, despite pleading guilty to leaking the information of an alleged domestic violence victim to her former partner, has sparked outrage. Senior Constable Neil Punchard accessed confidential police databases on nine occasions and supplied the address of the woman to ...continue reading
NSW Teacher Charged With Child Grooming Offences
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. A 27-year-old man who formerly worked as a student teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student. The arrest followed an investigation by the Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad beginning in June of this year, after the alleged victim reported that ...continue reading
Law and Penalties for Robbery Offences in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A 27-year-old woman from Melbourne who coordinated a ruthless home invasion after finding out that her friend, a cancer patient, had received a six-figure inheritance, has been sentenced and will spend at least four years behind bars. It is reported that in April last year, Kristy Patricia Avdulla ...continue reading
The Law on Making or Using Counterfeit or Fake Money in Australia
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. In June 2020, a police hunt commenced for a woman believed responsible for duping a string of struggling businesses with fake $50 notes at Pooraka’s Paddy’s Markets in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Cool and composed, CCTV footage reveals the woman initially walked into a fresh food market where she ...continue reading
Female Prison Guard Arrested for Alleged Affair with Inmate After Being Dobbed in by Colleague
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A female prison guard from New South Wales’ Hunter Region has been arrested after being dobbed in by her colleague for allegedly engaging in an intimate relationship with a former inmate. NSW Police report that on 27 August 2020, Vicki Greenhalgh was arrested by detectives in her Muswellbrook ...continue reading
Man Sentenced for Grievous Bodily Harm Assault Against 83-Year-Old Woman
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It was the middle of the night when 35-year-old Victorian man, Eric Phillip Pickford, broke into the home of an 83-year-old woman living nearby him in Morwell, and in his intoxicated state, bashed the elderly resident multiple times with a hammer. The 83-year-old was listening to the radio ...continue reading
Nine Teens Charged for Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent After Assault on Sydney Man
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. Nine teenagers ranging from 15 to 18 years of age, have been arrested following the stabbing of a 36-year-old man. On the night of the 31st of July, police attended the scene in which the man was found, suffering a stab wound to his face and other serious ...continue reading