Tailgating Offences, Penalties and Defences in NSW
Sahar Adatia. It was the horrifying road rage attack on a learner driver in Adelaide that left the young victim “too scared to get behind the wheel again”. Around 5pm on Sunday 16 May 20201, Jacob Trench was driving with his mother and a friend in a Ford sedan along the North-South Motorway at ...continue reading
Destroying Property by Means of a Fire or Explosive Law, Offences and Defences NSW
Sahar Adatia. Divorces are messy at the best time of times. From having to grudgingly communicate with your ex-partner to splitting every single asset including the furniture and each of your children’s toys, the process is often gruelling and sometimes even filled with rage and revenge. This was certainly the case for one man ...continue reading
Can Police ask for Your ID in NSW? Know Your Rights
Image credit: Rose Makin Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. NSW Police have announced that they intend on asking citizens to produce identification, following the latest tightening of restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19. The latest health order prohibits residents from the Sydney metropolitan areas of Fairfield, Liverpool, Canterbury-Bankstown, Blacktown, and Cumberland to leave ...continue reading
Sexual Assault and Age of Consent Australia Laws Complete Guide NSW
Key Takeaway Here we outline the age of consent laws in Australia; sexual assault, sexual act, sexual touching and harassment offences, defences and their penalties; the statutory rape laws in NSW; how alcohol or drugs affect a rape case, rape statistics in Australia, and the various ways your knowledge as to a lack of consent ...continue reading
The Law on Escaping Lawful Custody in NSW
Poppy Morandin. Police have charged a 29-year-old minimum-security inmate after he managed to escape from Goulburn Correctional Centre. Ryan Wennekes had been participating in work actives when he went missing at around 1:30pm in the afternoon. The prison worksite was behind the main building, with minimum supervision observing the inmates. He was arrested a ...continue reading
The Penalties for Escaping Lawful Custody
Sahar Adatia. Desperate times indeed call for desperate measures. But sometimes, those desperate measures reach heights of despair so profound that, all we can do, perhaps in even more desperation, is wonder: “What in God’s name just happened?” Such is the case of a Russian man who, not long ago, found himself on trial ...continue reading
Possessing, Supplying or Making a Pipe Bomb or other Explosives
Sahar Adatia. A 45-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man have been arrested after a homemade pipe bomb was discovered on the doorstep of a home in Melbourne’s north-west around 10am on Sunday 11 July 2021. The pair was being investigated after the homegrown explosive was left on the front porch of a family residence ...continue reading
Rami Ykmour Rashays Arrest: CDLA’s Legal Breakdown of the Chester Hill Office Situation
Image credit: Rashays Facebook page. Rashays founder Rami Ykmour was approached by at least 8 NSW police officers at his Chester Hill office on 8 July 2021 at about 3:30pm. Police initially attended the office after allegedly receiving an anonymous call complaining that staff were breaching the mandatory face mask orders inside the Rashays Chester ...continue reading
Attempted Murder Charges, Penalties and the Law in NSW
Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. A 47-year-old landlord may lose her leg after her 27-year-old former tenant allegedly run it over numerous times. Harley Warren Mobbs has been charged with attempted murder over the alleged confrontation with the woman, in April. Mr Mobbs applied for bail in the Caboolture Magistrates Court, appearing via video ...continue reading
Public Office Misconduct Offences, Penalties and the Law in NSW
Sahar Adatia. Image credit: ChameleonsEye A female prison officer in California has been sentenced to jail after she was caught engaging in a sexual relationship with an inmate. Tina Gonzalez, 26, had worked as a corrections officer at Fresno County Jail since 2016, but was arrested in May last year after an investigation into her ...continue reading