A Teenager has Undergone a Mental Health Assessment After Allegedly Stabbing a Church of Scientology Employee in Sydney
It is alleged that on Thursday 3 January 2019, a 16-year-old teenager has stabbed a 24-year-old scientologist. It is reported that the 16-year-old teenager attended the Sydney headquarters Scientology Church to visit his mum who was participating in a “purification ceremony”. It’s alleged that the teenager stabbed the deceased in the neck when being ...continue reading
What is the Law and Penalties for Domestic Violence in NSW?
It is reported that a 24-year-old woman, Toyah Cordingley was found dead on Wangetti Beach in North Queensland in October 2018. She drove to the beach with her dog but never returned home. Upon inspection of her body, police announced that there appeared to be violent related injuries on her. Detective Senior Sergeant Ed ...continue reading
The Law and Penalties for Causing a Dog to Inflict Harm on a Person in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh This week, 58 penguins were found mauled to death at the Low Head Conservation area in Tasmania, sparking an investigation by wildlife authorities into the horrific attack. It is believed the deaths occurred due to a suspected dog attack. The penguins were discovered following a tip-off from the ...continue reading
What is the Law and Penalties for Car-Jacking in NSW?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh On October 4, 2018, a man was arrested following carjacking a Range Rover in Redfern while a 61-year-old man was still inside the vehicle. According to NSW Police, just before 1:30pm on the day, reports were made that the Range Rover was stolen from a car wash on ...continue reading
What are the Defences and Penalties for Being Armed With an Offensive Weapon in NSW?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh Anger is an emotion that is able to make us react in various ways. Sometimes, it arrives in a quick flash, momentarily causing our heart rate to increase in irritation before shortly fleeting, like when people refuse to follow directions. At other times, where boundaries are crossed, it can ...continue reading
New NSW Sentencing Penalty Introduced: The New ‘Intensive Corrections Orders’
On 24 October 2017, Parliament in NSW assented to the amending legislation which effectively changed the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW). As of 24 September 2018, three major new sentencing options were introduced into NSW. A Magistrate or Judge can now impose any one of these new sentencing or penalty options for traffic ...continue reading
New Sentencing Option Introduced in NSW: ‘Community Correction Orders’
Our previous blog outlined how the ‘section 10 bond’ has now replaced the new ‘conditional release order’ as a new sentencing option in NSW for criminal and traffic offences. This blog outlines a further new sentencing option called a ‘community corrections order’ which effectively replaces the old ‘section 9 bond’ and ‘community service order’ penalties, ...continue reading
The End of ‘Section 10 Bonds’ in NSW as a Sentencing Option
The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) reflects the law behind all the sentencing options a Magistrates or Judges can impose on a person guilty of a NSW criminal or traffic offence. That Law has now changed and the new NSW sentencing penalties or options commence from today 24 September 2018 onwards. The popular ...continue reading
What are the Penalties for Contaminating Food in NSW?
“It’s certainly not a great time to be a farmer”, says a local café owner who buys all her strawberry supplies from Galluzzo’s Fruit Market in Glebe, NSW. Truck loads worth of strawberries have been taken off the shelves of major supermarket stores following the strawberries needle contamination scare- which has spread throughout Australia. The ...continue reading
What is an Affray and its Penalty in NSW?
What is Affray in NSW? Unlike assault charges, including common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm, which are considered offences against individuals, affray is a more serious type of charge carrying a maximum term of up to 10 years imprisonment, and is considered an offence against the public order to ...continue reading