The Penalty for Peeping in NSW
Sahar Adatia. It’s a weird and warped world out there. No more can we be reminded of this worrying fact of life than with the fresh news that a police hunt is presently underway for a man in the United Kingdom donning a gimp suit who was recently spotted spying on a couple through ...continue reading
Man Arrested With Charges of Secretly Filming a Woman Showering
Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A man in Nassau County in New York has been arrested after he was found to have set up a chair outside a bathroom window of a Valley Stream home where he recorded a woman showering. The New York Post reports that just before 10:15pm on Saturday 2 January ...continue reading
Texas Mother Performs Vicious Tackle to Stop Man Accused of Peeping into Her 15-Year-Old Daughter’s Bedroom
Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It was meant to be just an ordinary day for Texas mother, Phyllis Pena, when she left for her usual early morning trip to the shops earlier this year in January. But little did the mum realise she would return home to the shock of discovering a man peeping ...continue reading
Sydney Man Sentenced for Filming Housemate Engaging in Private Act Using a Hidden Camera in Her Burwood Home
Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A Sydney man who filmed his flatmate without consent at their Burwood home after secretly installing a hidden camera inside a smoke alarm in her bedroom “to obtain sexual arousal” has been sentenced to a two-year community corrections order. For four months earlier this year, Ratna Babu Bolleddu spied ...continue reading
Chinese Drug Trafficker on Death Row Escapes Lawful Custody by Tunnelling Through Sewers to Road Outside
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It’s the kind of plot you’d only ever see play out in a movie, except of course this was real life – in mid-September 2020, a man facing the death sentence in Indonesia for drug trafficking managed to escape from jail by tunnelling through the sewage system, and ...continue reading
NSW Police Commissioner Defends Officers Who Performed ‘Unlawful’ Arrest on Curtis Scott
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has sought to defend the actions of police officers involved in the wrongful arrest of NRL player Curtis Scott. The bodycam footage of the arrest shown in court sparked outrage, with it depicting Scott, who was passed out drunk at the foot of ...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
Killara Man Charged for Sexual Act For Alleged Daylight Nudie-Run On NSW Beach
It is reported that at about 10:45am on Saturday, police received multiple complaints about a man walking naked on Jimmys Beach at Hawks Nest, north of Port Stephens in the Hunter Region of NSW. A 51-year-old man from Killara has been charged with committing a sexual act and indecent exposure as a result. Police ...continue reading
Penalties on Publishing the Identity of Sexual Assault Survivors in NSW: Interview with Sexual Abuse Survivor, Activist and Jewish Community Leader Manny Waks
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. Changes to Victoria’s Judicial Proceedings Reports Act have stopped survivors of sexual assault in Victoria from utilising their real names when publicly sharing their stories of abuse. The recent changes, which took effect in February 2020, mean that it is now an offence for victims, as well as ...continue reading
Woman Manhandled Then Handcuffed by Police for Wearing Thong to the Beach
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Back in the year 1999, renowned American singer-songwriter Sisqo enlightened us about, you know, the finer things in life, declaring to the world that indeed, amongst us, some just wanna show, that thong th thong thong thong. And why not. If that’s what floats your boat, then so ...continue reading