Albert McKnight

1 week ago | region.com.au | Albert McKnight

CONTENT WARNING: This article refers to child abuse. The abuse a former AFL umpire inflicted on a teenage boy he was supposed to be mentoring still impacts the victim-survivor, a court has heard. Michael Rigo was aged between 30 and 32 when he abused the boy, then aged 16 and 17, over an 18-month period in the 1980s. The court heard the senior AFL umpire was driving home when he saw the teen, then a junior umpire, beside the road with a flat tyre on his bike.

1 week ago | region.com.au | Albert McKnight

Police say a knife-wielding man was filmed robbing a bottle shop in Gungahlin and have released footage of the incident in an attempt to find witnesses. He went into the Cellarbrations store on Ernest Cavanagh Street and threatened a staff member with a large kitchen knife at about 1 pm on Monday (26 May), an ACT Policing spokesperson said. He then fled with cash and was last seen running along Gribble Street towards Bunnings Gungahlin, they added.

1 week ago | region.com.au | Albert McKnight

An alleged chair-throwing brawler was “something of a magnet” for other young men seeking to prove themselves in venues with alcohol, his lawyer said. Police said a brawl broke out inside the Gungahlin Lakes Golf and Community Club about 6:40 pm on Anzac Day this year, growing to involve a number of men. One man was allegedly left with a fractured eye socket and concussion, while he and a second man had cuts to their heads.

1 week ago | region.com.au | Albert McKnight

CONTENT WARNING: This article refers to an alleged indecent assault. A woman was running along a walking trail in the north Canberra bush when she was allegedly grabbed from behind, assaulted and choked unconscious by a 15-year-old boy. The 59-year-old had been running down Oak Hill on the Centenary Trail in Bonner, near the ACT’s border with NSW, at about 10:15 am on Monday (26 May), an ACT Policing spokesperson said. She was then allegedly grabbed from behind by the boy, who began assaulting her.

1 week ago | region.com.au | Albert McKnight

David McBride has failed in his attempt to appeal his convictions and sentence after he shared confidential documents from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), for which he became a whistleblower in the eyes of many. Last year, the ACT Supreme Court sentenced the then-60-year-old to five years and eight months’ jail with a non-parole period of two years and three months. He appealed against his convictions and sentence, which was heard earlier this year.