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1 week ago | news.com.au | Cydonee Mardon

A schoolboy accused of raping, choking, assaulting, and intimidating a woman has been found not guilty of all charges, after a jury accepted the “sterling gentleman” could not have transformed into a “horrendous monster” for a single year. Christopher Kay, now 21, stood trial in the NSW District Court after pleading not guilty to 18 charges relating to an alleged victim when they were both 17-year old school students. A jury took less than a day to find the Chatswood man not guilty of all charges.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Cydonee Mardon

Crime gangs playing out their drug wars on Sydney and Melbourne streets are lacking the moral compass of old school New York criminals who made sure “their own” were protected, according to Michael Franzese, one of the world’s most powerful former mob bosses. “I spent over 20 years in that life, I grew up in it with my father, a major figure, and the truth is we didn’t go around killing innocent people, we took care of people in our neighbourhood,” Franzese told news.com.au.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Cydonee Mardon

One of the four teens charged over the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl works at a barber shop in western Sydney. News.com.au can reveal Adam Abdul-Hamid works at a Liverpool business and can be seen on videos promoting “mid skin-fades” and inviting people into the store. The former Sadler Primary School student was arrested on Wednesday morning amid volatile scenes in his front yard - one of four accused of sexually assaulting the woman over a six-hour period in December.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Cydonee Mardon |Emma Kirk

Paramedics at the scene on Auburn Rd. Photo / NewsWireA major police taskforce has taken charge of the investigation into the shooting of three people, including an alleged underworld figure, in a busy western Sydney street. An alleged underworld figure has been gunned down in a busy Sydney street in broad daylight, in the third attempt on his life.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Cydonee Mardon

Videos of Atreyu McCann jumping on a trampoline, riding a horse, balancing on a skateboard, plucking violin strings and cuddling his favourite animals — experiences that shaped his rich tapestry of childhood — played one last time on Monday morning as loved ones said their final goodbye. The 13-year-old Sydney boy was farewelled in a funeral service at Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley this morning after last month taking his own life.