Giselle Wakatama

Newcastle

@ABCnews Journalist who loves life, laughing. Proud mum. Walkley finalist, Walkley winner. Views are my own. Got a story? Find me @ [email protected]

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Articles

Court hears fatal Newcastle group stabbing attack was planned

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Nakita Jager

Supreme Court documents regarding a fatal stabbing in Newcastle allege the incident involved multiple attackers and was planned. James Callahan, 22, was stabbed in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, in the early hours of November 17 last year. The Supreme Court has released documents to the media of redacted police facts that were tendered to the court as part of a bail hearing.
DV murder victim's mum thanks premier for meeting over killer's sentence

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Nakita Jager

Tyrone Thompson will spend at least 15 years in prison for stabbing Mackenzie Anderson 78 times in a brutal murder in 2022. Her mother said the sentence was outrageous, prompting a meeting with NSW Premier Chris Minns. Prosecutors have 28 days to lodge a notice of intention to appeal. The mother of a woman stabbed 78 times in a domestic violence murder has met NSW Premier Chris Minns as she calls for an appeal against the killer's jail sentence.
James Cunneen found guilty of covering up 2014 murder of Carly McBride

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

A jury has found a Hunter Valley man guilty of covering up the murder of Carly McBride more than a decade ago. James Anthony Cunneen, 33, pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact for helping Sayle Kenneth Newson cover up the murder of Ms McBride in September 2014. Ms McBride's unburied, skeletal remains were found by bushwalkers west of Scone at Owens Gap in August 2016. in 2021 Newson was sentenced to a maximum 27 years' jail for killing her.
Two charged after video of man allegedly shooting from car shared on social media

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Keely Johnson |Giselle Wakatama

Police have charged a man and woman after a video of a man allegedly shooting a firearm out a car window in the New South Wales Hunter region circulated on social media. Police said they were told about the video late on Sunday evening. It showed a man driving a vehicle alongThe Boulevard in Toronto in daylight and appearing to fire a gun out the window. Police said the incident was believed to have occurred in the past 24 hours.
Tyrone Thompson sentenced for murdering ex-partner Mackenzie Anderson

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

A domestic violence murderer has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for stabbing his former partner, Mackenzie Anderson, 78 times. Tyrone Thompson pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Anderson, 21, in her Mayfield, Newcastle, unit on March 25, 2022. The 25-year-old was on Friday sentenced in the New South Wales Supreme Court to a non-parole period of 15 years and six months. He will be eligible for parole in 2038.
DV killer 'victim blames' Mackenzie Anderson in apology letter, court told

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

Prosecutors have accused a murderer, who stabbed his ex-partner 78 times, of victim blaming in an apology letter. Tyrone Thompson, 25, previously denied killing his former partner, Mackenzie Anderson, at a unit in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield more than three years ago. That changed on April 1 when he pleaded guilty to domestic violence murder in the New South Wales Supreme Court.
Bickham coal walks away from long-held Hunter Valley mining licence

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Amelia Bernasconi

The company behind a controversial New South Wales Upper Hunter coal project has told the ABC it will walk away from the site almost 30 years after first looking to mine in the region. The Bickham Coal proposal divided the small communities of Scone, Blandford, and Murrurundi during the early 2000s in a dispute dubbed "coal versus foals".
Murder victim sent letter saying DV support request cancelled due to her death

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

Mackenzie Anderson was 21 years old when she was stabbed 78 times in her home by her abusive former partner Tyrone Thompson. Thompson breached an apprehended violence order to attack her. Thompson pleaded guilty to murder earlier this month and is due to be sentenced on Friday. A woman who was murdered by her former partner was sent a letter from a domestic violence support agency cancelling her request for support because her death made her ineligible, the New South Wales Supreme Court has heard.
One dead, another critical after being pulled from surf at Shoal Bay north of Newcastle

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after being pulled from the surf at Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, this afternoon. Emergency services responded to reports two swimmers were in trouble at Zenith Beach, Shoal Bay, just before 3pm. Friends and members of the public retrieved the men from the water and performed CPR, alongside police. Paramedics took over but could not revive one of the men, who died at the scene. Loading
Former education officer pleads guilty to sexting schoolgirl, denies kidnapping

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama

A former Aboriginal Education Officer at a Hunter Valley high school has pleaded guilty to sexting a schoolgirl, and not guilty to kidnapping two others and plying them with drugs. Jayden Hudson Thorpe, 32, is on trial in Newcastle District Court, after he pleaded not guilty to two charges of take and detain a person with intent to obtain advantage, and two counts of drug supply.