
Jamie McKinnell
Court Reporter and Legal Affairs Producer at ABC News (Australia)
Court reporter @abcnews ⚖️
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Jamie McKinnell
Four public statements by former One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham about Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich allegedly constituted unlawful homosexual vilification and sexual harassment in the workplace, a tribunal has heard. A case initiated by Mr Greenwich in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) involves the same graphic tweet previously at the centre of successful defamation proceedings against Mr Latham in the Federal Court.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Jamie McKinnell
A former NSW Police officer who admitted to repeatedly assaulting his former partner will not spend any further time behind bars, despite being handed a prison sentence. Jonathan Charles Bettles pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including five counts of common assault, six of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two of destroying or damaging property and one of perverting the course of justice.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Jamie McKinnell
A four-day hearing in the Federal Court has begun into lectures given by Sydney preacher Wissam Haddad. Mr Haddad denied his speeches in Bankstown in November 2023 breached the Racial Discrimination Act. Mr Haddad is expected to give evidence and be cross-examined during the proceedings.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Jamie McKinnell
Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson has lost his appeal against a conviction for unlawful sexual activity with a student in the 1980s. Dawson was handed a jail sentence of three years for the crime of carnal knowledge, but is also serving a much lengthier sentence of 24 years for murdering his first wife, Lynette Simms, who vanished in 1982. The Court of Criminal Appeal on Friday dismissed his appeal in a majority 2-1 decision.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Jamie McKinnell |Nandini Dhir
A former superyacht worker who admitted to kidnapping and intimidating his ex-girlfriend blamed a "perfect storm" of circumstances which led to his "reprehensible" behaviour, his lawyer told a Sydney court. Ethan Davis pleaded guilty to six charges on Wednesday, including kidnapping, using a carriage service to harass, intimidation, threatening to distribute an intimate image, using an offensive weapon and possessing MDMA.
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Audit of NSW sexual assault cases finds 'no systemic deficiencies' https://t.co/GdM78NiOAA

The NSW government has agreed to pay $2.5 million in settlements to four men who allege they were sexually abused as teens by a female teacher, Helga Lam, who could not be criminally prosecuted because of a historical charge which doesn't apply to women. https://t.co/FS6GragpHW