<!– Paul Hogan and his business partner John Cornell have ended their long running tax dispute with the Australian Tax Office.The pair had been targeted by the ATO’s pursuit of high wealth tax evaders in Operation Wickenby in which Mr Hogan was detained in Australia while attending his mother’s funeral. That prohibition order has been […]
Archive for April, 2012
60 Minutes interview exposes Gordon Wood’s lies
Video Image Gordon Wood says he is struggling to just to life since being acquitted of murdering his girlfriend. UNDER QUESTIONING: Gordon Wood on 60 Minutes. Picture: Channel 9 Source: The Daily Telegraph GORDON Wood has been caught out lying on national television during a paid interview designed to sway public opinion his way. They […]
Newspoll, rates and rorts
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Bikies and unions oppose anti-association bill
Updated May 01, 2012 09:08:20 Photo: Bikies, along with other groups, are opposed to the anti-association laws. (file) (ABC TV) Bikies, union officials and social justice groups met last night to oppose a State Government bill which makes it illegal for people in declared criminal organisations to associate with each other. Headed by the United […]
Horse industry shattered over stud owner’s death
Print page Email this Updated May 01, 2012 08:39:30 Martin Hawcroft was found dead in a paddock on his Byerley Stud property yesterday Tributes are pouring in for a Hunter Valley businessman found dead on his horse stud, as police investigate whether it was a tragic accident. Investigators are not treating the death of Martin […]
Victorian man held for Gold Coast shopping centre shooting
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Trial of Iraq’s fugitive Sunni VP to open Thursday
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq‘s Supreme Judicial Council said Monday the terror trial of the country’s fugitive Sunni vice president will begin Thursday. Council spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said the trial will focus on three charges out of 150 cases in which Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has been linked to death squads against Shiites and government officials. […]
Cross-border collaboration sought for Bakken crime
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies from North Dakota, Montana and Canada have agreed to work across borders to police a spike in crime brought by the Bakken oil boom, the U.S. Attorney for Montana said. Tens of thousands of workers pouring into the region are straining the resources of sparsely-populated counties, from police […]
Iraq fugitive VP charged with murdering six judges
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq‘s fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and some of his bodyguards have been charged with murdering six judges and a series of other killings, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday. Hashemi, one of Iraq’s top Sunni Muslim politicians, fled Baghdad in December when the Shi’ite-led central government issued an arrest warrant for […]
All Three ‘Dougherty Gang’ Siblings Sentenced to Prison Time
The three “Dougherty gang” siblings, who went on a multi-state crime spree in 2011, were sentenced to prison today in Colorado. Among them, they will serve 74 years behind bars. Ryan Dougherty, 22, the last to be sentenced, was given 18 years in prison. He had faced a maximum of 20 years after pleading guilty […]
1 of 3 siblings accused in multi-state crime spree sentenced to 32 years for Colo. shootout
WALSENBURG, Colo. – One of three Florida siblings wanted in a multi-state crime spree has been sentenced to 32 years in Colorado. Dylan Stanley-Dougherty (DAHK’-ur-tee) received the maximum prison sentence Monday for his guilty plea to one charge of first-degree assault. His brother and sister also are set to be sentenced later Monday. All three […]
SNC-Lavalin told ex-exec arrested in Switzerland
One of Australia’s richest men, Clive Palmer, on Monday unveiled plans to build a 21st century version of the doomed Titanic in China, with its first voyage from England to New York set for 2016. Views: 0
2nd of 3 siblings accused in crime spree sentenced
DENVER (AP) — The sister among three Florida siblings wanted in a multistate crime spree was sentenced Monday to 24 years in prison stemming from their capture in Colorado. Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, had faced up to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and two counts of menacing. The judge told […]
3rd fugitive sibling sentenced in Colorado
WALSENBURG, Colo. (AP) — The last of three siblings accused in a multistate crime spree was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison on charges related to their capture in Colorado. Ryan Dougherty, 22, had faced up to 20 years after pleading guilty to five counts of menacing. Earlier Monday, Dougherty‘s sister Lee Grace Dougherty […]
Japanese man sentenced in LA turtle smuggling case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Japanese man has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nearly two years in prison for smuggling 55 live turtles and tortoises from his country into the United States by hiding them in snack food boxes. Atsushi Yamagami was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay about […]
Lawyers spar over jailing of Ohio Amish suspects
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring over whether father-and-son suspects in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish are a threat to the community and should remain in jail pending trial. A lawyer for Lester Mullet says his detention has become a hardship for his family and that his client should be […]
Shooter in Trayvon Martin case gets new fundraising site
MIAMI (Reuters) – George Zimmerman‘s lawyer has launched a new website to raise money to pay for legal defense costs and living expenses for the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the Florida shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Defense attorney Mark O’Mara established the website gzlegalcase.com over the weekend, saying […]
Prosecutor won’t call murder suspect serial killer
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana prosecutor said Monday that he’s not ready to accuse a man charged in the deaths of two women of being a serial killer even though the two slayings appear to meet the definition. William Clyde Gibson, 54, has been charged with murder in the deaths of a 75-year-old […]
Siblings accused in crime spree sentenced in Colo.
DENVER (AP) — Three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree that involved a daring bank robbery in Georgia were given prison time Monday on charges in Colorado, where they were captured after a nationwide manhunt. Ryan Dougherty was given 18 years, Lee Grace Dougherty received 24 years and Dylan Stanley-Dougherty got 32 years […]
Iowa case asks: Is it a crime to harass animals?
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors hope to use a rarely enforced federal law to punish two Iowa pilots whose low flying disturbed thousands of resting migratory birds in a case that centers on this question: Is it a crime to harass animals? In a case drawing attention from bird lovers, two Des Moines men […]