For four decades,I have seen junk science and biases based on the behaviour of an accused playing a substantial role in police investigations,prosecutions and juries.
If Gregory Lynn had not kept bees or if a road that crossed the Wonnangatta River was not blocked on the fateful evening,a cool-headed pilot might have got away with murder.
A new witness and allegations of threats and abuse have been uncovered after police reviewed the 1999 death of Lisa Lynn.
Later on Tuesday,another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.
Police said a bus travelling on the Calder Highway near Mildura rolled and crashed into a tree on Tuesday,killing two and leaving a passenger with critical injuries.
Diesel fuel dripped through ceilings at the 15 William Street building in the CBD on Tuesday.
Experts question how the prosecution could have argued convicted child-killer Robert Farquharson was driven by revenge and not sought evidence to back that up.
Police say Maytham Hamad – the brother of ruthless Melbourne organised-crime kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad – is ‘a high-level co-ordinator of violence’.
A passerby found the bodies of a man and a woman on a walking track near Wreck Beach. Police later said they were not treating either death as suspicious.
Making his mark catching crooks came at a heavy cost for Tim Peck,who ignored the warning signs until he crashed into them.
Yanyu Mu,29,has been accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney’s north-west before threatening to release photographs of the attack unless she paid $300,000.