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[Link] Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award
Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.
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[Link] Roberts-Smith pressured me to lie about his affair, estranged wife tells court
Read: 14/2/2022 www.smh.com.au
The estranged wife of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told the Federal Court she discovered her husband was having an affair when his girlfriend turned up at the couple’s Sunshine Coast home with a black eye and told her she had been pregnant with his child.
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[Link] Ex-soldier charged with wife's murder granted home detention bail
Read: 31/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
WARNING: This story contains content that some people may find distressing. Antony Ogar, 58, is accused of murdering 37-year-old Cherry Gerente Ogar at their Port Hughes home last July.
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[Link] Tonga’s drug crisis: Why a tiny Pacific island is struggling with a meth epidemic
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
After more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga. His country was in the grip of a methamphetamine epidemic that was ripping families apart and overrunning the country’s hospitals and jails.
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[Link] Richard ‘Lowtax’ Kyanka, Founder of Something Awful, Is Dead at 45
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka—the creator of the era-defining Something Awful forums—died by suicide on November 9, Motherboard confirmed with the Lee’s Summit, Missouri police department.
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[Link] How the 'Craigslist of Guns' Helps Arm Cartels in Mexico
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
Investigators traced guns found in the border city of Reynosa back to Americans who used the website Armslist.
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[Link] QAnon Surfer Accused of Killing His Own Kids May Mount Mental Health Defense
Read: 1/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Lawyers for the man accused of killing his own children with a spear gun because he was radicalized by QAnon conspiracy theories are seeking to delay his trial by six months to properly assess his mental health.
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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.
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[Link] Human remains found in Florida belong to Gabby Petito's boyfriend Brian Laundrie, FBI says
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The FBI says human remains found in a Florida nature reserve belong to Brian Laundrie. Mr Laundrie was being sought as a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple were on a cross-country road trip.
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[Link] What We Know About the ‘Skeletal’ Remains of Brian Laundrie
Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Thursday that remains found at a Florida nature park belonged to Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old who was a person of interest in the death of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito.
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[Link] Man Gets Double Life Sentence For Killing His Wife With a Cobra
Read: 17/10/2021 www.vice.com
According to prosecution lawyers, Sooraj Kumar killed his wife, Uthra, for her gold jewellery and wanted to marry another woman. This was Kumar’s third attempt to murder his wife, they said. In March last year, Kumar allegedly set a viper to bite Uthra while she was staying with her in-laws.
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[Link] Man Sentenced to Death for Setting His TikToker Ex-Wife on Fire During a Livestream
Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com
The case infuriated Chinese women after media reports suggested that Lhamo had been suffering from Tang’s frequent beatings since the two married a few years ago. Her older sister said Lhamo called the police at least twice, but officers refused to interfere because it was a “family matter.
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[Link] Police Say They’re ‘Too Busy’ to Assist Abused Children On National Children’s Day
Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
However, when they arrived at the police station on October 1, the officers present refused to record their complaint.
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[Link] Domestic violence services still waiting on ‘landmark’ federal funding months after it was promised
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Promised domestic violence funding to help combat a rise in demand for services during the pandemic is yet to be released more than four months after it was announced by the federal government with fanfare.
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[Link] Man jailed for terrifying, humiliating knifepoint attack on partner
Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Darryl Nugget has been jailed for four years over the March 2020 attack, in which he repeatedly threatened to kill the woman while holding a knife to her throat in front of several children.
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[Link] FTC Orders Spyware Vendor to Stop Business
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
The FTC has banned a stalkerware vendor called SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from working in the surveillance business, the agency said in an announcement on Wednesday.
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[Link] Mother Who Made 200 Videos Brutally Beating Her 2-Year-Old Is Finally Arrested
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
In the horrifying footage, Thulasi can be seen brutally attacking the toddler until he bleeds and cries in pain.
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[Link] Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim
Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, is “carefully considering” whether to take further disciplinary action against an officer who leaked the address of a domestic violence victim.
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[Link] What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Five years ago, I began to notice that the perpetrators of some of the worst terrorist attacks had something in common.
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[Link] Tattoo removalist Amanda McKinnon's Fresh Start Program helping people begin new chapters
Read: 6/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Gemma was walking through the carpark when she was grabbed by a stranger. The attacker fled and police were called to the scene, but despite their best efforts, the perpetrator has never been found.
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[Link] Queensland police union condemned over claims DVOs used to get advantage in family court disputes
Read: 16/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The union representing Queensland’s police officers has been criticised for claiming some people seek domestic violence orders to gain an advantage in family law disputes.
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[Link] Queensland police blocked research into domestic violence cases and attitudes of officers
Read: 6/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police service blocked academic research seeking to scrutinise its response to domestic violence cases and the attitudes of officers – sending rejection letters that denied there was a need for studies.
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