An Adelaide court is told the 2012 fatal shooting of panelbeater Jason De Ieso was retribution for a firebomb attack on a home occupied by the parents of three of the alleged murderers.
Tag: Courts and Trials
Backpackers may get hundreds of millions of dollars back, after tax overturned by court
An estimated 75,000 backpackers working, or who have worked in Australia, could be back-paid hundreds of millions of dollars after the Federal Court ruled the so-called backpacker tax invalid.
Car thief found in 15cm of water near where he crashed stolen Skyline
A coroner’s inquest hears a drug-addicted Adelaide car thief whose body was found weeks after he crashed a stolen vehicle was an expert at hiding from police.
Adelaide chef Jess Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting TV reporters
A man who has previously claimed he is the nephew of rock legend Jimmy Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting two journalists outside an Adelaide court.
Police officer whose car hit teen motorcyclist wins appeal against conviction
A police officer who accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake during a traffic stop, leaving a boy with multiple broken bones, has an aggravated driving conviction overturned.
Paedophile who masturbated in shop window in Adelaide’s west sent back to jail
An Adelaide paedophile will spend at least two years behind bars for masturbating in a store window and for using the social media site Pinterest to view images of young boys.
Court releases photos showing sex toys seized from alleged wife-killer’s suitcase
A judge releases photos of evidence allegedly seized from the home of Peter Rex Dansie, who is accused of drowning his wife in an Adelaide pond in 2017.
One drug is linked to 18 vet suicides per year, but it doesn’t have to be stored in a locked container
An inquest into the deaths of two young vets who took a drug linked to almost 20 suicides per year within the industry urges better mental health support for veterinary professionals.
Murder accused sent ‘steamy’ messages to women in China before wife’s death
Accused wife-killer Peter Dansie was engaged in online chats with two women and was ready to fly to China with a bag of sex toys and condoms shortly after his wife’s death, it can now be revealed.
Shackling not to blame for prisoner’s death, inquest finds
The death of a frail and immobile prisoner at an Adelaide hospital in 2015 was not because he was shackled to his bed for three weeks, but due to natural causes, SA’s deputy coroner finds.