Crime
Golf course body had likely been in pond for days
Police are trying to identify a badly decomposed body that was discovered at a prestigious Sydney golf course.
- by Olivia Ireland and Sarah Keoghan
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Boy, 13, arrested after chase in stolen car
The teenager was arrested after the Volkswagen sedan crashed and rolled early on Wednesday morning. Police are searching for two others who fled the scene.
- by Olivia Ireland
Brawl at Sydney shopping centre captured on video, man charged over replica handgun
Emmanuel Saatoese allegedly hit a woman in the head during a fight at Westfield Mount Druitt, before pointing the replica handgun at her and the crowd.
- by Olivia Ireland and Sarah Keoghan
Accused childcare predator reported to police for ‘kissing’ child a year before arrest
Childcare manager Yolanda Borucki says she alerted police to the worker who was seen allegedly “kissing” a child but he was then cleared for lack of evidence.
- by Perry Duffin
Man charged after police discover ‘appalling’ photo of toddler holding gun
The 21-year-old man is facing multiple firearms offences after police uncovered an alleged photograph of him posing with a three-year-old holding a gun.
- by Catherine Naylor and Sarah Keoghan
‘A hole that remains’: Tragic unknowns in NSW mother’s murder
Mother-of-three Sharon Edwards died as a result of “at least one episode of interpersonal violence”, but the precise cause and place of her death remain a mystery.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Courts
Bondi man allegedly ensnared by ‘tentacles’ of Chinese spies, court told
Alex Csergo told police he was “terrified” and “paranoid” about what would happen if he did not co-operate.
- by Perry Duffin
Man stabbed to death in Balmain, machete attack outside city nightclub
A spate of stabbings across Sydney has left one man dead and put four others in hospital as police pursue four different groups of men believed to be responsible for the crimes.
- by Harriet Alexander and Nigel Gladstone
Sydney’s love affair with cocaine and the carnage it has created
More than almost anywhere else in the world, Sydney loves cocaine. But its craving comes at a cost, and bystanders are paying.
- by Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan
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Drugs
Sydney’s gangs escalate war as drugs seized, top cop warns
Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson says massive drug seizures have seen criminal syndicates exact justice on those responsible within their own organisations.
- by Perry Duffin
Girl, 16, charged with murder of man in Sydney’s west
Two males, aged 18 and 19, are also before the courts over their roles in the death of the man in Tregear, near Blacktown, in June.