The heartbreaking statement from father of boys killed in Blue Mountains tragedy
Ben and Russell were allegedly killed at the hands of their mother. Their distraught father Nick Smith has remembered his “happy, funny and outgoing boys”.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
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Police await doctors’ clearance to interview mother over death of her two sons
The woman who police believe stabbed her two young sons to death at their Blue Mountains home has written extensively about her own mental health.
- by Amber Schultz, Sally Rawsthorne and Riley Walter
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Heartbreaking images of family emerge after mother arrested over boys’ deaths
Photos showed an apparently happy, loving family before two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home and their mother arrested.
- by Amber Schultz, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
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How an audacious plot to allegedly flood Sydney with $7.5 billion of cocaine went up in smoke
The elaborate scheme, alleged to feature bribed guerillas, secret symbols and Canary Islands cash, was plagued with problems.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Who is the ‘North Shore Rapist’, and how did he stay hidden in plain sight?
Graham Kay terrorised women and girls across northern Sydney. The state of NSW twice watered down the notorious sex offender’s release conditions, and he went on to offend again.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
University of Sydney students in suspected inner west murder-suicide
The University of Sydney is co-operating with police after the bodies of a young man and woman were found at a Sydney apartment complex.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Jessica McSweeney
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Sydney's ganglands
‘Airtasker for crooks’: Contract killings becoming big business
Business in Sydney’s underworld is booming, as criminal networks outsource their killings.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Andrew O’Keefe rearrested hours after court appearance
The former Deal or No Deal star was picked up by police in Vaucluse just hours after he appeared in court.
- by Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
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Police wanted 16 people for crimes on Sydney transport. They’ve charged 227
Among them was a pair whose alleged attack on a schoolgirl left her with a torn earlobe and a man who allegedly punched the driver of a moving bus in the face.
- by Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
‘My beautiful angels’: Mum farewells children killed in Lalor Park fire
The children who died in the blaze allegedly lit by their father have been remembered at an emotional service in western Sydney.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Perry Duffin, Clare Sibthorpe and Riley Walter
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Drug kingpin’s role in notorious alleged Sydney cocaine plot
Vaso Ulic allegedly attempted to smuggle 2.5 tonnes of cocaine into Australia, where it commands up to 10 times the European price.
- by Sally Rawsthorne