By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Romanian man Alexandru Badaric came to Sydney in April 2023 and was joined by his partner and co-offender Izabela Vintila in June. The pair received two shimming devices posted from London in July 2023. Shimming devices are strips of metal placed on an ATM, which record the data on… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim During sentencing in March 2025, NSW Chief Judge at Common Law Andrew Bell explained that former NSW police constable Kristian White had made “an error of judgement”, when he tasered 95-year-old grandmother Clare Nowland at the Yallambee Lodge aged care facility in the NSW town of Cooma on 17… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Two packages from Afghanistan containing sheets and curtains and marked for a ‘Cameron Humphrey’ arrived in NSW on 14 October 2022 bound the Sydney inner city suburb of Glebe and the residence where a Shania Carr lived. This consignment was intercepted by the Australian Border Force and found to… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Clinton Wrigley appeared before New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Mark Ierace in April 2025, in relation to questions about the admissibility of a 28 February 2023 police interview and related body-worn video (BWV) footage as evidence during Wrigley’s upcoming trial in relation to the 23 February 2023 murder… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 25 April 2023, Simons Stobinski was seated on an elevated part of the footpath on Progressive Avenue in the Sydney northwestern suburb of Eastwood, and he was drinking from a glass bottle, when Steven Lok, standing across the road, heard Stobinski say, “I will kill the lot of… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim As of 7 July 2025, a new Bail Division that will centralise all weekday first bail hearings for adults whilst in police custody commenced operating in New South Wales. The controversial proposal will initially affect the management of bail matters relating to regional areas throughout the state, prior to… Read more »
Shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday 17 June 2025, a burst water main inundated the lower levels of the Downing Centre Court in Sydney’s CBD. The torrent knocked out electricity, IT networks, lifts and other critical infrastructure, forcing an immediate evacuation. Two people were briefly trapped in lifts and the entire court complex which comprises… Read more »
The Chief Magistrate of New South Wales, his Honour Judge Michael Allan, has published a statement on 18 June 2025 regarding how listed cases in Downing Centre Local Court will be handled after a power outage caused by a burst water main. The statement can be summarized as follows: The Downing Centre Local Court has… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Between the 5 May and 15 June 2023, Andrew Tanswell and George Leilua carried out a criminal enterprise that involved contacting men over gay dating app Grindr on the pretence they were one man interested in a sexual encounter, and on organising a meeting at the victim’s house, Tanswell… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In November 2019, then NSW police detective senior constable Jesse Porter received information from the NSW Sex Crimes Unit relating to a complaint lodged by a high-ranking police officer from another state. The complaint involved allegations that a Sydney lawyer aged in his fifties had sexually assaulted the high-ranking… Read more »