By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Mounir Seifeddine worked as a kofta chef in a café owned by Tim Abraham in mid-2017. The part-time employee was alone at the establishment on 9 August that year, when a number of NSW police officers turned up to execute a search warrant. On examining the storage area on… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Prior to being taken into police custody, Mr A told his wife he’d stored six gold bars belonging to Mr Y at her mother’s house. On 8 August 2012, on the request of Y, Mrs A removed two bars and a Mr C drove the pair to the vicinity… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Tony Richards was asleep in his unit in the NSW town of Albury at 3 am on 7 December 2019, when there was a knock at the door. On checking, he found Kristopher Llyod was standing at the entrance claiming he had something to deliver, and Richards unlocked the… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In May 2014, two drive-by shootings were committed at the Bossley Park home of Wade Martinez. NSW police believed Gewargis Garmo was connected to these incidents. Martinez would not cooperate with inquiries into them. But it’s been suggested he thought to take care of the matter himself. Nine months… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In the early hours of 19 March 2020, a group of five school friends were gathered at a family home, when one of the four girls present asked the only boy if she could borrow his phone. The then 15-year-old girl fled the premises with another, taking the 13-year-old… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Neil Andrew Simpson has significant criminal history, having been convicted of a range of offences from fraud to smuggling fauna. The defendant appeared before the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) on 25 October 2021 for an application to be released on bail, after having been remanded since his… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Standard non-parole periods apply to over 40 serious criminal offences in NSW. Introduced in 2003, SNPPs set the state’s criminal justice system apart from all others operating in Australia. SNPPs provide a reference point for a judge in sentencing an offender in relation to any of the crimes the scheme covers,… Read more »
The UK High Court of Justice ruled on 10 December last year, that the decision not to permit the extradition of Australian journalist Julian Assange, handed down by District Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser on 4 January 2021, be overturned. Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett and Lord Justice Timothy Holroyd made the decision based on two… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim PM Scott Morrison, home affairs minister Karen Andrews and AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw lined up before the press last June, to announce the success of the transnational drug crime investigation known locally as Operation Ironside. Spruiked as the “most significant operation in policing history”, Ironside had, at that time, resulted in… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Cassidy Spinks commenced using drugs in his last year at a high school, as his girlfriend was using them. Eighteen months later, in late 2019, Spinks, who was regularly using MDMA by then, organised the purchase of some drugs online for himself and four friends with the aim of… Read more »
