Driver sent 45 Snapchat messages before fatally ploughing into young man's ute
'She should have seen the traffic ... what she did see for 14 seconds is her phone.'
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Former lauded Corrections staffer jailed for pressuring boyfriend's rape victim
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Man who scaled courtroom barrier to attack relative's murderer admits guilt
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Police eavesdrop on private communications to bust meth ring
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School worker, charged with indecency, told to surrender passport
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Kathleen Kawana death: Police claim she was murdered in Hastings
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Mother of kidnapped girls: 'He has taken away innocence of childhood'
One girl who ran to escape returned to help her sister.
Two axehead-shaped holes in front doors of courthouse, hearings delayed
Jurors and lawyers waited outside while broken glass was cleared away.
Callous, uncaring man 'became criminal' during sex with young woman
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Motorcyclist dies after unlicensed driver runs him over, then flees
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'Put down': Violent inmate stomps on duck after it landed in prison yard
The prisoner was charged with attacking the bird, which had to be put down.
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'Catastrophic': Banned driver sped from cops before crashing into photographers
The forbidden driver who had earlier sped away from police faced several charges.
Man says drugs were for own use - his safe password suggested otherwise
Drug seller claims money was from orchard work, building and pokies.
Miscarriage of justice: Boy, 15, spent nearly a year in adult prison
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Kmart robber was asked for receipt - so he pulled out a knife
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