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A-League bucket man pitch invader appeals jail sentence
The face of a violent A-League pitch invasion, who threw a bucket of sand at a goalkeeper, wants his jail sentence overturned in part because of the publicity around his …
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RSPCA hails harsher penalty for car boot kitten sellers
A Victorian couple have been banned from owning cats or kittens for a decade and ordered to repay the more than $140,000 it cost the RSPCA to investigate and prosecute …
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Bucket man pitch invader jailed for A-League incursion
A pitch invader who threw a bucket into the face of an A-League goalkeeper during the “darkest day” for Australian football has walked from court after immediately appealing his jail …
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Pitch invaders banned again for violent A-League clash
Pitch invaders behind the “darkest day” in Australian football have lined up to be punished in court for their part in an A-League soccer brawl that resulted in decades-long bans …
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Cocaine addict jailed for 45kg jukebox drug import from Greece
When unpacking more than 45kg of cocaine from a jukebox imported from Greece, Vaios Gkourmis wondered if it might have been replaced by police. Another man unknowingly joked that officers …
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Mercy plea after woman killed violent, abusive husband
For years Rebecca Payne’s husband was violent and controlling, made her tattoo his name on her body 18 times and beat her in a graveyard. Then she killed him. But …
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Female contraceptive ‘bad idea from the start’: lawyers
A female contraceptive device that can only be removed along with one or more organs was a bad idea from the beginning, according to lawyers representing women forced to undergo …