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In June 2018, both houses of the Parliament of New South Wales unanimously passed and the Governor of New South Wales signed an urgent bill without amendments called the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Bill 2018 [20] to repeal the vilification laws within the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and replace it with criminal legislation with up to an explicit 3-year term ...
New South Wales follows a modified version of the felony murder rule, wherein the prosecution does not need to prove malice to convict for murder if the death is caused "in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him, of a crime punishable by death or penal servitude for life."
Under NSW law, the maximum penalty for murder is life imprisonment, [11] with a standard non-parole period of 20 years, [12] or 25 years for the murder of a child under the age of 18. [12] In order to be found guilty of murder under the New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 , intent to cause grievous bodily harm or reckless indifference to human life ...
Lilie James (c. May 2002 – 25 October 2023) was a student and water polo coach from Sans Souci, New South Wales, who was found murdered at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney CBD. She was last seen alive at around 7 p.m. on 25 October 2023, entering the gymnasium toilet with a man following behind.
The gay gang murders reached their zenith during the New South Wales 1988-1995 Coalition government led by Nick Greiner until 1992, when he was succeeded by John Fahey. The Coalition had come into power just 4 years after same-sex relationships were decriminalised in 1984, a reform most of the party had opposed, as had the Catholic Right of the ...
On 19 May 2023 at Penrith Local Court, Stein pleaded not guilty to domestic violence-related murder and improperly interfering with a corpse or human remains. [14] On 19 June 2024, he was found guilty of murder. [15] On 26 August 2024, Stein was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. [16]
Their new life began on 3 November 1973 [1] when, while driving a stolen vehicle, Baker used a .308 rifle to murder Ian James Lamb, 43. Lamb was sleeping in his car next to the road to save accommodation costs while he was in the area to look for seasonal work. [2] The pair did not know Lamb, [2] and the murder has been described as a thrill ...
The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) is the main source of NSW crime statistics. In 2017 BOCSAR reported an overall drop in recorded incidence with the murder rate (down 12.1%), robbery (down 8.0%), armed robbery (down 13.4%), burglary (down 5.5%), motor vehicle theft (Down 3.2%) and malicious damage to property (down 3.6%).