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Murder suspect arrives in Cairns after India manhunt

The man suspected of killing Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley has touched down in Cairns, where he is expected to be charged with murder.

Teens charged with murder after Toowoomba man’s death

Detectives have charged three teenagers with the murder of a 75-year-old man at a Toowoomba taxi rank.

Murder probe after body found in Queensland backyard

A man is in custody after the body of another man was found in a Queensland backyard. 

Man charged with murder after shooting death in Oberon NSW

A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the shooting murder of a younger man in a home in the NSW Central Tablelands.

Student ‘lost self-control’ killing transgender sex worker in Sydney

A Colombian student extradited to Australia for murder has admitted killing a Sydney sex worker in a rage after learning she was transgender.

37-year-old Reid man charged with murdering his partner

A 37-year-old Reid man has been charged with one count of murder following the death of his partner during an incident in September 2022.

18-year-old man charged with murder after Canberra Hospital incident

An 18-year-old Bonner man will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with murder following an incident overnight at the Canberra Hospital.

John Bowie guilty of cold case murder

Ex-ambulance officer John Douglas Bowie has been found guilty of murdering his wife 40 years ago with a NSW jury taking less than four hours to reach a verdict.

Australian therapist gets life for murder in UK

An Australian-born alternative therapist and self-styled healer has been handed a life sentence in the UK for killing her friend for an inheritance.

Guilty verdict in Queensland woodchipper murder trial

Gregory Lee Roser has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering Bruce Saunders whose body was fed into a woodchipper north of Brisbane.

NT triple murderer Ben Hoffman gets life with no parole

Ben Hoffmann will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering three people and killing another during a drug-fuelled shooting rampage across Darwin.

Takeaway leads police to alleged murderer

A taste for takeaway helped reveal an alleged murderer's hiding spot in one of Queensland's largest manhunts of recent times, police say.

Chris Dawson found guilty of wife’s murder

A judge has found Chris Dawson murdered his wife Lyn 40 years ago, rejecting the possibility she abandoned her husband and children to vanish without a trace.

Murder charges over Queensland mass shooting

The accused gunman who fatally shot three family members on a remote Queensland cattle property has been charged with murder. 

Woman charged after 8-year-old boy found dead in Queensland

A woman has been charged with murder after an eight-year-old boy was found dead in a central Queensland home.

NT triple murderer Benjamin Hoffmann reveals why he did it

Gunman Benjamin Hoffman, convicted of murdering three people and killing another during a drug-fuelled Darwin shooting spree, has told his side of the story for the first time.

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