Christopher Knaus

Christopher Knaus

Christopher Knaus is the police reporter for The Canberra Times.

Burgled pair are remanded in custody

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Christopher Knaus and Michael Inman Two teenagers who broke into the home of a cancer patient were remanded in custody on Friday.

Three year wait for not guilty verdict on assault

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Christopher Knaus A man has been found not guilty of punching a drunken man nearly three years after his trial and five years after the alleged assault.

Seized passport 'reported as stolen'

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Christopher Knaus A French woman facing a string of fraud charges attempted to trick the French embassy into giving her a new passport by reporting it stolen to police, a court has heard.

Fraud accused 'tried to get new passport'

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Christopher Knaus A French woman facing a string of fraud charges attempted to trick the French Embassy into giving her a new passport by reporting it to police as stolen, a court has heard.

Man jailed for assaulting, robbing 'popeye'

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Christopher Knaus A man who drunkenly assaulted and robbed a friend nicknamed "popeye" will spend the next six months in jail.

Jury out on pair accused of shooting conspiracy

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Christopher Knaus A jury is deliberating the fate of two men charged with conspiring to shoot the foot of a man who was instead shot dead in 2010.

'I've gotta stab ya brother': man jailed for attack

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Christopher Knaus A man who grabbed a pair of scissors and said "I've gotta stab ya brother" to a man he suspected of sleeping with his ex has been jailed for five years.

Driver warned over court tirade

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Christopher Knaus A man who allegedly rammed a police car was threatened with a contempt charge after an expletive-riddled court outburst on Wednesday.

Drug-driving charge dismissed due to delay in blood testing

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Christopher Knaus A case against a man accused of driving after taking drugs has been thrown out of court because a blood sample taken at a hospital four hours after a crash had no legal authority.

Brother found victim's body, court told

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Christopher Knaus A man has broken down in tears as he spoke of finding his brother’s dead body, which lay covered in blood after an alleged violent murder in a Bruce apartment.

Former A-G to fight for Forsyth

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Christopher Knaus Former ACT attorney-general and prominent barrister Bernard Collaery will fight to reopen the inquest into the 1987 hit-and-run death of Troy Forsyth.

Computer error causes fine mess for motorists

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Christopher Knaus Hundreds of speeding and parking fines, thought to total more than $10,000, have been sent out in error by the ACT Government.

Man on trial for bashing dies of heart attack

Christopher Knaus A 31-year-old man has died of a heart attack while waiting for a re-trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

Woman indecently assaulted at Chisholm ovals

A woman was held at knifepoint for her Audi R8 convertible.

Christopher Knaus A 27-year-old woman was set upon and indecently assaulted by a man at ovals in Chisholm on Saturday, police say.

Thousands making a difference

Sport. 12th May 2013. Mothers Day Classic funrun and walk fundraiser for Breast cancer held in Canberra.  Canberra Times photo by Karleen Minney.

Christopher Knaus, Larissa Nicholson Thousands of people braved Canberra’s thick morning fog to run in the Mother’s Day Classic on Sunday morning.

Man avoids jail for threats made when ill

Christopher Knaus A mentally ill man who imagined he was in a video game, brandishing a toy shotgun outside a bank in Civic and pointing it at a police car, has avoided jail time.

Bail denied for 'revenge knife attack'

Christopher Knaus A man who allegedly launched a frenzied knife attack on a man at the Belconnen bus interchange last month was out for revenge, a court has heard.

Bus stop stabbing accused was 'out for revenge', court told

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Christopher Knaus A man who allegedly launched a frenzied knife attack on a man waiting for a bus in Belconnen was out for revenge, a court has heard.

Man waved toy gun in Civic during 'video game' delusion

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Christopher Knaus A mentally ill man who imagined he was in a video game in Civic, brandishing a toy shotgun outside a bank and pointing it at a police car, has avoided jail time.

Bail for 'speeding, dangerous' driver

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Christopher Knaus A woman who allegedly led police on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit through a school zone has been released on bail.