Man with alcoholic dementia jailed for killing mother
Paul Bibby When police arrived at the neat, pale-brick home of 74-year-old Beverly Kain on a warm February evening in 2011, they found her son, Terrence, waiting by the garage door.
'This will never go anywhere, I've got a lot of money'
Paul Bibby An English tourist allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot and then told her "this will never go anywhere, I've got a lot of money", a court has heard.
Calm killer caught taxi with her body in suitcase
Paul Bibby The teenager casually wheels a large black suitcase out to a waiting taxi.
Woman sues police after six months in prison
Paul Bibby A south-west Sydney woman is suing the NSW police for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after she was charged with intent to murder and jailed for six months pending a trial, only for the...
Call to jail friend over buck's night drug death
Paul Bibby A man who succumbed to his best friend's urgings to take heroin with him during a drunken buck's party only to watch him die from a dose he administered is ''wracked with guilt and remorse'' and...
Dementia-related violence a growing concern for the aged
Paul Bibby Clara Tang sat, pale and drawn, in the forensic hospital at Long Bay jail. She had no idea where she was.
Bashed to death with a flowerpot: wife, 90, killed husband after psychotic episode
Paul Bibby A 90-year-old Sydney woman suffering from dementia beat her husband to death with a flowerpot and a desk lamp during a psychotic episode, a coronial inquest has heard, raising concerns about the...
IVF parents lose $10m wrongful birth case, hit with legal costs
Paul Bibby The parents of a severely disabled boy have lost a $10 million case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a blood-clotting condition,...
Council seeks to bypass ban on holiday rentals
Natasha Wallace, Paul Bibby Gosford City Council is desperately awaiting state government approval of a plan to allow short-term holiday rentals by homeowners without approval.
Stepdad jailed for 16 years for leaving young Kiesha to die
Paul Bibby As Robert Smith, pale and pasty, was taken away by Corrective Services officers on Friday to begin more than a decade in jail, a member of the gallery screamed at him: ''I hope you rot in hell.''
Stepfather jailed for burning young girl's corpse
Paul Bibby The man who stood by and watched as his six-year-old stepdaughter, Kiesha Weippeart, died from violent injuries, and then burned and buried her body, has been sentenced to at least 12 years in jail.
Gosford moves to sidestep holiday rental ruling
Natasha Wallace, Paul Bibby The Central Coast woman at the centre of a court case that has effectively banned short-term rentals in the area says she is devastated by the decision and will have to sell.
Decision means party is over for short-term lease of holiday homes
Paul Bibby Hundreds of Central Coast holiday home owners could be prevented from letting their properties for short periods after a judge declared it a ''prohibited use'' for a broad category of properties.
Naden reveals 'no real reason' behind murders
Paul Bibby For seven years Malcolm Naden evaded every effort of the NSW Police to track him down, building a myth around his survival and a haze of mystery around the horrific acts from which he fled.
Naden 'felt nothing' for cousin he murdered, court told
Paul Bibby The confessed murderer and former fugitive, Malcolm Naden, wrote in jail that he "felt nothing" about killing his young cousin, Lateesha Nolan, contributing to a view by two psychiatrists that he has...
Wheat bag blamed for fatal fire
Paul Bibby Relatives of an elderly Sydney woman who died when a hot wheat pack set her bedroom on fire have called for mandatory warnings on the popular warming devices alerting people to their capacity to...
Conscience clear, says Schwartz heir
Jo Casamento, Paul Bibby The mysteries surrounding the death of hotels matriarch Eve Schwartz have transfixed Sydney this month.
Jail term for couple in dodgy tax scheme
Paul Bibby A middle-aged couple from Sydney's northern beaches have been sentenced to a least 2½ years in jail for tax evasion, after participating in a scheme to evade tax on income of $1,173,000.
'We slept with knives under our beds'
Paul Bibby Families of Naden's victims tell of their anger and fear he would come back for them during the seven years he was on the run.
Judge warns of broad ban on holiday home lettings
Paul Bibby A NSW Land and Environment Court judge may make a broad declaration prohibiting the owners of holiday houses in the Gosford region from temporarily letting their properties throughout the year.
