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Sam Rigney

Reporter · AU

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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Sam Rigney

    Man charged after allegedly snatching dog from owner and injuring it (opens the original)

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    A MAN who allegedly snatched a toy poodle from a woman, locked himself and the dog in a car and seriously injured the animal before violently resisting arrest has been sent for a mental health assessment. Police were having trouble controlling Daniel Galea, 44, at Wyong police station on Friday morning and he was not able to be brought on screen to appear in a bail division court over a number of serious charges. Police say they were called to the Toukley foreshore about 10am on Tuesday after re

  2. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Sam Rigney

    Trial date set for Chinese national teen accused of murdering fellow exchange student (opens the original)

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    THE complex and unprecedented prosecution of a teenage foreign exchange student for the murder of a fellow Chinese national at their host family's Lake Macquarie home last year now has a trial date. The teenager, now 14, who cannot be identified, appeared in NSW Supreme Court on Friday morning and pleaded not guilty to murder over the stabbing death of a 14-year-old girl at a home at Edgeworth on the night of August 4. The teenager remains behind bars and Justice Peter Hamill set the trial down

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Sam Rigney

    Uni reaches $7.5m settlement with students over engineering accreditation claims (opens the original)

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    The University of Newcastle has settled a class action lawsuit brought by more than 160 former students who had alleged they were "deceived and misled" into studying a degree they said was not accredited. Details of the agreement, approved in the NSW Supreme Court this week, are confidential and the orders do not disclose the total settlement amount. But lawyers for the students who studied the Bachelor of Medical Engineering (Honours) degree in 2018 and 2019 say the settlement totalled $7.55 mi

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sam Rigney

    Gunman admits killing teen in Bar Beach car park, but says shooting not intentional (opens the original)

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    A GUNMAN has admitted to killing Ekampreet Singh Sahni in a car park at Bar Beach last year, but claims he did not intend to shoot the 18-year-old. Decklen Deaves-Thornton, 23, of Windale, was represented by solicitor Mark Ramsland when he appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual from jail. He pleaded not guilty to murdering Ekampreet, but guilty to manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act. The Newcastle Herald understands Deaves-Thornton intends to claim he shot the tee

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sam Rigney

    'The money is so f---ing addictive: how an alleged drug syndicate ringleader got 'bored' (opens the original)

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    The accused ringleader of a major Hunter drug supply syndicate allegedly caught with more than six kilograms of MDMA and more than $275,000 in cash, told underlings his operation was so well organised he was becoming "bored". Details of the sophisticated drug syndicate can be revealed after one of the alleged street-level dealers, 21-year-old Zachary Pacey, was released on Supreme Court bail last week. Investigators allege the syndicate flooded the Newcastle nightclub scene with MDMA and cocaine

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