Month: April 2010

AUSTRALIAN courts will increasingly have to grapple with the sexist cultural traditions of minorities from the Middle East and south Asia, the state’s most senior judge says, and will find it difficult without more support […] […]

An 11-year-old girl, whose mangled body was found by authorities 24 hours after she went swimming with other children in a waterhole, was taken by a crocodile, the Northern Territory coroner has found. On a […] […]

A mother forced her 13-year-old daughter into a sexual act with a truck driver in exchange for some diesel fuel, a court has been told. The Downing Centre District Court heard today that, following a […] […]

A man banned from unsupervised contact with children secretly infiltrated a family-based church group, the High Court has heard. Richard McFarland (42), went undetected in their midst for five weeks before he was discovered handing […] […]

A teenager has been arrested by police investigating a rape threat against Cheryl Cole, officers said. The threat was alleged to have been made in an answer phone message left on The X Factor presenter […] […]

Three Birmingham council employees involved in the case of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death in her own home are facing disciplinary action. Birmingham City Council faced heavy criticism after Khyra Ishaq died in […] […]