Murder

One of Australia’s most infamous serial killers has penned his thoughts on women, politics and even The Weekly in a series of letters published into a book by his nephew, Alistair Shipsey.

Anyone who says that journalism is dead wants to have a good, hard look at The Jinx, a six-part series on the Manhattan multimillionaire Robert Durst, who was arrested last night for the crime of murder.

A former police chief involved in investigating the death of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, has said the murder was mishandled.

It was the murder that shocked the nation, but Anita Cobby’s memory still shines bright. Kathryn Szyszka still vividly remembers the day that Detective Inspector Ian Kennedy arrived at her parents’ humble weatherboard home in Sydney’s outer western suburbs. It was February 4, 1986, and the family hadn’t seen or heard from her big sister […]

Farmer Geoff Hunt shot his wife and three children dead before turning his gun on himself after years of stress in dealing with his wife’s brain injuries, an inquest is expected to hear. In a murder-suicide case that shocked the nation, the 44-year-old killed his wife Kim, son Fletcher, 10, and daughters Mia, 8, and […]

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for his country again, despite being convicted of culpable homicide.

UPDATE: Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide, over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa convicted him of culpable homicide (manslaughter) in the Pretoria High Court today. The judge, who also found him guilty of one firearm charge, said Pistorius was “negligent” and acted “too hastily” in firing the shots […]

Police have pulled a body and a firearm from the Lockhart dam after a woman and her three children were found shot dead in their home. UPDATE: The man’s body and the firearm were recovered from a dam where police divers had been searching for Geoff Hunt. Hunt, a sheep and grain farmer went missing […]

Keli Lane, the woman sent to jail for killing her baby girl, Tegan, has had her application to appeal her murder conviction refused by the High Court.

The trial of accused murderer Oscar Pistorius drew one step closer to its dramatic finale in South Africa yesterday as prosecutors summed up their arguments with yet another assault on the former Olympic sprint star's credibility.