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No jail for $50000 car crash
Justice Alan Blow said the vehicle, worth about $15500 was written off and the crash caused about $35000 worth of damage to the unit. "Mr Wright drove the vehicle recklessly, foreseeing that he might crash it as he did," Justice Blow said.
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:01A
Trial starts for woman accused of plotting to murder her husband
The Supreme Court heard mother of three Vicky Soteriou, 44, plotted with her lover to kill her husband Chris Soteriou so they could be together. Mr Soteriou was stabbed and his throat was cut as he left his birthday party in Fitzroy last year,
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:00A
Opinion: Tough-on-crime bill meaningless when justice system is broken
Frankly, all the prime minister's rhetoric is meaningless sound and fury in a real world where the system can't process cases in a timely fashion: Justice delayed is justice denied. Last week, the associate chief judge of the Provincial Court tossed
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:00A
Woman feared death during torture: court
"I went to get up to use the toilet and he kicked me back down on the ground and told me in no uncertain terms that I didn't have his permission to use the toilet," Ms Peninton told the court. She was giving evidence in Cutler's trial, in which he has
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:00A
'Planking' students stop Espaa traffic
The MMDA also lifted the number coding scheme in Metro Manila except in Makati and Las Pias. Strikers are pressuring the government to scrap the Oil Deregulation Law and lift the expanded sales tax on petroleum products.
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:59P
Aussie expert does not rule out tampering
by Teoh El Sen In response to a question, DNA specialist Dr Brian Leslie McDonald tells the high court that the samples taken with regard to the Sodomy II trial may have been tampered with. KUALA LUMPUR: DNA samples retrieved from complainant Mohd
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:58P
The Baconing
As with Thongs and first Deathspank instalment Orphans of Justice, The Baconing is an action-RPG set in a vibrant 3D world whose elements look as if they have been cut from the pages of a comic book and pasted onto the landscape, an aesthetic that fits
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:58P
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
As she spoke, the last rays of sun disappeared behind the West Loop skyscrapers — a familiar, end-of-the-day scene from the headquarters of Ventas, a real estate investment trust, or REIT, she has ambitiously grown during the past decade through
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:57P
Latrobe football player recalled as 'nice,' 'very well-liked' by peers
Mary Pickels is a Tribune-review staff writer and can be reached at 724-836-5401 or via e-mail. A 14-year-old boy killed late Saturday when he was struck by a car driven by another teenager was remembered by school
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:57P
Stop & Go: Rio Grande City rerouting downtown streets to add parking
“With angular parking, you have a better traffic flow, where you don't have cars going in and out in all directions.” City Manager Juan Zuniga said he hopes to create more parking for current businesses downtown and possibly bring in new businesses.
Updated: 09/18/2011 11:57P
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