Adam Cooper
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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‘Two, one on foot’: Officer’s dying words echo 24 years after shooting
There were two policemen on Cochranes Road. Were there two gunmen? That was the key question for a Supreme Court jury in the retrial of Jason Roberts, two decades after he was jailed over the murders. → Read More
Silk, Miller families ‘devastated’ after Jason Roberts found not guilty of murdering police officers
Roberts has been freed from custody after being found not guilty of the shooting murders of police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller in Melbourne’s south-east in 1998. → Read More
Court overturns decision to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa
The development comes after technology failures plagued the court hearing to decide tennis ace’s immediate future in Australia. → Read More
Border Force investigating other Australian Open players after Djokovic ban
Federal authorities have also not ruled out banning Novak Djokovic from the country for three years after cancelling his visa. → Read More
Media companies plead guilty to breaching suppression order in Pell stories
Australian media companies have pleaded guilty to contempt of court over the way they reported George Pell’s conviction on sexual abuse charges. → Read More
Relief for Pell supporters, while abuse advocates mull consequences
George Pell's release from prison has devastated other sex-assault victims and their advocates who fear his acquittal will deter people from reporting crimes. → Read More
Tears then laughter as Belle Gibson cries poor over $410,000 fine
"You can see what I mean about my empathetic nature," the convicted fraudster told the court. → Read More
George Pell appeal: Prosecutor lets slip name of victim on day two of the appeal
Prosecutor Chris Boyce made a good start in the Court of Appeal on Thursday but then he made a mistake – he revealed the name of the cardinal's victim. → Read More
Russell Street bomb accused refuses to give police DNA sample
Notorious Russell Street bomb-accused Craig Minogue has refused to give a DNA sample to police after being charged with abducting and raping two women in the 1980s, while his alleged accomplice has failed to front court. → Read More
Borce Ristevski to spend at least six years in jail for killing wife Karen
Borce Ristevski will serve at least six behind bars for killing his wife Karen. But he has still not revealed how he killed her, or why. → Read More
George Pell sentenced to six years for child sexual abuse
George Pell has been jailed for six years for sexually assaulting two choirboys, crimes a judge has described as brazen, opportunistic and callous. → Read More
Cardinal George Pell sent to jail after being convicted of child abuse
Convicted child sex offender Cardinal George Pell will likely be remanded in custody after he walks into Melbourne's County Court on Wednesday morning. → Read More
Unimaginable says the Cardinal who violated children after Mass
How George Pell went from being one of the most powerful Catholics in the world to a convicted paedophile. → Read More
Record $1.3bn Mexican drug haul averts 'tsunami of ice' entering Australia
Australian authorities have helped seize about $1.3 billion worth of methamphetamine in the US bound for Australia, the largest-ever haul of the drug in either country. → Read More
Victims sue retired doctor who worked for jailed fake gynaecologist
A well-known obstetrician who allegedly worked alongside a notorious fake gynaecologist is being sued by more than a dozen former patients. → Read More
Bourke Street terrorist was on bail and due to return to court
Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said Bourke Street terrorist Hassan Khalif Shire Ali "should have been in jail" after it was revealed that he was on bail at the time of the attack. → Read More
Three men guilty of plotting to rain Christmas Day terror on Melbourne
Three Melbourne men have been found guilty of plotting a Christmas terror attack at major city landmarks in a jihad-inspired plan to inflict mass carnage. → Read More
Gargasoulas found guilty of murdering six in 2017 Bourke St rampage
James Gargasoulas has been found guilty of six counts of murder after deliberately ploughing into pedestrians as he drove stolen car along Bourke St last year. → Read More
Gargasoulas tells court he had premonition about running people down
Accused Bourke Street killer James Gargasoulas has taken the stand to testify about the incident that killed six people and injured 27 others on January 20 last year. → Read More
Gargasoulas had no drug psychosis two days after Bourke St, court told
James Gargasoulas was calm, rational and not suffering from "drug-induced psychosis" two days after the Bourke Street incident, expert tells court. → Read More