Lema Samandar
The Daily Telegraph
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Helensburgh tunnels: The eerie beauty of the Sutherland to Wollongong rail network
AFTER a hard shift on June 13, 1895 coal miner Robert Hales was walking home through the relatively short 80m Helensburgh Tunnel south of Sydney when a steam train appeared behind him. → Read More
Anti drugs crusader and star of Temple of Dream, Fadi Abdul-Rahman, jailed over drug supply
A FORMER Muslim youth leader who would talk Western Sydney youngsters out of a life of drugs has been sentenced to a least two-and-a-half years in jail over dealing cocaine. → Read More
Sydney taxi driver Osman Chamseddine found guilty of abusing deaf girl
A SYDNEY taxi driver has been found guilty of sexually abusing a profoundly deaf young girl under his car. → Read More
Former Bega Cheese CEO Maurice Van Ryn faces fresh child sex offences
FORMER Bega Cheese CEO Maurice Van Ryn has appeared in court this morning on fresh child sex offences. → Read More
Police officer Antonio Saffioti pushed elderly man to the ground with force, witness claims
A police officer was confronted by a woman in a Woolworths after he pushed down a frail elderly man who later died of an unrelated heart attack, court has heard. → Read More
Christopher Anderson trial: Victim’s mother speaks of defendant harassing her daughter months before alleged murder
THE mother of a pregnant woman says her daughter’s boyfriend had “froth around his mouth” while harassing her months before he stabbed her in the heart, a court has heard. → Read More
Christopher Anderson ‘on ice when he stabbed to death pregnant girlfriend in the chest with kitchen knife’
A MAN who is accused of killing his heavily pregnant girlfriend was “full of rage” before stabbing her in chest with a kitchen knife, court has heart. → Read More
Judge to watch SBS doco before sentencing former Muslim youth leader Fadi Abdul-Rahman
A judge will watch a 90 minute SBS documentary about a prominent former Muslim youth leader and anti drug-campaigner to consider his character before sentencing him over drug dealing. → Read More
Robert Xie’s wife Kathy Lin breaks down in court as she tells of the ‘horrible scene’ on finding relatives bodies
KATHY Lin has broken down in court as she relived the “horrible scene” of finding bloodied bodies of five members of her family. → Read More
Christopher Cullen murder trial: Two knives used to murder Victoria shown to the jury
THE two knives that were used to allegedly kill Victoria Comrie Cullen have been shown to the jury as her husband faces trial over her murder. → Read More
Lin killings: Robert Xie’s wife takes stand during his trial for multiple murders
THE man accused of killing five members of the Lin family was “very close” to them before their murders, a court has heard. → Read More
Hitman jailed for burning ‘much-loved’ lawyer Katie Foreman alive
THE man who was paid a “pathetic” sum to help burn Wollongong lawyer Katie Foreman alive has been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail over her murder. → Read More
Death chase cop ‘thought he was on racetrack’, Skye Sassine inquest told
A policeman was “charged with adrenaline” and “thought he was on a racetrack” when he led a high speed chase of a robbery suspect that ended in the death of a toddler, a coroner has found. → Read More
Taxi driver Osman Chamseddine would drive to secluded area to allegedly abuse young deaf girl
A TAXI driver would park in a secluded area and sexually abuse a profoundly deaf young girl before dropping her home, a court has heard. → Read More
Younger lover says victim told him of abuse by estranged husband months before she was killed
A WOMAN told her younger lover that her estranged husband was abusive towards her months before she was killed, a court has heard. → Read More
Comrie Cullen was allegedly strangled and raped by her husband months before she was brutally killed
A SYDNEY woman was strangled and repeatedly raped by her husband months before he stabbed her to death, a court has heard. → Read More
Husband allegedly slashed wife’s throat after she ‘taunted’ him with her sex life after they separated
A SYDNEY man slashed the throat of his estranged wife and left her bloodied body in a slumped position near mangroves because he believed she was “taunting” him with her sex life, a court has heard. → Read More
Katherine Abdallah jailed for 11 years for stabbing young cousin to death
THE judge sentencing Sydney flatmate killer Katherine Abdallah fought back tears as she sentenced her to least eight years for the senseless killing of a young girl. → Read More
Former Hey Dad star Robert Hughes launches appeal to overturn child sex abuse convictions
<i>HEY Dad!</i> accused paedophile Robert Hughes is appealing over the child sex abuse convictions that have landed him in jail for a maximum of almost 11 years. → Read More
Driver of the Cootes petrol tanker that crashed in Mona Vale killing two will stand trial over the incident
THE man driving a fuel tanker that crashed and exploded into a fireball killing two people in Mona Vale has been committed to stand trial. → Read More