Sally Rawsthorne, The Sydney Morning Herald

Sally Rawsthorne

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney, NSW, Australia

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  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • WAtoday
  • Brisbane Times
  • Canberra Times
  • The Daily Telegraph
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Past articles by Sally:

Lawyers want compensation for people found not guilty after years in jail

A consortium of top lawyers are making the case after The Sun-Herald revealed seven people were behind bars for 15 years in total for a murder they did not commit. → Read More

‘Life is fantastic’: Overseas trip turns tragic after rugby league player found dead in nightclub

Liam Hampson is being remembered as having a “heart of gold” after a frantic search was launched by Gold Coast Titans star AJ Brimson and Brisbane Broncos players Jordan Riki and Jesse Arthars. → Read More

Two years after personal data was stolen the old-fashioned way, the fraud continues

Victims remain powerless two years after a break-in at a northern Sydney tax agency. → Read More

Germans accused of hiding backpacker’s body will not face justice

Two German nationals accused of helping to cover up a murder will never face justice in Australia for their alleged roles in hiding Simone Strobel’s body outside a Lismore caravan park 17 years ago. → Read More

Actor Anne Heche in a critical condition following fiery car crash

The actor was hospitalised on Friday after the car she was driving allegedly hit a house and erupted in flames, according to reports. → Read More

Leisl Smith murder trial ends without a verdict after accused killer takes his own life

Friday was meant to be the day Leisl Smith’s family got answers, after the 23-year-old vanished in 2012. Instead, they are left with only heartache. → Read More

Police mark William Tyrrell’s 11th birthday as investigations continue

William Tyrrell should be spending today celebrating his 11th birthday. → Read More

Victorian man travelled to Sydney to meet girl under 10 for sex: police

The 66-year-old from Yallourn North, in the La Trobe Valley, allegedly travelled to Sydney after communicating online with what he believed to be the mother of the child. → Read More

Teenager stabbed to death in Sydney’s west

A 16-year-old boy is dead and a police investigation under way after a fatal stabbing in Ropes Crossing on Friday night. → Read More

Hey Dad! actor and convicted paedophile Robert Hughes to be deported after receiving parole

Robert Hughes will be released from Sydney’s Long Bay prison and deported to Britain after renouncing his Australian citizenship in 2019. → Read More

Murder and mourning as gangland violence takes its toll in Sydney

Warring families and control of the lucrative drug trade are reasons behind the 13 fatal shootings in two years in south-west Sydney. → Read More

‘Money talks’: the rise and rise of police rewards for unsolved crimes

In recent years, there has been a marked increase in million-dollar rewards on offer. In NSW, there are currently 248 rewards ranging from $50,000 to $1 million on offer for information that leads to a conviction. → Read More

Winter is coming: first snow in the alps, 2 degrees in western Sydney

If you thought it was particularly chilly on Saturday morning, you were right - Sydney experienced its coldest start to the day this year with temperatures reaching just 2 degrees in parts of the city. → Read More

Almost $500,000 in flood relief frozen in bank accounts in conspiracy theorist scandal

When authorities failed to provide adequate flood relief to the besieged Northern Rivers, a consortium of anti-government activists stepped into the void. Aussie Helping Hands raised almost half a million dollars in a few weeks – as well as questions about its legitimacy. → Read More

Two police officers charged over alleged workplace assaults

A 46-year-old senior constable was charged on Thursday with allegedly assaulting two men in custody, while a 59-year-old was charged with five counts of sexual touching, incite sexual act and three counts of common assault. → Read More

Man arrested while allegedly believing he was meeting a child for sex

The 59-year-old man allegedly thought he was communicating with the mother of a child. Instead, police say he was speaking to a detective. → Read More

Sixteen-year-old boy charged with violent sexual assault: police

A teenager will remain behind bars until June after he allegedly violently sexually assaulted a girl he met on social media. → Read More

Heavy delays on Pacific Motorway following shooting of man after he allegedly drove car at police

One lane of the Pacific Motorway has re-opened after police closed all northbound lanes and established two crime scenes earlier in the day. → Read More

Commercial dough mixer allegedly full of ice leads to two arrests

Police say they have smashed a transnational ice importing syndicate, with the arrest of the alleged ringleader and a freight forwarding worker who allegedly used his role to help import the drug and its precursor. → Read More

Misadventure believed to be the cause of Bondi Beach woman’s death

While still awaiting the results of an autopsy, detectives probing the death of the 38-year-old initially considered domestic violence as a factor in her death, but now believe it was not suspicious. → Read More