Mark Russell, Canberra Times

Mark Russell

Canberra Times

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  • Canberra Times
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • The Age
  • Brisbane Times

Past articles by Mark:

Hayne denies thinking woman was 'idiot'

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has denied thinking the woman accusing him of rape was an "idiot" who had messaged him on Instagram. Crown prosecutor Brian Coste... → Read More

Jarryd Hayne rape trial set for November

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne's rape trial is set to be heard by a NSW jury in November. Hayne's trial had initially been set down for May 4 in the Newcastle D... → Read More

Islamic State jihadist Mohamed Elomar's brother threatened man, court hears

He didn't know who he was talking to at the time, but it's what a father at a children's soccer match in Sydney allegedly told the brother of Islamic State terrorist Mohamed Elomar. → Read More

'Likely Samuel would have survived': Doctor to be investigated over flu death

A coroner has recommended a Sydney doctor be investigated after he told a patient he had the flu the day before he died of heart disease. → Read More

All Blacks bugging device can be bought at Australian spy chain

The bugging device found in a chair in the All Blacks' Sydney hotel is sold at a chain of spy stores, a court has heard. → Read More

All Blacks boss didn't want police called after discovery of bug in team hotel

The All Blacks did not want police involved after a bugging device was found in their Sydney hotel, a court has heard. → Read More

Fake Brett Whiteley paintings not being used as a coffee table by police, court told

Two of the fake Brett Whiteley paintings at the centre of Australia's biggest art fraud were not being used as a coffee table by police, a court has heard. → Read More

Joseph Acquaro killing: Pizza boss Tony Madafferi 'prime suspect' in murder hit

Police last year warned Antonio "Tony" Madafferi, the owner of the national pizza chain La Porchetta, that he would be a prime suspect if mafia lawyer Joseph Acquaro was ever murdered. → Read More

How Nene King's life with two 'lovely' men ended in bitter court battle

She'd turned her back on the glamorous magazine world and was sharing her home with a couple who, she thought, 'really cared for me and looked after me'. Then her credit cards started bouncing... → Read More

Candice Alley-Grant Hackett pre-nup pact to be sorted in court pre Olympic games trials

The pros and cons of a disputed pre-nuptial agreement will be the sorted out in April. → Read More

AFL: Essendon showed 'significant disregard' for players' safety

The Essendon Football Club had been guilty of "a significant measure of disregard" for the safety of its payers when subjecting them to the controversial supplements program, a court has heard. → Read More

Ice now an 'indispensable feature' of violent crime: judge

Methamphetamine, or "ice", has become an "almost indispensable feature" of "extraordinarily violent criminal behaviour" in the state, one of Victoria's most senior judges has said. → Read More

'Femme fatale' Robyn Lindholm gets 25 years in jail for former lover's 'appalling' murder

A one-time stripper who warned her former lover she was more than just sex on legs before she had him murdered has been jailed for 25 years. → Read More

Man who attempted to murder corpse faces 25 years' jail

A man is facing up to 25 years in jail for attempting to murder a corpse in one of the most bizarre cases in Australian legal history. → Read More

Masa Vukotic's murderer Sean Price wanted to kill the rich, court hears

Attacker's pre-sentence hearing told he decided to kill his teenaged victim when he saw he she was 'dressed like a yuppie'. → Read More

Killer father Robert Farquharson agrees to pay compensation to ex-wife Cindy Gambino

Man who murdered his three children by driving into a dam will recompense his former partner for her 'profound, deep and long-lasting grief'. → Read More

'St Kilda schoolgirl' Kim Duthie loses fight to have Ricky Nixon's tell-all book banned

Supreme Court allows disgraced former AFL player agent to publish his book, 'Ricky Nixon — My Side', which details their relationship. → Read More

Ricky Nixon's tell-all book describes St Kilda schoolgirl as 'temptress, wicked woman and seductress', court hears

KIm Duthie's barrister says disgraced former AFL player agent's autobiography is a 'farrago of lies' trying to justify the unjustifiable. → Read More

'Surprise! I'm still alive': wife confronts man who paid to have her killed

Balenga Kalala's plan was to have his de facto wife of 10 years kidnapped and murdered in Africa, where she was attending her stepmother's funeral, because he wrongly suspected she was cheating on him. → Read More

'St Kilda schoolgirl' Kim Duthie stops Ricky Nixon from releasing tell-all book

Kim Duthie has successfully successfully sought an urgent Supreme Court injunction stopping disgraced former player agent from publishing autobiography. → Read More