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Magistrate slams driver over 'stupid' burnout tribute with child in car

A magistrate has described the actions of a young driver caught hooning…
Andrew O’Keefe was arrested after overdosing on the weekend. Picture: NewsWire/Max Mason-Hubers

Andrew O’Keefe called out by magistrate in court

By Duncan Murray For Australian Associated Press Published: 00:07 EDT, 10 October…
William Swale (pictured on Monday) faced a three-day committal hearing this week in Ballarat Magistrates Court as he contested 14 charges, including five counts of culpable driving causing death, over the deadly November 2023 crash

Bombshell decision on driver who ploughed his BMW through a packed pub beer garden killing five people in horror crash – as magistrate unleashes in court

A diabetic driver who ploughed into a beer garden and killed three…
Andrew O’Keefe was arrested after overdosing on the weekend. Picture: NewsWire/Max Mason-Hubers

Magistrate issues blunt reality check for Andrew O’Keefe

Andrew O’Keefe is lucky to still be living and jail might be…

Former Greens leader lashes magistrate after $500 parrot protest fine

Veteran environmentalist Bob Brown has taken a swipe at a magistrate after…
Sean McDermott, a special magistrate, at the beginning of this afternoon's hearing on the Old Dixie motel property. (© FlaglerLive)

In Blow to Flagler, Special Magistrate Rejects Demolition of Old Dixie Motel Even as He Finds It ‘Dangerous’

Sean McDermott, a special magistrate, at the beginning of this afternoon’s hearing…
Former US Marine pilot can be extradited, Australian magistrate rules

Former US Marine pilot can be extradited, Australian magistrate rules

Former US Marine pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited from Australia to…
Man arrested in search for missing mum Samantha Murphy

Samantha Murphy alleged murder: Courtroom erupts as magistrate suppresses identity of ex-footballer’s son, 22, accused of killing missing Ballarat mum

Sunday February 4, 7am: Mum-of-three Samantha Murphy is last seen leaving her…
A magistrate told former private schoolboy Lachie Chittenden (pictured with his barrister Maurice Baroni) he 'could see the fear in his eyes' as he warned he could jail him for to 10 years

Rich kid Lachie Chittenden has ‘fear in his eyes’ as he grovels to a magistrate over his Byron Bay Schoolies bender paid for by a stranger’s Amex card – as he’s forced to answer the single question everyone wants addressed

A magistrate told a former private schoolboy he ‘could see the fear…
Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home

Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home

Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist, Ociel Baena, was…