National Crime News

• Susan Neill-Fraser's daughter speaks after winning right to appeal murder conviction March 21, 2019
  Susan Neill-Fraser's daughter Sarah Bowles says her family is extremely grateful for the decision to grant her mother an appeal to her 2010 murder conviction.
• Cheers as convicted murderer Sue Neill-Fraser wins right to appeal March 21, 2019
  Supporters of Hobart woman Susan Neill-Fraser cheer outside court and say they are "extremely grateful" after the 65-year-old wins the right to appeal her conviction for the 2009 murder of her partner Bob Chappell.
  Alexandra Humphries
• Woman who allegedly abducted 5yo child 'was invited into house' March 21, 2019
  Police charge a 24-year-old woman who allegedly took a five-year-old child from a home in Biloela before driving them to a location 100 kilometres away.
  Jemima Burt
• Police 'rescue' baby, charge teenager with child exploitation offences March 21, 2019
  Police charge an 18-year-old woman in Melbourne's north with child sex and child exploitation offences and find a baby safe at another home, after a tip-off from UK authorities.
• Mother jailed in Brisbane for genital mutilation of two daughters March 21, 2019
  A woman has become the first person in Queensland to be jailed for the crime of female genital mutilation, after she took her two young daughters to Africa for the procedure.
  Kate McKenna
• Seventy-five rapes were reported to ACT police in six months. They laid just four charges March 20, 2019
  Only about five per cent of rape reports made to ACT Policing result in charges being laid, in what support services say reflects a "monumental failure" of the legal system and what a detective says highlights the challenges in gathering enough evidence.
  Clare Sibthorpe
• What happens next in the Sue Neill-Fraser case? March 20, 2019
  The Sue Neill-Fraser case has captured headlines around the world. Now that the 65-year-old has won the right to appeal her murder conviction, what happens next?
  Edith Bevin
• Convicted killer to spend more time behind bars over prison stabbing March 20, 2019
  A convicted murderer who is already spending 28 years behind bars for killing his friend is sentenced to three more years in jail for brutally stabbing a fellow inmate.
  Jordan Hayne
• Murderer 'lost it' after victim's 'paedo dog' comment, court hears March 20, 2019
  A Launceston man who pleaded guilty to murder picked up a hammer and struck his victim while they were drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis together, a court hears.
  Manika Dadson
• Convicted French cardinal says Pope refused his resignation offer March 20, 2019
  Philippe Barbarin, a French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse charges, says Pope Francis turned down his offer to resign, but suggested he stand aside for a while.