Jamie McKinnell

The NSW Police Commissioner, Mal Lanyon, has activated new powers prescribed under changes to NSW protest laws sparked by the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on December 14.

Gregory John Walker is sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years in prison for unlawfully killing a teenager by firebombing a Sydney home in 1998 during an escalating neighbourhood dispute.

The Bondi gunman accused of killing 15 people conducted "firearms training" in a regional area with his father and recorded a video about their "justification" for the attack, according to documents released by a Sydney court.

The stepfather of Tatiana Dokhotaru, killed by her ex-partner Danny Zayat, tells a court of her remarkable courage as Zayat is jailed for 24 years.

A judge labelled intimate partner violence "a scourge in a civilised society" when he sentenced Paul Sultana to 44 years in jail for the murder of Dayna Isaac.

A man who showed no remorse after a stabbing attack on his partner in their south Sydney home is sentenced to more than 26 years in jail for the woman's murder.

Kwang Kyung Yoo murdered a woman and child at a Sydney taekwondo studio before killing the woman's husband at their home. 

A former Sydney out-of-school-hours care worker has pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child abuse material and committing sexual acts against children while filming.

The mother of a teenager who was killed in a deliberately-lit house fire has told a Sydney court her son taught her "life is so precious" and she longed to be with him again for the rest of her days.

A New South Wales paramedic and former Scouts volunteer admits possessing and transmitting child abuse material.

Marius Hawell, his brother and a friend have had their convictions thrown out on grounds of appeal, after being handed jail sentences of between nine and 14 years.

A man has admitted to fatally bashing a well-known surfer on Sydney's northern beaches during a dispute in which he accused him of stealing $50.

An emotional court hearing has been told the pain felt by the family of Min and Steven Cho after they were killed by a martial arts instructor almost two years ago.

The woman had sued NSW Police after officers pepper sprayed her and tasered her dog during a mental health check in Western Sydney in 2021.

At the age of six, the complainant was allegedly told she had a "beautiful mission from God" to be the wife of William "Little Pebble" Kamm.

Former NSW union leaders, Michael Greenfield, and his son, Michael, have been sentenced to 10 months and six months in prison.

A former Sydney teacher cannot be held financially liable for engaging in sexual activity with four male students in the 1970s, after a judge found she could not be expected to have known her conduct would cause harm. 

The 48-year-old man pleaded guilty to murdering his three-year-old son in a unit in Sydney's south-west two years ago.

Lanlan Yang allegedly refused to take a breath test or give a version of events to police after a collision that left a person badly injured.

A court hearing date to determine indecent assault charges against the veteran broadcaster has been set, with a Sydney court told up to 139 witnesses may be involved in the Crown's case.

A driver has been handed a 16-year jail sentence after he "used his vehicle as a weapon" to cause the tragic death of Rhyce Harding in Sydney's west.

Danny Zayat has been found guilty of murdering his ex-partner Tatiana Dokhotaru after a heated argument inside her Liverpool apartment two years ago.

The boy's mother Julie Szabo watched on as her son's killer uttered the words "I'm guilty", 27 years after her teenage son died in a firebombing in Sydney's Waterloo.

Danny Zayat has pleaded not guilty and is facing a Supreme Court trial over the alleged murder of Tatiana Dokhotaru in May 2023.

The Palestine Action Group has won a NSW Supreme Court challenge against a law that limited protests near places of worship.