Helen Kempton

A dangerous driver who moved to the North-West to make a fresh start will get to know his new house very well now he has been sentenced to home detention.

A man who lived next door to a house that was raided by police in 2022 has told a jury he received a knock on the door after drugs, money and a firearm were allegedly found on his property.

A Devonport tattoo artist accused of trafficking bragged about the quality of his drugs with an acquaintance saying users were going "to be up for weeks" if they took his product, a court has heard.

A Strahan builder who kidnapped a teenager off the street before threatening him with a running chainsaw and leaving him locked in a shipping container has been jailed.

A man who persistently abused his partner over their violent seven-year relationship has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

A tattoo artist accused of trafficking in ice, cocaine and cannabis has told a jury he was a facilitator for others to get drugs not a dealer.

It has taken a jury less than 20 minutes to find a Devonport tattoo artist guilty of trafficking in ice, cocaine and other illicit drugs.

A career criminal recently declared high-risk is back before the courts accused of breaching the order designed to protect the community when he is released from jail.

A man who literally opened the door to a violent home invasion in Devonport has pleaded guilty to amended charges which his lawyer says reflect his role in the attack.

A coroner has praised the efforts of private searchers in the discovery of the remains of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer as she ruled her death near Waratah was accidental.