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Coogee assault victim dies

Coogee assault victim dies

30 October 2009

Eastern Beaches Local Area Command Irish backpacker dies from head injuries following Coogee assault Irish backpacker Gearoid (pronounced Gar-road) Walsh died in hospital last night following severe head injuries sustained last Sunday night in Coogee. The 23-year-old from Dublin, Ireland, died in Prince of Wales hospital yesterday. He had been on life support since Sunday night. Following an argument, [...]

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Tamworth murder appeal

Tamworth murder appeal

30 October 2009

Oxley Local Area Command Tamworth Police have renewed their appeal to the public as they investigate the death of a man on a property at Duri at the weekend. The body of 48-year-old Jeffrey Ryan was discovered on his property on Gowrie Road shortly after midday on Saturday 24 October. He had suffered a gunshot injury and [...]

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Where is Tanya Farrington?

Where is Tanya Farrington?

30 October 2009

Harbourside Police Harbourside Police are appealing for public information into the disappearance of a teenage girl from her home more than 30 years ago. Tanya Farrington was only 14 years old when she was last seen at her family home in Nicholson Place at Crows Nest on the night of Thursday 22 March 1979. Tomorrow would mark [...]

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Coco mixes well with Newcastle Police

Coco mixes well with Newcastle Police

29 October 2009

  Newcastle Police reunite Coco with her owners after alleged theft. Two Newcastle Police officers have played a part in reuniting a family pet with her owners, some three months after she was presumed stolen. In August Coco, a Bull Terrier/Australian Terrier, was reported stolen from her Wallsend home. Police began to follow a line of inquiry at Coco [...]

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Murdered Man Identified

Murdered Man Identified

29 October 2009

Batemans Bay Police Police have identified the body of a man who was found in a shallow grave at Nelligen on the state’s Far South Coast earlier this year. Strike Force Nellore, consisting of detectives from the Far South Coast Local Area Command, with the assistance of the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, are treating the man’s [...]

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Appeal for information over aggravated break and enter

Appeal for information over aggravated break and enter

29 October 2009

Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command Police from the Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command are appealing for public assistance following a break and enter in Summerland Point on the Central Coast.  About 10.45pm on Thursday 15 October 2009 two teenagers forced their way into a home on Tradewinds Avenue.  Police believe the pair woke the elderly couple sleeping inside [...]

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Man charged with indecent assault on intellectually disabled woman at Lane Cove

Man charged with indecent assault on intellectually disabled woman at Lane Cove

29 October 2009

North Shore Local Area Command Man charged with indecent assault on intellectually disabled woman-Lane Cove Police have charged an elderly man with indecently assaulting an intellectually disabled woman after an incident on Sydney’s North Shore yesterday. About 1.00pm, the 23-year-old woman was walking through a shopping plaza in Lane Cove, when she was approached by an elderly man [...]

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Fatal motorcycle crash at Quorrobolong

Fatal motorcycle crash at Quorrobolong

29 October 2009

Hunter region A man has died following a crash involving a motorcycle and a truck in the State’s Hunter region yesterday. About 2.45pm police and emergency services responded to reports of a two vehicle collision on Sandy Creek Road at Quorrobolong, near Cessnock. Initial investigations suggest a motorcycle and a truck were travelling in the same direction on [...]

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Hit and Run

Hit and Run

29 October 2009

Hurstville Police Appeal for public assistance following hit and run – Hurstville Police are appealing for public assistance after a vehicle failed to stop when it struck an elderly pedestrian in Sydney’s south earlier this month. About 7.30pm on Sunday 18 October, an elderly man was crossing King Georges Road, Hurstville, about 20m north of Forest Road, when [...]

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Police renew appeal for public assistance to locate missing man

Police renew appeal for public assistance to locate missing man

29 October 2009

Lake Illawarra detectives Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man who disappeared on the State’s south coast last month. Oliver Sims, aged 26 years from Cordeaux Heights, was last seen on Friday 18 September when he attended his work at a university in Wollongong where he worked in the function centre. Mr Sims failed to [...]

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