November 12, 20240 Comments

Australian inquiry reveals stabbing timeline

It took just three minutes for Joel Cauchi to fatally stab six people and injure 10 more during a rampage at a popular Sydney shopping centre, an inquest into the attack has been told. The New South Wales Coroner’s Court heard on Tuesday that Cauchi, 40, was knife-obsessed and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had come off his medication and was homeless at the time of the incident. The

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November 9, 20240 Comments

‘Adult crime, adult time’ – Row as Australian territory locks up 10-year-olds again

BBC/Simon Atkinson A protest was held outside the Northern Territory’s parliament in Darwin as MPs debated lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 ‘Thomas’ – not his real name – was 13 years old when he began his first stint in prison. Following the sudden death of his father, he had robbed a shop in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). He was detained for a week but, within a month,

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