Homicide

A woman has collapsed in court after a Shepparton mother was jailed for at least a year for forcing her daughter to marry a man who murdered her six weeks later.

Police say five officers arrived at the scene on Saturday night in two police cars where they were confronted and threatened by the 34-year-old man.

The Australian embassy is understood to be involved in bringing the body of Liam Ryan back to Australia.

Robert Mantini, 58, has been charged with the murder of Melbourne man Adrian Romeo.

Four teenagers have been sentenced to jail terms of at least 17 years for the murder of Melbourne boy Declan Cutler as he was leaving a friend's party in 2022.

New South Wales Police have laid fresh charges against former constable Beau Lamarre-Condon over the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

NSW Police have laid new charges against former Constable and accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon. Mr Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February.

The detective who led the investigation into the 19-year-old's disappearance has told a murder trial the operation was hampered by various factors including listening devices in the accused killer's home and car being installed incorrectly.

A gunman has entered an aged care facility in central Croatia and opened fire, killing six people including his own mother and wounding several others.

Two-year-old Kaydence Mills was forced to sleep naked on a toilet floor, a prosecutor tells a courtroom as her mother and mother's partner stand trial charged with her alleged murder.

Investors meet at a luxury hotel in Bangkok to try to get their money back, but none leave alive and now Thai police and the FBI are investigating an apparent murder-suicide by cyanide poisoning.

Two women tell the Supreme Court of South Australia they witnessed the moment a man was allegedly stabbed within metres of them during a night out in Adelaide's CBD.

The suspect in the killings of Australian couple David James Fisk and Lucita Barquin Cortez and their Filipina companion at at a luxury resort in the Philippines has surrendered.

An Adelaide man who helped his father to cover up the death of missing man Steven Murphy has been given a partially suspended sentence and released from custody.

Two young women were waiting at a pedestrian crossing when they allegedly saw a man being stabbed and stomped to death, while CCTV captured the alleged murder weapon being tossed into a bike cage, a jury has been told.

A man found guilty of the bashing murder of a toddler after moving in with the boy's mother has been jailed for 32 years.

Police say the homicide squad is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in Melbourne's Maribyrnong River, but that the death of a man nearby does not seem related or suspicious.

Queensland police are investigating the death of a woman in Ipswich after locating her body during a welfare check. 

Corey Comperatore, 50, is dead and two other men are in critical condition following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. 

A man has been arrested in England after human remains were found inside two suitcases and further human remains discovered at a property in London. 

Police and officials in the Philippines are trying to reassure locals and tourists the area remains safe after a triple murder. 

Richard Sione angrily interrogated Jason Galleghan before he began a ferocious assault which resulted in the death of the 16-year-old.

First responders, families and support workers gather in Lalor Park in Sydney's south to remember three young children who died in a house fire at the weekend. 

Today marks 30 years since the body of a tall, well-dressed man was pulled from the waters off Germany. Investigators hope tip-offs from Australia and genetic mapping may help crack the case.

About 20 children are murdered by a parent every year in Australia. It's a crime that evokes equal measures of horror and confusion. At the crux of the issue is male-perpetrated violence.