Meclazine's megathread on crime in Australia (now including Austria)

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Closing arguments begin today in the trial of Bradley Edwards, a man charged with the Claremont Serial Killings.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-08/closing-submissions-begin-in-the-claremont-serial-killings-trial/12321570

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Woman jailed for 8 years in Perth for running over teenagers, killing one.

"Aya Hishmeh was in a fit of anger when she got in her high-powered car and sped through Canning Vale streets in the afternoon of December 7, 2017."

Here is the video if you choose to watch it:

Warning - This may be distressing for some viewers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-05/cctv-captures-the-moment-aya-hishmeh-ran-down-a/12325362?nw=0

Now she is off to jail to serve out the remaining 6 years after being found guilty of manslaughter and causing injury.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-05/aya-hishmeh-jailed-for-driving-car-into-teen-boys-killing-one/12324738

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Australia's largest case involving alleged serial killer Bradley Edwards is drawing to a close in Perth:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-16/claremont-serial-killings-glennon-hair-hacked-off-while-killed/12359164

Prosecution finishing strong with some new summaries of events.

My guess is that this is the guy, although it all comes down to what you can prove in Court.

For me, the physical evidence is enough, but the circumstantial evidence surrounding his life and the events unfolding in the background also match the motive for the killings perfectly.

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Speared through the eyeball.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/three-metre-spear-used-as-weapon-in-alleged-murder-court-hears/12478502

Ouch! I wonder if the victim had the idea he was going to be murdered in the back of his mind.

It's always a thought when you go to a wild party.

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Salt Creek Case

I don't think I have covered this crime. It has a bit of Wolf Creek about it.

This would have scared the living Jesus out of these two women:

https://youtu.be/Myalj0M8wms

Two women ask online for help with travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne.

A single man responds to their ad.

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Couple of major events in Australia:

Today: 14 yo autistic boy dies after wandering into bushland. We have had 3-4 autistic boys wandering off into the scrub, but unfortunately, this guy did not survive the cold night.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-23/william-wall-boy-missing-near-warburton-body-found/12694536

Tomorrow: 12 hours from now, we will have a verdict in the largest serial killing trial ever in Western Australia.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-23/how-claremont-serial-killings-ended-with-bradley-edwards-arrest/12648764

Even if Bradley Edwards is found not guilty of murder of the three women in question, he has already plead guilty to the kidnapping and rape of two others.

What was amazing is that this individual also had kidnapping/assault charges against him before the murders began in a workplace in an adjacent suburb.

The Police looked for 20 years, and failed to follow up the most basic of leads despite the fact they had DNA evidence the whole time.

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Guilty!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-24/claremont-killer-bradley-edwards-guilty-rimmer-glennon-murders/12426210

The Claremont Serial Killer is now convicted of 2 of the 3 women killed. He also plead guilty to two other sexual assaults on woman 25 years ago.

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Footage of the judge's verdict:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-25/claremont-killings-verdict-bradley-edwards-sarah-spiers-mystery/11721160

His 700 page judgement is available online.

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Judgement transcript 619 pages in length:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/claremont-killer-bradley-edwards-may-face-historic-jail-sentence/12705018

"No bigger than a "fraction of a nanogram", as defence counsel Paul Yovich SC put it, this infinitesimal speck of Edwards's DNA that became lodged under the young lawyer's nails as she "scratched or clawed" him, became in the end, the undoing of a murderer."

That one scratch from a woman during her final seconds of life secured his conviction for murder of two women.



It appears from the Post Mortem evidence that the victims were fighting against a sharp instrument with their hands and arms. Following death, some bones were removed from their neck region. His trophies were horrific to the extent that the families were not permitted to view their daughters bodies.

A very evil individual living in my home town freely for the last 19 years following the three murders.

Unfortunately, he could not be found guilty on the first murder due to the lack of a body, although the Judge made comment that he was most likely responsible for her kidnapping and murder.

Perth does not have to call him the 'accused' anymore.

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Warning: Very graphic news stories.

Child Sex Predators dominate the news in Australia today.

Child Sex Predator Case 1

Child suicide in the Aboriginal community is a major problem in outback Australia. Teenage Aboriginal girls represent the highest demographic in the country for suicide.

Following sexual abuse in remote communities, the girls have no outlet or reporting mechanism.

After the suicide of an 11 yo girl this week in Western Australia, an accused man, Peter Humes, has been refused bail on previous charges, and had more charges added after more girls came forward after the very publicised suicide of Annaliesse Ugle.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/perth-man-accused-of-sexually-abusing-girls-aged-five-and-10-ng-98f0845278f4de14c77ff2ecb7c666a9

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/man-accused-of-abusing-two-girls-denied-bail-in-perth-court/12807494

Peter Humes has been charged with:

• Four counts of indecently dealing with a child under 13 years;
• Four counts of aggravated assault;
• Persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16; and
• Possessing methamphetamine.

Child Sex Predator Case 2

Perth man Muhammed Zain Ul Abideen Rasheed has attended Perth Magistrates Court where he faced sextortion charges relating to 112 girls around the world.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/wa-man-accused-of-sextortion-of-112-girls-in-various-countries/12806078

Muhammed Rasheed pretended to be a social media star teenage male, and then asked girls for images online. Once he had the images, he then blackmailed the girls to provide explicit videos of themselves otherwise he would present the photos to their parents.

The scam was busted when a girl in the USA told her mother.

Muhammed Rasheed faced 113 charges including:

• 50 counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence,
• 26 counts of compelling a person to engage in sexual behaviour; and
• 17 counts of soliciting child pornography material using a carriage service.

He will enter a plea at a later date after being released on bail.

Muhammed Zain Ul Abideen Rasheed has bail conditions with restricted internet access, no unsupervised access to children under the age of 16 and he surrendered his passport.

Child Sex Predator Case 3

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/australian-men-facing-350-child-exploitation-charges/12805996

44 Australian men aged between 19-57 were today arrested in an international child sex sting conducted today.

"Operation Molto, coordinated by the Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), has removed 16 children from harm after identifying alleged offenders in every Australian state, as well as the ACT."

Australian media have reported that the Police investigating these crimes are reporting a 100% increase in child exploitation material being trafficked since COVID-19 lockdowns began.

The 44 men were charged with 350 charges.

WTF? This is a disgraceful state of affairs.

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Thievery, plain and simple

Dad and Son Steal Sausage Dog.

https://youtu.be/5tevGWH9ZG8

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Coco the sausage dog has been found after being stolen.

Once father and sons images were published on national TV, and Pet Detectives were released onto the case, Coco was discovered shortly thereafter.

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Dunedoo Golf Course has been vandalised by a chemically dependent 34 yo man.

Dunedoo Golf Course

https://youtu.be/7ohFJT5yb6M

Needs to be reported to The Hague.

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Latest and greatest.

Tasmania, a place dear to my heart.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-20/body-found-in-north-east-tasmania/10139268

The Tasmanian devils may have got to the body, but maybe a dismemberment.

Drop a shipload of English convicts on a small island 230 years ago and this is what you get.

One of my crime mysteries from 3 years ago has been investigated, charges laid  and evidence laid bare.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/tas-forensic-evidence-at-anderson-brettner-murder-trial/100137750

That was worse than first thought.

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Some anti-semite guy putting up posters in my old suburb with reference to Germans, WW2 etc. I won't repeat their contents because it is spreading hate.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/police-release-new-information-image-over-racist-and-vile-posters-plastered-around-perths-northern-suburbs-ng-b881878899z

We just don't want hate-filled Muslims (or religious zealots of any persuasion) bringing their fight to our country. Good message from the Detective:

"But certainly this is WA, this is a community that we all want to live in, we respect diversity we just want to get about our lives and not tolerate it, we’ll stamp it out."

Given the number of cameras in this town, they will most likely catch this guy within the week.

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Forensic Investigations

Massage Parlour Fire

https://youtu.be/t7_dGb7aOSc

Case from 1990's in Sydney.

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A man the same age as me in his undies was arrested near my suburb and is currently assisting Police nearby with their investigations.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/southern-gazette/driver-arrested-in-his-underwear-after-dangerous-police-chase-through-perths-southern-suburbs-ng-b881884534z

When someone your age does something like this, it makes you wonder.

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Crime Investigations Australia

Greenough Massacre (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20QPtZAdfY

*** Warning *** - One of Australia's most disturbing true crime murder stories.

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Not sure I can really add anything to this story:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/16/queensland-electrician-admits-removing-genitals-of-two-men-at-their-request

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Slavery in Australia is alive and well:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-couple-jailed-for-keeping-slave-inside-mount-waverley-home/8a171522-8d02-4641-8981-946dc4ee5365

"The couple paid her just over $3 a day to cook, clean and care for their three children."

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Friendly Jordies is off to Court for fixation on politician, or harassment, or stalking.

https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/jordies/13404388

Probably the best summary of a situation developing in Australian politics.

And yes, if fixation was a crime, this guy is guilty.

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Australian TV network reporting on crime in Austria.

Elizabeth Fritzl

https://youtu.be/mSS53HuIQGs

Warning: involves kidnapping in basements.

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Let the outback weirdness continue.

Brenda Elena Bleazard

Breaks through closed State Covid Checkpoint

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-24/woman-charges-through-wa-border-rams-police/100401858

And off to jail.

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New Zealand is now technically part of Australia.

Some ISIS dude doing his bit for the Muslim fundamentalist cause spreading violence and hatred down at his local supermarket.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-03/new-zealand-mall-stabbing-auckland/100432350

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Sleep patient allegedly sexually assaulted by Doctor.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-06/ali-khorami-client-said-sleep-clinic-was-creepy-court-told/100518478

"The woman, then in her early 20s, attended the Woolcock Institute in Glebe in February 2018"

and then....she met an Iranian Doctor...

"Dr Khorami, 51, told the woman he had experience in "pranic healing"."

and then....he said sex might help her...

"Dr Khorami asked if the woman liked sex and told her sex could "release tension"

and then....the woman texted her boyfriend...

"this place is creepy, aha"

Hold that thought, we will be right back after this ad break.

Toohey's White Stag

https://youtu.be/omgtr3fHhlQ

Welcome back.

and then....she fell asleep...

"Uh-oh"

and then..  the Doctor entered the room...

"Dr Khorami entered the room, which was monitored by CCTV, several times"

and then....the Doctor got his plums out...

"the accused was recorded with his back to the camera lifting his knee up onto the bed."

and then....he placed his plums into the woman's outstretched hand as she slept.

"Dr Khorami has pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated indecent assault.

Judge Richard Weinstein, who is sitting without a jury, was told Dr Khorami has previously faced trial for indecent assaults on four women at the clinic."