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A parent called the situation her ‘worst nightmare’.

‘Traumatic’: Parent breaks silence after childcare charges

A parent whose children came into contact with a childcare worker charged in what could be one of Australia's worst paedophile cases says she is horrified.

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Hamish Tait has been hit with 329 charges relating to the alleged sexual abuse of more than 136 children after he lost a bid for secrecy in court.

Full list: 62 childcare centres linked to accused abuser

Police have released 62 childcare centres linked to the accused worker facing 329 charges, as investigators continue trying to identify more alleged victims.

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Huijuan ‘Jenny’ Zhou will be forced to report to police regularly during her 10 month corrective order.

Real estate agent’s wild house deposit crime exposed

A Sydney-based real estate agent misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in housing deposits to pay off loans and fund her own lifestyle.

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Childcare worker Hamish Tait has been charged with more than 300 serious offences against children.

Police race to identify childcare worker’s victims

Some of the children allegedly abused by a childcare worker over several years may now be adults, police say, as they appeal for more victims to come forward.

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Corum Ash has been arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly man.

Murder charges laid of elderly man’s death

An elderly man who was assaulted during his early morning walk has died in hospital, prompting officers to charge his alleged attacker with murder.

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Police believe the murder of Chris Baghsarian stemmed from a case of mistaken identity.
The boy kept a "terribly large knife (as) some kind of security blanket," jurors were told

Machete-carrying boy, 15, ‘stabbed man in heart’ in pot deal

The mentally impaired teen was allegedly carrying a 70cm ‘zombie blade’ when a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death during a botched drug deal.

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Mr Tait worked across 62 childcare centres.

‘Deeply sickened’: Childcare worker named after 329 charges

The identity of a Sydney childcare worker accused of sexually abusing more than 136 children can now be revealed after he lost a secrecy bid in court.

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A young boy survived after being stabbed 29 times by his mother during a psychotic episode. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Jail time cut for mum who stabbed 9yo son 29 times

A mother who stabbed her son dozens of times has shaved years off her jail sentence after claiming she was trying to protect her children from their father.

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Shocking new allegations have emerged after a mother allegedly killed her four-year-old son.
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Coleen Lamarre is accused of trying to pervert the course of justice in her son's murder trial.

Tears flow as alleged killer cop's mum granted bail

Emotions ran high as bail was granted to a mother accused of interfering with a witness in her son's high-profile double murder trial.

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Police described the scene where a child's body was found as ‘extremely confronting’.

‘Extremely confronting’ scenes as child’s body found

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with murder after the ‘extremely confronting’ discovery of the four-year-old boy’s body.

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Police are probing whether cannibalism was involved in the alleged murder of a four-year-old boy on the NSW Central Coast.
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Leah Stewart was attacked by what is believed to have been a great white shark on June 13.

Emotional update from family of Aussie shark attack victim

Leah Stewart’s family have provided an update after the young mother was attacked by a shark last month.

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An Imitation pistol was allegedly pointed at synagogue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Two charged over sick synagogue attack

A synagogue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been allegedly targeted by two men who pointed a fake gun at the building.

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Police made the grim discovery after attending a welfare check at a Wyong property, where a young boy was found dead with serious injuries.

Woman charged with murder after 4yo boy found dead

Police have described a ‘confronting scene’ after the body of a young boy was found at a Wyong home, as a murder investigation continues on the NSW Central Coast.

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Chris Baghsarian was kidnapped and murdered by criminals who police believe misidentified him.

Huge development in kidnapped grandfather’s murder case

More charges have been laid in relation to the 85-year-old’s death.

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