Get the appConvicted paedophile Allan Hopkins, 47, has been arrested and extradited to South Australia. He was arrested in New South Wales in May 2024 after a police appeal for information. Hopkins is wanted in South Australia over alleged serious sexual offending against a child under 18. Police also said he was wanted for alleged offending in Victoria and Queensland. He is due to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Convicted paedophile Allan Hopkins, 47, has been arrested and extradited to South Australia. He was arrested in New South Wales in May 2024 after a police appeal for information. Hopkins is wanted in South Australia over alleged serious sexual offending against a child under 18. Police also said he was wanted for alleged offending in Victoria and Queensland. He is due to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland to Sydney and charged with murder over the death of Darcy Schafer-Turner. The 22-year-old tradesman was allegedly killed in a Sydney apartment in April 2023 over a perceived drug debt. His body was later found in a creek near Macksville on the NSW mid-north coast after being placed in a metal box.
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Get the appA 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland and charged with murder in Sydney. Police allege he was involved in the killing of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in a metal cabinet in a creek at Macksville more than three years ago. Police say the man was living in Poland and was involved along with two other men, who were previously convicted over the incident. Homicide detectives arrested him in Poland, with help from Polish authorities, before escorting him back to Sydney. He was refused bail and is due to appear in court.
A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland to Australia to face murder charges. The man was arrested in Poland in 2026 and charged with the 2023 murder of a 22-year-old man found in a metal cabinet at Macksville. The victim's body was discovered during a drug-related investigation in the Caringbah area. Two other men, aged 22 and 33, have already been charged and their cases finalised in court.
A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland and charged with murder over the 2023 death of a 22-year-old in Sydney. NSW Police arrested him in Europe, and he landed in Sydney on Friday. He refused bail and is due in court on Saturday. Court documents allege Darcy Schafer-Turner died after being restrained at a Sydney apartment during an attempt to recover a $50,000 drug debt. His body was found in a metal cabinet near Macksville in May 2023. Zachary Richard Fraser was previously sentenced for manslaughter, and Charles Dennis Turnbull pleaded guilty to being an accessory.
An alleged Sydney gangster, Masood Zakaria, is seeking to have his murder charges thrown out in the NSW Supreme Court. He claims he was illegally deported from Türkiye. The Australian Federal Police paid Hart International, a security firm, to bring him back in 2023, and the AFP says its actions were lawful. Zakaria's lawyers have compared the operation to a kidnapping. In court this week, a prosecutor conceded he was illegally deported, a key point in his defence. Senior AFP figures are yet to give evidence.
Two teenagers accused of fatally stabbing a 34-year-old man outside a Waterloo apartment block have been extradited from Queensland and charged with murder. Police identified the victim as Blain Locke. Police say he died about an hour after emergency services were called to Pitt Street on August 18. A 35-year-old woman who was with him was also allegedly attacked. Police arrested a third man, aged 20, in Redfern and charged him with murder. All three men will return to court in December.
Three men are being extradited from New South Wales to Queensland over alleged extortion and stalking of three people on the Gold Coast in July. Police allege two unknown men demanded money from a couple at their Mermaid Waters home, and two men made threats at a Currumbin Waters house. A 39-year-old Miami man was charged with extortion, unlawful stalking and drug possession. All three extradited men are due at Southport Magistrates Court on 23 October. Investigations are ongoing.
A former SAS officer involved in the contested return of accused Sydney gangster Masood Zakaria cannot be contacted, days before he is due to give evidence in court. Zakaria's lawyers claim Nathan Heckel is a key witness in their bid to have murder charges dismissed. Zakaria's lawyers argue he was kidnapped after Turkish deportation, and are seeking a permanent stay of the charges. Documents show the Australian Federal Police paid Hart International more than $1 million for the escort. Senior police leaders are expected to be called as witnesses when the case begins this week.
A magistrate in Brisbane has refused bail to Awlad Hossain, a 50-year-old welder from Ipswich accused of trying to bribe officials investigating the death of his wife in Bangladesh. Prosecutors allege he sent more than $96,000 to stop police linking him and his family to her death. Hossain's lawyer argued he was unlikely to flee because he could face execution in Bangladesh and extradition is unlikely. The magistrate said no conditions could reduce the risk of him fleeing or offending. Hossain will now seek bail in Queensland's Supreme Court.
A Queensland court has approved the extradition of convicted paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith, 46, to New South Wales to face 202 further charges. Griffith was sentenced in October to a life term with a minimum of 27 years after pleading guilty to 307 offences against 65 children. A magistrate ordered the extradition at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday. No transfer date has been set for security reasons. Griffith will be held at a remand centre in Sydney.
Former childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith will be extradited from Queensland to New South Wales to face more than 200 additional charges. The charges include sexual intercourse with children under 10 and producing child abuse material. Griffith was sentenced to life imprisonment in Queensland last year, with a non-parole period of 27 years. He pleaded guilty in 2024 to more than 300 offences against 69 girls. His bid to reduce the Queensland non-parole period was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in June. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley confirmed the transfer.
A magistrate in Brisbane has granted an application to extradite Ashley Paul Griffith to New South Wales. Griffith, 48, was jailed for life in Queensland in November 2024 after pleading guilty to more than 300 child sexual offences. He has also been charged in NSW with 180 child sexual offences allegedly committed against 23 girls at a Sydney childcare centre between 2014 and 2017. Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said the move would allow Griffith to face the victims of other states. Magistrate Belinda Merrin did not set a date for the transfer. Griffith's lawyers did not oppose the application.
Childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith will be extradited from Queensland to New South Wales to stand trial on additional charges. Griffith is serving a life sentence in Queensland after admitting offences against 69 girls at early learning centres. NSW Local Court records show he faces 202 charges relating to children. A Brisbane magistrate accepted the NSW application, which Griffith's lawyers did not oppose. No date has been set, but NSW Police say arrangements are being made for his transfer.
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Get the appA United States court has set separate extradition hearings for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who face rape and sex trafficking charges in Britain. Andrew Tate's hearing is set for November 19 and Tristan Tate's for November 20. A judge in Miami rejected the brothers' request to have their cases heard together. The brothers, who hold dual US and British citizenship, have been in custody since July and have sought bail again. British prosecutors allege the pair groomed vulnerable women and forced them into making online pornography. Both men deny any wrongdoing.