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Bravery award winner and convicted sex offender Michael Patrick Williams is back behind bars after his bid to appeal his conviction was dismissed.
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Sea Rogue survivor was last year found guilty by a judge-alone trial on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent over the assault which took place at a Yamba house party in 2018.
Williams, who was a deckhand on the trawler which sank off Byron Bay in 2008, had made headlines when he survived a 12-hour swim to shore. He was awarded a bravery medal from Governor-General Quentin Bryce as well as a Royal Humane Society of NSW Bronze Medal.
The trial for a man accused of a serious drug offence has been tossed out of court after judge ruled a key piece of evidence was illegally obtained by police
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Subscriber only A Casino woman guilty of drug and weapons offences has had her sentencing date set for June. Stacey Lee Hogan, 36, was arrested in August 2019 after police spent seven months investigating the supply of ice and firearms in Casino, Lismore, Tabulam, Drake and Irvington. Last year, she pleaded guilty to supplying a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine on an ongoing basis and possessing and supplying unregistered pistols. Stacey Lee Hogan was arrested in 2019 after a seven month investigation into a drug syndicate in the Casino and Lismore area Her matter was briefly mentioned in Coffs Harbour District Court on Monday, where material was presented to the court ahead of her sentencing.
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