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20:03 EDT, 18 May 2021
Troubled former NRL player Jamil Hopoate has been charged with supplying half a tonne of cocaine with an estimated street value of nearly $155 million.
Hopoate, 26, is accused of being part of a trio now charged over the massive haul of cocaine from the UK.
Hopoate, the son of former Manly winger John Hopoate, was a talented junior, who was sacked by Parramatta and Manly before he could make his NRL debut for off-field issues.
Police say Australian Border Force officers found 514kg of cocaine hidden in a consignment of toolboxes which arrived in Sydney on Saturday.
Troubled former NRL player Jamil Hopoate (left at a court appearance in 2014) has been charged with supplying half a tonne of cocaine with an estimated street value of nearly $155 million
08:11 EDT, 17 May 2021
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A mother-of-three who lured a 28-year-old man to the secluded western Sydney car park where he was fatally assaulted has avoided full-time imprisonment despite her crucial role in the attack.
Loubna Kawtharani, now 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to being an accessory before the fact of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Kawtharani admitted posing as a buyer on Facebook marketplace in early 2020 for Apple earphones that Ross Houllis was seeking to sell.
The pair arranged to meet at a Wakeley car park on the evening of February 14, 2020 to complete the purchase.
However, police allege Mr Houllis was instead encountered at the car park by Sami Hamdach, Kawtharani s partner, and Abdul Karaali.
03:08 EDT, 28 April 2021
One of the women who was caught driving toward the notorious Belanglo State Forest with an acquaintance stuffed into the boot of her own car has been hit with fresh charges for a separate incident.
Kayley Lee Ketley appeared in Campbelltown Local Court on Wednesday charged with robbery while armed with a weapon and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The 24-year-old is in custody accused of stabbing Nisha Phillips, also 24, on February 3, stuffing her into the boot of her own car and driving to six locations before she was arrested en route to Ivan Milat’s former makeshift burial ground.