Judge slams magistrate, media in upholding appeal over Sydney womanâs harassment campaign
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A Sydney woman who carried out a lengthy and intense campaign of harassment against an ex-lover has successfully appealed her sentence on mental health grounds and the appeal judge has delivered a scathing rebuke of the sentencing magistrate and media reporting of the case.
Denise Lee, a radiologist from Sydneyâs eastern suburbs, was in the grips of a major mood disorder and suffering both depression and paranoia when she engaged in a six-month campaign of text messages and emails targeting Matthew Holberton, the District Court found on appeal.
The gym junkie boyfriend of Bachelor star Kirralee Kiki Morris has been convicted of supplying steroids, the same week the pair made a couple s escape to Byron Bay.
Lucas Azzopardi joined his girlfriend on holiday in the beachside hotspot this week, with the pair pictured soaking up the sun and splashing about in the waves.
But while most enjoyed clear blue skies, there was a cloud hanging over Azzopardi.
On Thursday the 28-year-old was handed to a two-year community corrections order by Chief Magistrate Michael Allen after being convicted on two counts of taking part in supplying a prohibited drug.
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Sydney liquidator pleads guilty to dishonesty and fraud charges
A former registered liquidator from Lewisham, New South Wales, Ms Amanda Young, has pleaded guilty to one count of fraud relating to the liquidation of St Gregory’s Armenian School Inc (St Gregory’s) and one count of dishonestly using her position as liquidator of Mamak Pty Ltd (Mamak).
ASIC alleged that between 10 December 2017 and 5 December 2018, while a liquidator of Mamak, Admark Property Group Pty Ltd and Roller Poster Company Pty Ltd, Ms Young caused the transfer of a total of $73,140 from the liquidation bank accounts of those companies to bank accounts that she controlled and then used the funds for her own purposes (20-160MR). The transfer in relation to the liquidation of Mamak was for $28,500.
A landlord who joked his shakedown of a tenant over unpaid rent was a Quentin Tarantino moment worthy of nostalgic retelling in later years has pleaded guilty to assault and intimidation.
Mario Venneri, 57, placed a chained bike lock on the table and made a fake phone call to a worse guy called Johnny during the heated, half-hour meeting in his Surry Hills home in June 2020. You have two ways to go, the good way and the wrong way, he warned tenant Brice Gouillou, then 24, on the afternoon of June 17.
Landlord, Mario Venneri (pictured centre) has pleaded guilty to assault and intimidation over a dispute with the tennant, Brice Gouillou