Police arrest two men over 'gang fight' at Melbourne shopping centre
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- News.com.au
NSW Coroner will consider new evidence if provided by detectives, following news.com.au investigation
The coroner investigating William Tyrrell's disappearance will consider new evidence if provided by detectives, following a series of explosive reports by If police fail to investigate 'relevant information', a senior lawyer involved in the inquest said a complaint could be made to the NSW Police Force Commissioner or the watchdog dealing with police misconduct. William's foster mother 'will be considering' such a complaint, according to her lawyer, Sharon Ramsden. Doing so could trigger an inquiry into the police investigation of the three-year-old's disappearance, which has gone on for more than a decade without success. A former official involved in William's care confirmed they are also considering a formal complaint about police, saying they are 'disturbed by the information that has come forward'. This includes revelations from that: – Two people claimed the brother of a convicted child abuser said he was involved in what happened to William, – This man, a former 'person of interest' in the William Tyrrell investigation, gave a detailed account of what he claimed happened to William to another prisoner, – The same man, Frank Abbott, is linked to the victims of three other unsolved murders, according to evidence tendered to the inquest. We are not suggesting that these allegations are true, just that they have been made and have not been adequately followed up by NSW Police. Asked if the coroner would consider this new evidence, a senior lawyer involved in the inquest said it could effectively reopen to do so. 'Although evidence in this inquest is formally closed, the Coroner will consider all relevant evidence provided by NSW Police,' said the Department of Communities and Justice's principal solicitor for inquests, Katie Llewelyn. 'If NSW Police are not investigating relevant information,' Ms Llewelyn suggested 'a complaint can be made to the Commissioner of Police or failing that, to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.' A spokeswoman for NSW Police, Erin Bouda, said 'details [of the new evidence] remain unclear' and 'its relevance to the case cannot be determined' but said Abbott 'has been thoroughly investigated. 'All relevant evidence has been submitted to the coroner,' Ms Bouda continued. She did not respond to an offer from to provide further details of the new allegations and witnesses. William was reported missing on 12 September 2014 from a family home on the NSW Mid North Coast. The subsequent police investigation has since outlasted three NSW Police Force Commissioners, with the current incumbent, Karen Webb, due to retire within months. The police Homicide Squad is also onto its third commander in that time, with no charges laid over what happened to William. In recent years, William's foster mother has been publicly described by police and media as the 'chief suspect', despite repeatedly denying any involvement and calling on police to do more to investigate the case. She and her husband, who cannot be named, were convicted of a range of unrelated offences only for almost all of these to be overturned on appeal. The foster mother's lawyer, Ms Ramsden, said 'we will be considering' a formal complaint about police conduct, although she is 'not in a position to comment further' until the inquest is complete. The former official involved in William's care said they were worried about the police's continued focus on the foster mother 'despite the absence of any evidence'. This official, who asked not to be named, said they had been told by detectives it was not necessary to investigate other potential persons of interest 'as police felt they had … the answer'. The inquest has previously heard it is 'beyond argument' police have no forensic or eyewitness evidence of what happened to William. A recent witness statement provided by the lead detective David Laidlaw was heavily redacted by the court, with the senior lawyer assisting the coroner saying it reflected 'one person's opinions'. Frank Abbott declined to answer questions.
ABC News
an hour ago
- ABC News
Five things we learned yesterday in Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial
It was a significant day of evidence on Wednesday, as accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson again took to the stand in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. The 50-year-old has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder after three relatives died from death cap mushroom poisoning following a meal prepared and served by Ms Patterson. Another relative, Ian Wilkinson, fell seriously ill but survived. Here are five key things we learned yesterday. Ms Patterson told the court she began cooking preparations the night before the lunch by salting the meat, before preparing the mushroom duxelles, or paste, the morning of the lunch — July 29, 2023. She was using mushrooms purchased from Woolworths, she told the court yesterday. "As I was cooking it down, I tasted it a few times and it seemed a little bland," she said. "So I decided to put in the dried mushrooms that I'd bought from the grocer that I still had in the pantry." She said at the time she believed they were dried mushrooms purchased from Melbourne but then conceded they may have been foraged. "Now I think that there was a possibility that there were foraged ones in there as well." This week, Ms Patterson has told the court she developed an interest in foraging and eating mushrooms during Victoria's COVID lockdowns in 2020, eventually building up the confidence to cook and eat the mushrooms she gathered from areas around her Gippsland home. Ms Patterson said she organised the lunch as part of an ongoing bid to proactively bolster her relationship with the wider Patterson family, who she feared was becoming more distant during her separation from husband Simon. Ms Patterson told the court she realised around May or June that she probably needed to be more "proactive" in maintaining her relationships. "I had become a little worried that perhaps … that there might be some distance growing between me and the Patterson family," she said. "I wasn't sure if there was a gathering or two that I hadn't been invited to." In June, she had invited Simon Patterson and his parents over for lunch, which her children also attended. She said that was a "great" lunch and the kids "really enjoyed it".Ms Patterson said she invited Heather Wilkinson and Gail Patterson to the July 29 lunch after a church service. "'Would you like to come to lunch at my house?'" she recalled asking them. "They said 'we'd love to'." Ms Patterson said during the lunch, she recalled her father-in-law Don Patterson talking about his brother, who was battling cancer. She said the cancer topic lingered, and at the end of the meal she mentioned she had had an "issue" a year or two earlier when she feared she may have ovarian cancer. "Then, I'm not proud of this, but I led them to believe that I might be needing some treatment in regards to that in the next few weeks, or months," she said. Ms Patterson said the reality was she was about to get gastric bypass surgery to deal with long-running concerns over her weight and was too embarrassed to tell them. She did not want their caring attention to stop and was mindful that she may need assistance in the lead-up to and after her planned operation. "I thought perhaps letting them believe I had some serious issue that needed treatment might mean they'd be able to help me with the logistics around the kids, and I wouldn't have to tell them the real reason," she said. During her third day in the witness box, Ms Patterson told the court she disposed of a food dehydrator at the Koonwarra tip after the fatal lunch because she knew that child protection workers were on their way to her house. She feared being blamed for making her guests sick. A conversation alleged to have taken place on July 31 in hospital was again raised in court by the defence. Ms Patterson told the court that while alone, her estranged husband put forward a shocking allegation. "He said to me, 'Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?'" she told the court. Earlier in the trial, Ms Patterson's defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, asked Mr Patterson if he had said, "Is that what you used to poison them?" "I did not say that to Erin," Mr Patterson replied. Ms Patterson told the court about several factory resets carried out on a phone referred to in the trial as Phone B, and which she handed to police on August 5 after they searched her Leongatha home. One of the resets was because she "panicked" about the fact her phone had all her apps on it, including a Google account storing her photos, Ms Patterson told the court on Wednesday. "I knew that there were photos in there of mushrooms and the dehydrator and I just panicked and didn't want them [the detectives searching the house] to see them." Ms Patterson said she carried out another factory reset of her phone while it was in a police locker. "At some point, after the search of my house and the interview and the detectives had brought me home, I remember thinking 'I wonder if I can log into my Google account and see where all my devices are?'" she told the court. "So, I did that, and I could see my phone, and [my children's devices], and it was really stupid, but I thought, 'I wonder if they've been silly enough to leave it connected to the internet?' "So, I hit factory reset to see what happened and it did."
News.com.au
8 hours ago
- News.com.au
Aldi sued for stocking ‘confusingly similar packaging' to famous snacks
The supermarket of choice for those on tight budgets is being slugged by a potentially devastating legal case. We've all walked past a couple of dubiously named brands that look very much like the original in Aldi's snack isle. But now those cheaper options are being put under the microscope as multinational corporations put the foot down. Snack maker Mondelez, the company behind Oreos and Ritz crackers, has launched legal action against Aldi's US arm, accusing the discount retailer of stocking 'blatant copies' of its iconic biscuit brands. The case claims Aldi's private-label products bear 'confusingly similar packaging' that could mislead shoppers and damage Mondelez's reputation. The company has requested a court order to block Aldi from selling the products in question, alongside a claim for monetary damages. Side-by-side comparisons submitted in the lawsuit show visual similarities between Aldi's chocolate sandwich cookies and Oreos, both featuring blue packaging with near-identical cookie arrangements. Similar comparisons were made between Aldi's Golden Round crackers and Ritz, both wrapped in red boxes with blue and yellow accents. Mondelez alleges it repeatedly warned Aldi about the likenesses. While the retailer reportedly adjusted or withdrew some packaging, others remain on shelves. Aldi, which operates more than 2500 stores in 39 US states and 600 in Australia, has not commented publicly on the case. Known for keeping prices low by selling mostly in-house brands, the German-founded chain has faced similar legal challenges over its private-label packaging in several countries in the past. In Australia, Aldi was found to have infringed copyright in a 2023 case involving children's snack brand Baby Bellies. The court found some of Aldi's Mamia puff products too closely resembled the benchmark design provided by the brand's licensor, Hampden Holdings. Evidence included internal correspondence acknowledging the resemblance. However, Aldi prevailed in other claims involving rice cakes and has appealed the ruling. Elsewhere, Aldi won a 2018 appeal in Australia against Moroccanoil Israel over similar packaging claims related to haircare products, while in the UK, a court sided with cider brand Thatchers in a dispute over bottle design.
