Boy, 14, dies after falling from e-bike in Arncliffe, near Sydney Airport
Emergency services were called to Broe Ave in Arncliffe, near Sydney Airport, about 2.45pm on Thursday following reports a rider had fallen from an e-bike.
When police arrived they found a 14-year old boy with serious injuries.
Paramedics treated him at the scene and rushed him to Sydney Children's Hospital in a critical condition, but NSW Police confirmed he in the evening he had died in hospital.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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News.com.au
15 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Erin Patterson trial: Mushroom cook found guilty of poisoning four members of husband's family with beef wellington lunch
After nine weeks of trial in the country Victorian town of Morwell, it took jurors seven days to return unanimous verdicts finding Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. 'Guilty,' the forewoman said after each charge was read. Erin appeared in court dressed in a paisley top, and appeared nervous as the courtroom packed out ahead of the bombshell verdict. She tried to meet the eyes of the jurors as they entered the room about 2.16pm, but not one met her gaze. She remained expressionless as the forewoman softly said 'guilty' in response to each charge. There were soft gasps from some members of the public as the first verdict was read, and one supporter of Ms Patterson was seen shallow breathing and staring at the ceiling. Outside the court, about 200 people were gathered. The case had centred around a lunch Patterson hosted on July 29, 2023, at her Leongatha home about a 45 minute drive southwest of Morwell. At the lunch were her estranged husband's parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt and uncle, Heather and Ian Wilkinson. At the meal, the five people present ate individually-portioned beef wellington parcels Patterson had modified from a RecipeTin Eats recipe. During the trial, jurors were told by Patterson's defence that it was not disputed that death caps were in the lunch, but the key question was whether she had deliberately poisoned her guests. The trial was told Patterson invited her husband, Simon Patterson, to the lunch as well, however he pulled out the night before via text. Each of the guests fell critically ill after the lunch, with Don, Gail and Heather dying of multiple organ failure caused by death cap mushroom poisoning in early August. Ian, the pastor of the Korumburra Baptist Church, recovered after spending about a month and a half in hospital. The jury heard the four family members began experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms about 12 hours after the lunch and were taken to hospital the following morning on July 30. The two couples' conditions rapidly declined and each were in induced comas by August 1. Conversely, the jury heard, Patterson told others she began experiencing loose stools the afternoon following the lunch and suffered diarrhoea regularly through the night. She attended the Leongatha Hospital the morning of July 31, two days after the lunch, was taken to Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne and released on August 1. Doctors found no clinical or biochemical evidence of amanita (death cap) poisoning, although an intensive care specialist said her medical records were consistent with a diarrhoeal illness. Prosecutors argued the evidence could prove she intentionally sourced and included the deadly fungi while defence maintained it was an accidental poisoning. In her closing remarks, Crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC pointed to five 'calculated deceptions' she said sat at the heart of the case against Patterson. These allegedly were; a fake cancer diagnosis used as pretence for the lunch, that a lethal dose of death caps were 'secreted' in the meal, Patterson faking the same illness as her guests, a 'sustained cover up' and, untruthful evidence given from the witness box. Dr Rogers argued Patterson's actions in the days following the lunch could only reasonably be explained by her knowing the guests were poisoned with death caps while she was not. Jurors were told these included dumping a dehydrator on August 2 that was later found to contain death cap remnants and lying to police by claiming she had never foraged for mushrooms or owned a dehydrator. It was also alleged she lied about feeding leftovers from the meal, with the mushrooms scraped off, to her children the night after the lunch as an effort to deflect suspicion. Dr Rogers said, on the evidence, the jury could 'safely reject any reasonable possibility that this was a terrible accident' and allow them to find she committed each of the crimes. 'We say there is no reasonable alternative explanation for what happened to the lunch guests, other than the accused deliberately sourced death cap mushrooms and deliberately included them in the meal she served them, with an intention to kill them,' she said. She pointed to evidence Patterson had previously used the website iNaturalist to look up death cap sightings in May 2022 and her phone records to suggest she deliberately sought out the poisonous mushroom in April and May 2023. One iNaturalist post on April 18 identified them growing in Loch while a second post on May 21 located death caps in Outtrim. 'This evidence tends to show that the accused had the opportunity to source death cap mushrooms at a time approximate to the lunch,' Dr Rogers said. The prosecutor also pointed to an image found on a Samsung tablet of mushrooms on a dehydrator tray that an expert said was 'consistent' with death caps. Dr Rogers also submitted lunch survivor Ian Wilkinson's testimony of Patterson eating from a different plate to her guests as a 'striking piece of evidence'. 'That choice to make individual portions allowed her complete control over the ingredients in each individual parcel,' she said. 'It is a control, the prosecution says, that she exercised with devastating effect.' Turning to Patterson's time in the witness box, including when she claimed to have been foraging for mushrooms for years, Dr Rogers urged the jury to reject her account. 'You should simply disregard this new claim that this was a horrible foraging accident, as nothing more than an attempt by the accused to get her story to fit the evidence that the police compiled in this case,' she said. 'She has told too many lies and you should reject her evidence.' Patterson's defence, led by barrister Colin Mandy SC, argued the prosecution had worked back from the belief she must be responsible for what happened and cherry picked evidence that supported this. He sought to paint the case against his client as 'illogical' and 'absurd', highlighting that there was no identified motive for what Patterson had allegedly done. Mr Mandy said the evidence in this case showed Patterson loved her in-laws and had a mostly positive relationship with Simon Patterson since their separation in 2015. 'Why on earth would anyone want to kill these people?' he asked. 'There's no possible prospect that Erin wanted in those circumstances to destroy her whole world, her whole life. Surely it's more likely that her account is true.' Mr Mandy pointed to Patterson's testimony from the witness box, where she said she was feeling isolated from her support network by Simon and the lunch was a proactive effort to keep the family in her and her children's lives. He argued her account was far more likely than the prosecution's 'convoluted' theory Patterson planned for these murders months out. Patterson told the jury she'd always loved eating mushrooms and developed an interest in foraging wild mushrooms during the early Covid lockdowns of 2020. She maintained what she told health authorities after the lunch was true, that she used fresh button mushrooms from Woolworths and added a packet of dried mushrooms purchased from an Asian grocer in Melbourne earlier that year. But Patterson said she now believed she may have added dehydrated wild mushrooms to the same Tupperware container she stored the purchased mushrooms in her pantry. Mr Mandy told the court his client admits she lied to police and tried to hide the dehydrator, explaining it as the actions of a woman who believed she would be wrongly blamed. 'You heard the accused say that she regrets telling lies, but that's what she did,' he said. 'She's not on trial for being a liar.' The defence barrister argued the evidence his client had previously looked up death caps on iNaturalist had an innocent explanation – that a novice forager would want to see if the deadly mushroom grew in her area. He pointed to Patterson's account of binge eating cake and vomiting after the lunch as a possible explanation for why she did not get as sick as her guests. But Mr Mandy also said the expert evidence in the case was that two people, eating the same meal containing death caps, could experience different severity of illness based on a range of personal factors. Patterson will return to court at a later date.
ABC News
34 minutes ago
- ABC News
Police hunt suspected arsonists after bungled attack on Sydney skin and beauty clinic
Police are on the hunt for two men who botched firebombing a Sydney beauty salon last month, releasing CCTV vision showing one running with flames billowing from his pants. The bungled arson took place at Sheryne Skin on Burwood Road, Burwood about 5am on June 13 when two men gained entry and poured accelerant on the floor. In the vision released by police, the alleged arsonists' attack backfired, leaving one of the men running down a nearby street on fire frantically trying to put out the flames. Just seconds before, he could be seen wearing an orange high-vis hoodie lighting the accelerant before he almost became engulfed in the flames. The mishap has left police with a key clue to locate one of the two alleged perpetrators, with his face visible as a result of his hood falling while running from the chaotic scene. In another clip from the footage, the second man wearing black can be seen to slip on the accelerant he poured inside the shop, and fall on his back. "Not only are they a danger to the community, they are a danger to themselves," Burwood Police Area Command Acting Superintendent Luke Scott said. "It's quite clear from when you watch the CCTV you are not watching professionals, we are dealing with amateurs. "We can laugh about this because it looks so amateurish but we need to understand there was a residential complex above this premises … we have seen in the past these things go terribly, terribly wrong. The skin and beauty clinic has more than 60,000 followers on Instagram and is owned by nurse Sheryne El-Kak, who also has a significant following online. The shop sustained minor damage, NSW Police said, and no injuries were reported. NSW Police said after the attack the shop was targeted twice more on July 2 and July 5 when they responded to reports of a group of men attempting to get inside the premises. The men left before police arrived, and officers are appealing for any information from the public to identify the two men in the footage.
SBS Australia
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- SBS Australia
SBS News In Easy English 7 July 2025
Welcome to SBS News In Easy English. I'm Catriona Stirrat. The final report of a coronial inquest is due to be handed down five years after Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker died during a bungled arrest in the Northern Territory. The 19-year-old was shot three times at close range by then-constable Zachary Rolfe at a home in the Northern Territory town of Yuendumu, in November 2019. Speaking ahead of the delivery of the coroner's report, the family of Kumanjayi Walker say Northern Territory Police must be held accountable. Mr Walker's cousin, Samara Fernandez-Brown, says the inquest has been a gruelling, shocking and devastating process for family and the community - and they are seeking justice. Listeners seeking support can contact the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders crisis support line on 13YARN - that's 13 92 76 - or Lifeline on 13 11 14. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says the state government's new anti-hate taskforce will aim to put a stop to hateful behaviour, after a spate of antisemitic attacks over the weekend. Twenty people were forced to flee the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, after a man allegedly poured flammable liquid on the front door and set it on fire during a Shabbat meal. A 34-year-old man from Sydney has been charged over the incident, briefly appearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Sunday. He has been remanded in custody until later this month. Police are investigating a number of other incidents over the weekend in Melbourne, as Premier Allan says her government will work with the Jewish community and the police force to put a stop to this behaviour. "I'll continue to stand with a strong, proud Jewish community here in Victoria every single day. Every single day. They're a big and important part of our community. They demand our support at this most difficult time. They demand our action, which is why alongside Strengthening Laws the response of Victoria Police. We will continue to work to build a stronger place where everyone can be who they are, practice their faith safe, free from hate." Premier Allan says the government are also focusing on strengthening mental health support services for the community, in response to these incidents. Health advocates are calling for the federal government to fund a national registry and strategy to help Australians living with Motor Neurone Disease or MND. It's estimated that it affects about one in 10,000 people with about 2,700 people in the country battling the degenerative condition, which robs individuals of the ability to walk, talk, swallow, and eventually breathe. The average life expectancy for a person diagnosed with MND is between two to three years. The CEO of MND Australia, Clare Sullivan, says a data registry - costed at $12 million - is needed to know the extent of the illness nationwide and target specific support to affected patients. "Lack of centralised data hinders care, delays research; weakens policy and funding decisions. A national registry would improve patient care, accelerate clinical trials, enable better treatment planning; and support targeted timely research. People living with MND deserve better. Better access, better data and better support. Time is something the MND community simply does not have." In cycling, the Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel has won stage two of the Tour de France - the longest stage of the Tour at 209.1 kilometres. The Dutch rider also took the lead in the overall standings after depriving Tadej Pogacar of his 100th career win in a tense hilltop finale. Van der Poel says it was a gruelling stage. "Yeah, it was super difficult. The final was actually harder than I thought. I was really motivated. Finally been four years I think since I won my first stage on the Tour de France so it was about time I won a second one."
