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CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Joint investigation with Toronto, Australian police leads to child pornography charges
The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov A man has been arrested and charged with child pornography following a joint investigation between police services in Toronto and Australia. In a release on Thursday, Toronto police said their Internet Child Exploitation unit launched the investigation in Dec. 2024. It is alleged that the accused was communicating online in attempts to 'gain access to someone under the age of 16.' Police said he was operating on various social media platforms under the username 'Cravingjocks.' In Jan. 2025, officers conducted a search at a home in the area of Whites Road and Finch Avenue in Pickering. On Thursday, Peter Patlakas, 41, of Pickering, turned himself in to police. He has been charged with multiple counts of child pornography, including possessiing, accessing, and making it, and has also been charged with making an arrangement or agreement to commit sexual assault to a person who was or was believed to be under the age of 16. The charges have not been tested in court. Police did not share how the Queensland Police Service's Task Force Argos assisted with the investigation.
Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Jet ski riders facing jail or £50K fine over 'disturbing' incident with dolphins
Two jet skiers could face up to two years in jail or a huge a fine after 'disruptively' cruising their jet skies seemingly meters away from an innocent pod of dolphins A jet ski rider faces two years in prison or a £50,000 fine after a shocking incident saw him risk the lives of an innocent pod of dolphins. The rider was flying along the coast just off Brighton Beach, near Adelaide in Southern Australia, on Sunday, August 10. After sailing along the coast, he made the heartbreaking decision to charge through a pod of dolphins who were enjoying the warmer waters closer to the shore. In footage of the incident captured and circulated on social media, the 'disturbing' act has shocked and angered locals, leading to an official police investigation to begin. According to 7 News, Australian Police and the Department of Environment and Water (DEW) have officially begun investigating the incident, as, in law, jet skis are not allowed within 300m of sea animals, with the footage showing them seemingly sail through much closer with one rider seemingly meters away from a fin. It comes after beachgoers are left stunned after rare sea creature spotted off British coast. A jet ski rider's shocking act with a pod of dolphins could land him in jail if authorities catch up with him. DEW spokesperson Lisien Loan told local news: 'It is a concern if we see them at what appears to be a lot closer than that. 'Maximum penalties under the Parks and Wildlife Act for interfering with a marine mammal are $100,000 or two years imprisonment. 'Jet skis are loud and have erratic movement, and that can disturb the dolphins. If they're moving as a group in a pod, and enjoying each other's company, or fishing or resting, then that interaction would disturb them.' The footage shows a second jet skier also cutting close to the pod, which Loan is worried may alter their behaviour. She added: 'What we're really wanting is for people to observe our wild animals in the wild and behave normally. 'If a marine mammal approaches you if you're in a kayak or a boat, that's fine, but it's really about not approaching them and not disturbing their normal behaviour or interfering with them. 'It's really important, particularly at the moment with some of the other impacts on our marine environment, that we look after them and give them the best chance to lead their best lives.' While much more tame modes of transport, such as small boats or kayaks, can be allowed to be much closer, 50m, the loud and disruptive jet skis can do much more harm to the marine animals. A second rider captured in the footage also appears to be unacceptably close to the dolphins. While boats and kayaks can get as close as 50m from sea mammals, different rules apply to the far more 'disruptive' jet skis. The news comes just after a large super-pod of dolphins has found a new home much closer to British soil, just off the coast of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The town has been chosen as a favourite hangout for a 'superpod' of 225 bottlenose dolphins and their calves, thought to be the biggest in the UK. Currently, in England, there's just one other dolphin population, off Cornwall to Sussex, which is believed to be much smaller, at 40 individual dolphins.
Daily Mirror
16-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
Peter Falconio's dad's heartbreaking reaction to learning son's killer has died
Peter Falconio's father still hopes the remains of his murdered son will be found despite his killer's death this week - the 28-year-old Brit backpacker was killed in the Australian outback in 2001 The father of a British backpacker murdered in Australia said he prayed outback killer Bradley John Murdoch had "left something for me to find Peter". Luciano Falconio was speaking just after he learned the man convicted of killing his son had died from throat cancer. Murdoch has always refused to reveal where he left Peter's remains after he killed him in 2001. Mr Falconio said: "I tell you what I think, I wish he [Murdoch] left something for me to find him. I wish he left something. My vocabulary is not that good, what can I do, I'm only a human being.'" He was speaking from his home in Hepworth, West Yorkshire."He has died, oh dear," Mr Falconio said on Tuesday evening. "You heard I said, 'oh dear', that's my goodwill towards anybody. "I don't wish anybody dead because you have only got one life and I think if you've been given that gift of life...I don't even know what to say." He then asked again if Murdoch was dead, processing the news that the killer had finally lost his battle with terminal illness on Tuesday, exactly a day after the 24th anniversary of the murder of his son. Mr Falconio told News Corp he still lives with extreme 'sadness' every day knowing his son was murdered and had held hope in finally laying him to rest. He said he had just spent a wet British summer's day spending time with his grandchildren. He said he thinks about his late son frequently, nearly every day, sometimes 'every hour'. Just last month Australian Police offered a huge new reward to try and find Peter's remains. Following Murdoch's death yesterday, his own family issued a statement in which they claimed he was 'much more than the headlines' despite his murder conviction. Murdoch, 67, was serving a life sentence for the murder of 28-year-old Peter. His death from throat cancer in the palliative care unit at Alice Springs Hospital means Falconio's family may never know where the backpacker's body was dumped. A statement shared by Murdoch's lawyer on behalf of his family lamented that he was known 'only for the events that led to his conviction', despite always denying responsibility for Falconio's death. "When given the opportunity, Brad was a devoted father, father-in-law, and proud poppy who never missed a chance to brag about his grandchildren." The statement continued that Murdoch was 'well-liked and respected by fellow inmates' and that he was a "gentle giant with a heart of gold. Above all, he was someone who, no matter the circumstances, always extended a helping hand to those around him." The family claimed Murdoch had been working on a petition for mercy, a last-ditch attempt to be pardoned from his sentence after exhausting all his appeals. "He was deeply loved. He will be deeply missed," the statement concluded. Peter was murdered on July 14, 2001 after Murdoch tricked him and girlfriend Joanne Lees into pulling over their campervan late at night while driving on an isolated stretch through the outback between Alice Springs and Darwin. When Mr Falconio got out of the vehicle after Murdoch lied that sparks were flying out of their vehicle, he went around the back of the van and pulled a gun on the backpacker and shot him in the head. Ms Lees was tied up with cable ties but was able to escape while Mr Murdoch went to dispose of Mr Falconio's body. Murdoch always denied murdering Mr Falconio and never revealed where he disposed of Mr Falconio's body. He was found guilty in the NT Supreme Court in 2005 and had been serving a life sentence with a non-parole period of 28 years.
RNZ News
14-07-2025
- RNZ News
'Policing is policing': Australian recruiters say they're just making sure Kiwi cops know they have other options
First-year constables in the Australian police earn a salary of $111,000, compared to $83,000 here Photo: 123RF The Australian police force is coming for New Zealand officers with the lure of more money and housing allowances. Police recruiters will be in Christchurch and Auckland this month to host jobs and information sessions for the Northern Territory. First-year constables there earn a salary of $111,000 compared to $83,000 here, the salary quoted on the New Zealand new cops website . After five years in the force that increases to $121,000 in Northern Territory, compared with $91,000 here. On top of that there is also a housing allowance of up to $34,000 for officers who hop the ditch. Northern Territory recruitment officer Brett Wilson told Checkpoint they were not trying to steal Kiwi officers, but instead ensure they knew their options. Wilson said this approach had been around for 10 years, and this year alone they had recruited one squadron of accelerated recruitment programme officers. "We had one kick off in March that had 21 officers on it, and probably 80 percent of that were from New Zealand." The accelerated recruitment programme is for experienced police from within Australia as well as New Zealand. Wilson said in the second intake, coming up in August, they were expecting similar numbers of Kiwi officers to jump the ditch. Officers that do choose to make the move have to undertake a four-month training programme. "They do learn obviously the new legislation, firearms and things like that," Wilson said. "When they are interviewed, they're asked - and they're told that we do carry firearms - and their personal opinion, whether or not they'd be up to carrying a firearm - because for some people it's a big issue." During these four months of training, officers receive a salary over $70,000. Wilson said although there were slight differences to the way policing was done in the Northern Territory, most things were the same, with members who had made the shift saying "policing is policing." "The big issues are domestic violence, youth crime - that's going to be everywhere, and that's what most people are dealing with." He said it did not feel as though they were taking New Zealand officers, given the size of Northern Territory's police force in comparison to New Zealand's . "The Northern Territory, we have a police force of about 1600 people compared to you guys who have 10,000-plus." As for why Kiwi police should be tempted to make the move, Wilson said the lifestyle change was the main thing to consider. "It is just a lifestyle change… whether people are looking for something different, the Northern Territory is unique." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Yahoo
Indonesian police suspect 3 Australians of premeditated murder of a fellow national in Bali
MENGWI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police investigating the fatal shooting of an Australian tourist at a villa on the resort island of Bali said Thursday that two Australians are suspected of arriving on a scooter and opening fire and another Australian of facilitating the crime. Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old from Melbourne, was killed just after midnight on June 13 at a villa near Munggu Beach in Bali's Badung district. A second man, a 34-year-old from Melbourne, was left beaten in the attack. Police previously announced that they had arrested three Australian men, and at a news conference Thursday gave new details of an investigation they said was supported by the Australian Federal Police. Investigators have not revealed a motive in the killing, but said they have enough evidence to bring the men to trial on charges of premeditated murder, which could carry a life sentence or the death penalty. The crime scene investigation and surveillance cameras have showed that two suspects, identified by their initials as MC and PT, were the shooters, Bali Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya told a news conference in Badung. The third suspect, identified as DJF, helped the others by buying a hammer used to break down the villa door, renting two cars and three motorcycles and buying ferry and bus tickets to flee the island, Adityajaya said. One of the suspects was caught at Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta international airport on June 16, and the following day the other two were arrested with the help of Interpol, in Singapore and Cambodia, and sent back to Indonesia. Police on Thursday presented the three suspects handcuffed and wearing orange prison uniforms. Witnesses at the villa told investigators that two gunmen arrived on a scooter at the villa around midnight. Radmanovic was shot in a bathroom of his room, where police found 18 bullet casings and two intact bullets. Radmanovic's partner, Jazmyn Gourdeas, 30, told police that she suddenly woke up when she heard her husband screaming. She cowered under a blanket when she heard multiple gunshots. She later found her husband's body and the other injured Australian, whose wife also testified to seeing the attackers. The women are sisters. Adityajaya said police have retrieved one of two guns that were thrown away by the suspects near a rice field, about 700 meters (yards) from the villa. They also found bullet residues at gloves and balaclavas inside a white van used by the three men, and the same residues also were found on the bodies of two of the suspects. Police did not detail how they believe the suspects obtained the weapons, which are heavily regulated in Indonesia, but Adityajaya said police were still gathering evidence. Adityajaya said that the Australian national who survived the attack and the women have been relocated to a secure location.
