Crime

An appeals court has shaved nine months off ex-investment banker Rodney Forrest's prison sentence for insider trading, after he accessed confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management's chairman about a takeover offer.

A Dentons employment partner has been convicted by the Brisbane Magistrate's Court of driving under the influence of cocaine, reportedly blaming the stresses of his job for his drug use.

Only one of six witnesses of explosive blasts at Whitehaven's Maules Creek coal mine, which is the subject of criminal EPA proceedings, will give evidence by audio-visual link at trial, with a court finding their credit may be in issue. 

Two former directors of food supplier PMFresh can't withdraw admissions in a case alleging they used company funds for personal benefit, despite a related police investigation.

A former Beacon Minerals project manager who managed the gold exploration drilling program for the company's Jaurdi gold project in Western Australia has pleaded guilty to one count of insider trading.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has won bail under strict conditions after persuading a NSW judge there were exceptional circumstances in favour of releasing him from custody pending trial.

Former silk Norman O’Bryan argued Thursday for no prison time after pleading guilty in a criminal case over his role in the Banksia Securities class action. And he could win the argument, with a judge saying she was considering a community service sentence.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith did not apply for bail on Wednesday and will remain behind bars following his arrest on alleged war crimes.

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested and charged Tuesday with five war crime counts of murder, following a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator.

Former silk Norman O’Bryan has pleaded guilty in a criminal case over his role as senior counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.