The man charged with stabbing a 14-year-old girl to death when she caught him burgling her home had a criminal record dating back 20 years. John L. Wilson Jr would have violated his parole for an armed robbery conviction when he broke into the Chicago house of Kelli O'Laughlin, Cook County's State Attorney admitted. The 38-year-old, of South Lafayette in Chicago, had been out of prison for less than a year before he was charged with burgling the $500,000 property and with the horrific attack. Brutal murder: Kelli O'Laughlin, 14, was stabbed to death in her own home He had been given an early release from an 11-year sentence he began serving in 2003. State Attorney Anita Alvarez...
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Why was 14-year-old girl's murder suspect out on parole? Kelli O'Laughlin's 'killer' had 20-year history ...
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Bombay HC protects police chief's tenancy rights
The Mumbai commissioner Arup Patnaik is a relieved man, with the Bombay High Court protecting the eight Chembur tenements of which he is a direct tenant from redevelopment, which would have lead to the loss of his tenancy rights. The court has ordered the developer to maintain a status quo. The commissioner is the tenant in Sukhi Nivas, which belongs to one Sukhibai Voral,...
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Man submits false affidavit in SC, gets five years in jail
A Delhi court sentenced a man to five years in jail for submitting a false affidavit to the Supreme Court in 1998 to save himself from getting evicted from the house, which he had taken on rent. The court overturned a previous magisterial court...
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Killer appeals conviction in ring-theft slaying
United Nations gang killer Michael Newman has filed an appeal of his conviction for the 2004 murder of Marc Rozen during a botched West End robbery. Newman was sentenced in February to life in prison with no...
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HC disposes of IPCL's petition against eviction from Air India building
Seventeen years after Air-India issued a notice of termination to Indian Petroleum Corporation Ltd (IPCL) to vacate its office in multi-storey Air India building at Nariman Point in Mumbai, the Bombay high court (HC) has refused to interfere with the order of eviction. IPCL had procured two offices on leave and licence basis on the ninth and 19th floor of the Air-India building in 1975 and 1979. At the relevant time, it was a government company, but later it merged with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). In 1995, the airline issued a notice terminating the leave and...
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Notorious crim back behind bars
Notorious criminal Matthew James Massey is back behind bars after his parole was revoked, despite arguing a cat allergy had made it impossible to report to authorities on one occasion. The convicted armed robber and infamous prison hard...
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Massey gets bail after jail inmate backs his story
Parolee Matthew James Massey, who says another man left him in possession of a stolen bike, is out on bail after another inmate signed a statutory declaration backing his story. The fitness instructor walked out of the ACT Magistrates Court yesterday on strict bail conditions, with Magistrate David Mossop warning him he was on a ''very short leash''. Police say they caught Massey trying to start the motorcycle with two screwdrivers while in possession of a bag containing stolen identification cards. He has been charged with...
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Evicted for bond blunder, $30 debt
An Invercargill family facing eviction today over a bond blunder, and who have nowhere else to go, are urging others to know their rights and not make the same mistakes. Brent Webster said the problem started when property company Easystart Rental Management did not lodge the family's bond with the Department of Building and Housing. The Residential Tenancies Act says failure (by a landlord) to issue a receipt or failure to forward any amount received (to Building and Housing) is an unlawful act. When the Websters did not receive an official letter of receipt, they realised their bond had not been paid and contacted the Tenancy...
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Evicting a tenant
EVICTING a tenant is probably one of the most difficult tasks faced by landlords of properties governed by the Rent Restriction Act (hereafter referred to as "the Act"). Quite often, a landlord may find himself on the 'wrong side' of the law by engaging in acts such as changing the locks on the doors, taking out windows or disconnecting utilities in order to remove a tenant from his property. These acts must never be considered as first option as they are in breach of the Act. Below is a summary of the correct procedure which must be followed where a landlord desires to recover possession of property to which there is no exemption from the Act. Before a tenant is served with an eviction...
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Ratbag public housing tenants thrown on to the street under tough new laws
DOZENS of public housing tenants have been turfed out of their taxpayer-funded homes in just four months following the rollout of a tough new three strikes bad behaviour policy. And the Newman Government's crackdown on anti-social tenant behaviour will be further bolstered when new laws - that will make it harder for tenants to have an eviction overturned by the state's appeal tribunal - come into effect. New figures show 495 strikes have been issued to public housing tenants for everything...
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Kidnapper duo mending their ways, court told
One of them has developed notoriety as a ''tough guy, a hard-man'' who commands the respect of guards and fellow inmates at the territory's jail. The other has more than 50 black marks against his name from his time behind bars ranging from assaulting other prisoners, threatening their families, threatening guards and...
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Prison "hard-man" pleads guilty to possessing stolen goods
Serial crook Matthew James Massey’s fate is once again in the hands of parole authorities after he pleaded guilty to possessing stolen property this morning. But the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions agreed to drop another charge against the 36-year-old, an allegation of going equipped for theft. The convicted armed robber and notorious prison hard-man was on parole for kidnapping and unlawful...
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Drug-free 'fitness freak' Massey tells court he was 'ripped off'
Parolee Matthew James Massey says a complete stranger left him hanging in possession of a stolen motorcycle and a bag full of identification cards. But the self-described ''fitness freak'' has lost a bid for bail despite spruiking his new personal training business ''Killer Instincts'' - and the matching T-shirt. Massey, of Ngunnawal, was arrested last Friday after police allegedly found him trying to start a stolen red Yamaha motorcycle with...
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Killer Instincts trainer on bail
Parolee and fitness instructor Matthew James Massey is again free, this time on bail. Massey is fighting allegations he possessed stolen property – a motorcycle and a bag of ID cards - and possessed an article with intent to commit theft of a motor vehicle. Police say they found the serial offender trying to start a motor bike...
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Time to set up Tenancy Act
RENTAL ISSUES: Pretam argues that as more and more people rent due to skyrocketing house prices, now is the right time to set up an Act to deal with tenancies The need to have a Residential Tenancy Act to regulate the conduct of both the tenant and the landlord is becoming more pressing as more and more people rent instead of buy due to the skyrocketing prices of homes. The Act may initially cater to residential premises only but can later be extended to all forms of tenancies. Essentially, this piece of legislation protects residential tenants from unlawful rent increases and evictions, establishes a framework for the regulation of residential rents, balances the rights and responsibilities...
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The big stories
MURDER MOST FOUL After years without a murder conviction, the territory suddenly had two. In March, Scott Alexander McDougall, 37, was found guilty of one of Canberra’s most shocking murders, killing his friends Struan Bolas and Julie Tattersall with a meat cleaver and burning down Bolas’s Downer home. He...
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Massey 'aware of actions'
A court has been told convicted murderer Rebecca Anne Massey has shown little remorse for the fatal stabbing of Elizabeth Booshand outside a Charnwood chicken shop in 2008. The ACT Supreme Court also heard Massey, 38, suffered from undiagnosed...
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Massey had undiagnosed bipolar disorder, court told
A court has been told convicted killer Rebecca Anne Massey has shown little remorse for the murder of Elizabeth Booshand outside a Charnwood chicken shop in 2008. The ACT Supreme Court also heard Massey, 38, suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder at the time of the murder and could have been more prone to...
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Booshand a 'rose in a concrete garden'
Murder victim Elizabeth Booshand's daughters broke down in tears as they told the ACT Supreme Court that their mother was a "rose in a concrete garden" who lived for her family. The court also heard convicted murderer Rebecca Anne Massey was introduced to heroin and benzodiazepam at the age...
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Armed robber tells of love, drugs and prison politics
Armed robber and one-time model Janna Sladic says the dream she shared with her former lover, "spectacularly unsuccessful criminal" Matthew Massey, is over. Sladic was once a promising semi-professional basketballer who played reserve roles for the Canberra Capitals. But she says a car crash, problems with painkillers and a tumultuous and destructive relationship with notorious prison hardman Massey sent her life off the rails. The 27-year-old has pleaded guilty to robbing a KFC in Hawker armed with a knife. Sladic maintains another man, Taras Twerd, cajoled her into pulling off the heist - but he has denied committing the crime. During the robbery...
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