Importance of judicial independence means judges don't have to explain their decisions.

Detective said keeping Chand away from his victim was 'imperative'.

Day 2 of the Christie Marceau inquest has closed with a new media ruling from the Coroner.

An emotional detective gave testimony at the Christie Marceau inquest this afternoon.

A police prosecutor "strongly" and repeatedly opposed bail for Christie Marceau's killer.

Day two of the inquest into the death of teenager Christie Marceau has started.

Christie Marceau's victim adviser was "deeply affected" by the teenager's death.

A senior court official says vital bail information may not have been on court file.

Christie Marceau's parents have given evidence at the inquest into her death today.

South African man drugged and raped over three days by three female assailants.

A teen is in rehab and refuses to go home as she claims she loves her teacher abductor.

A witness says the alleged kidnappers told said they going to put a Thai woman in his boot

Two former cops will go on trial in November for the alleged kidnapping of a teenager.

Crown names gang ghost unit as 'hired muscle' in kidnap of woman found bound and gagged.

A mother-of-two and a transgender prostitute have each been sentenced to jail.

A 15yo student's ordeal with her teacher traverses nine states and ends in a rustic cabin.

Elizabeth Thomas didn't show any signs of emotional distress when authorities found her.

North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.

A 32-year-old man is accused of trying to snatch a Whitby toddler last week.

The 19-year-old was left for dead last May with at least seven holes in her skull, bound, beaten and violated.

Brazilian backpacker tells court man sliced off her bikini and tried to rape her.

Julie-Ann Torrance today pleaded guilty on three charges but is still defending three counts.

Woman allegedly held against her will in Queensland tried to call family.

As she lay in the basement beaten and cable-tied, the Dome Valley victim thought she could hear one of her alleged attacker's children running around upstairs.

Naked, beaten and bound, the Dome Valley victim lay in a basement as she listened to her captors decide what to do with her body.

She had a bullet hole in her head, and another in her chest, both of which appeared to have been fired at close range.

A friend of a woman charged with attempted murder says her mate showed her photos on a phone of the victim's face bruised after a bashing.

The Dome Valley victim was smashed in the head at least seven times, a court has heard.

Lying still on the side of the road, the Dome Valley victim looked like a pile of rubbish, a court has heard.

A teenager was left for dead after a meth-fuelled attack, a jury has heard.