Jamie McKinnell
Jamie McKinnell is a reporter and digital producer with ABC News in Sydney. He studied at the University of Queensland and began his journalism career in Brisbane, later working as a court and state political reporter. Jamie moved to Australian Associated Press in 2014 and transferred to Sydney in 2017. He has also worked as a reporter on exchange for Press Association in the UK.
Latest by Jamie McKinnell
Sidelined PNG minister pleads not guilty to allegedly assaulting woman in Sydney
Over the weekend Jimmy Maladina, who has been on conditional bail following the arrest, issued a statement saying he was fully cooperating with authorities and temporarily stepped aside as a minister while the matter is dealt with by the courts.
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Retiree who sent homophobic letter to Sydney MP convicted as magistrate rejects 'junk mail' claim
A 71-year-old who wrote homophobic slurs to Alex Greenwich has, after lying to police and a court mental health application, received a two-year good behaviour bond.
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Sydney teenager tried to acquire rifle to commit mass shooting at school, court documents reveal
A teenager who allegedly stabbed a student in the neck at the University of Sydney had previously left peers fearful by speaking freely about his desire to perform a school shooting, court documents show.
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The 'stick lady', a frustrated cyclist and a court case that helped spark major change to defamation laws
During the COVID lockdowns, an online vigilantism soon became a defamation case in the NSW District Court. New legislation is aiming to avoid cases like this from happening again.
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Woman who performed banned breast procedure four days after arriving from China jailed over patient's death
Jie Shao was jailed six years after the death of 35-year-old Jean Huang, who underwent a banned breast augmentation procedure in Sydney.
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Bondi businessman accused of reckless foreign interference granted bail
Alexander Csergo has pleaded not guilty to the single charge after he was arrested in April last year, having recently returned home to Bondi from overseas. He has remained in custody since.
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These are the events that culminated in Justin Stein being found guilty of murdering 9yo Charlise Mutten
By Ethan Rix and Jamie McKinnell
Justin Laurens Stein being found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten has allowed for the release of dozens of files of evidence, including his police interviews and phone calls to his mother recorded in jail.
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Partner of Charlise Mutten's mother found guilty of 9yo's shooting murder
By Ethan Rix and Jamie McKinnell
The former partner of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten's mother has been found guilty of her shooting murder in the NSW Blue Mountains in January 2022.
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Teen accused of Sydney terror attack hit with new charges as more riot arrests made
A teenager charged with a terror offence over the alleged stabbing of a bishop at a south-west Sydney church is charged with additional offences.
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Chris Dawson loses appeal over conviction for murdering wife Lynette Simms in the 1980s
Chris Dawson is serving a maximum 24-year jail sentence for the murder of his first wife, Lynette Simms, more than four decades ago.
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Appeal judges don't have a say on 'very rare' fourth trial for Jarryd Hayne, but hinted at their thoughts
Jarryd Hayne walked out of prison yesterday after his sexual assault convictions were quashed on appeal. The Director of Public Prosecutions will decide whether he will be tried for a fourth time.
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Jarryd Hayne released from jail after sexual assault convictions quashed
By Sarah Gerathy and Jamie McKinnell
The 36-year-old was last year sentenced to nearly five years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in her Newcastle home on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.
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Man accused of murdering 9yo Charlise Mutten tells jury her mother shot schoolgirl dead
Justin Laurens Stein, 33, was called as a witness in his own defence after pleading not guilty to murdering nine-year-old schoolgirl Charlise Mutten in early 2022.
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Man who murdered his girlfriend before jumping off Sydney balcony sentenced to 20 years in jail
Weijie He murdered his girlfriend Liqun Pan during what he claimed was a drug-induced psychosis from long-term nitrous oxide use before jumping off a Wolli Creek balcony in 2020.
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Sydney man dubbed the 'inner west rapist' jailed for more than 17 years over series of attacks
Darren Kennedy pleaded guilty to 13 offences after a series of terrifying sexual attacks on women in Sydney two decades ago.
Mother of Charlise Mutten's accused murderer denies 'cheeky voice' evidence is designed to assist son
Annemie Stein tells the jury in the murder trial for nine-year-old Charlise Mutten's accused killer she heard the voice of a "little girl" when speaking to her son during a key period in January 2022.
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Charlise Mutten's mother says accused killer told her he may need to 'get rid of some evidence', court hears
Kallista Mutten has given evidence in the trial of Justin Stein, who is accused of murdering her daughter Charlise in 2022, in the NSW Supreme Court. Mr Stein has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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'A regrettable situation': Ex-teacher acquitted despite admitting to abusing 10yo student
Gaye Grant, who admitted to sexually abusing an underage male student decades ago, has her conviction quashed by the state's highest court because a charge that existed in the 1970s never applied to women.
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Mark Latham's tweet to Sydney MP was vulgar and shocking, but not defamatory, court hears
Mark Latham's lawyer admits a tweet that prompted independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue the ex-One Nation NSW leader caused almost universal revulsion, but has argued it wasn't defamatory.
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Mark Latham 'went as low as possible' with tweet about Sydney MP, court told
Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich is suing former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham over an allegedly defamatory tweet posted last year.
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Passenger pulled man away from plane door as he tried to open it, police say
Earlier this month, the 33-year-old attempted to open an emergency exit while on an international flight headed to Sydney, the AFP has alleged.
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AI creates an old issue for courts, but it's the biggest challenge facing the justice system
The highest-ranking judge of Australia's oldest court has flagged generative AI as one of the biggest challenges facing the justice system, as the Supreme Court of NSW celebrates its bicentenary.
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Crown argues there is no possibility of Chris Dawson being innocent at appeal hearing
The Crown has told the Court of Criminal Appeals there is "not a significant possibility" that Sydney teacher Chris Dawson is innocent of murdering his first wife Lynette, who vanished in 1982.
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Appeal team argue Chris Dawson's wife had 'high level of despair' leading up to disappearance and chose to leave
Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson has launched an appeal against his murder conviction with his legal team arguing his first wife was in despair and chose to leave the family home.
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Two men jailed for total of 63 years for 'some of the most evil crimes imaginable'
Two men, including a former childcare worker, will likely spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for hundreds of child abuse offences.