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The victims were on a surfing trip in Mexico's Baja California region when they were killed in April 2024. The prosecution argued the killings occurred during a robbery gone wrong, while the defence claimed insufficient evidence.
Three men have each been sentenced to 158 years and nine months in prison for the murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad while they were camping in Mexico in 2024.
Jesús Gerardo, known as "El Kekas", Irineo Francisco and Ángel Jesús — whose full names were withheld for legal reasons — were found guilty of aggravated homicide and several related offences last week.
The three victims were killed during a surfing trip in Mexico's Baja California region on the Pacific coast in April 2024.
The prosecution told the trial that the victims were murdered during a robbery gone wrong, although the defence had attempted to argue there was not enough evidence to prove the case.
Laura Ragless, owner of the Larrimah Pink Panther Hotel and Stuarts Well Roadhouse in the Northern Territory, announced the closure of both businesses following a police raid that uncovered illegal cigarettes, unsecured firearms, OC spray, and cash, leading to charges against three men. Ragless cited government harassment and denied wrongdoing, claiming the Outlaws bikie gang were on a charity run and the seized tobacco was for personal use. The Pink Panther Hotel gained notoriety due to the unresolved disappearance of Paddy Moriarty in 2017.
Authorities in Bend, Oregon praised a father and teacher who intervened during a school shooting that killed three children and one adult. The 16-year-old shooter, Griffin J John II, was shot dead by the armed father after entering the school and firing a shotgun in a special needs classroom. Police continue to investigate the motive and source of the weapon.
An armed man who threatened residents with a shotgun and set fire to a stolen van in Dulwich Hill remains at large after a three-hour police lockdown involving riot squad, bulletproof vests, police dogs and a helicopter. Police are seeking dash-cam, CCTV or mobile phone footage from the public to assist in identifying the suspect, described as a Caucasian male about 20 years old, 160cm tall, with shaggy brown hair, wearing a blue T-shirt and black pants.

Former detainees of the ACT's Quamby and Bimberi youth detention centres allege historical sexual abuse by a guard named Brett Dennis. Survivors claim they were ignored or silenced, with civil proceedings against the ACT government currently underway.
Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland's DUP, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for historic child sex offences involving two girls between 1985 and 2008.
An inquest into the 1972 disappearance of 14-year-old Marilyn Wallman heard that Greven Breadsell found part of her skull in 1974 and took it to a pub where it was used as an ashtray.