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Rex Martinich

@RexMartinich

Court reporter for @AAPNewswire in Brisbane. Views my own.

 Brisbane, Queensland
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Joined February 2010
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A man accused of staging his wife's lawnmower accident to conceal an alleged murder used his phone in the hours he said he was asleep, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/JaMRBUR…
Phone data challenges husband's mower death alibi

Phone data challenges husband's mower death alibi

A murder trial jury has heard Robert John Crawford unlocked his smartphone and opened an encrypted messaging app during the hours he claimed to be fast asleep.

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A woman called her husband a "cheating bastard" before she was allegedly killed and her death staged as a lawnmower accident, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/vMmnlsx…
'Biggest cheat in world': texts before alleged murder

'Biggest cheat in world': texts before alleged murder

A man accused of staging his wife's death as a lawnmower crash was sending her love messages at the same time as texting his mistress, a jury has heard.

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A ride-on lawnmower accident prosecutors claim was used to conceal a woman's alleged murder was examined using a computer simulation that contained errors, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/BAbZJSW…
'Unlikely': fatal lawnmower crash can't be recreated

'Unlikely': fatal lawnmower crash can't be recreated

A woman allegedly murdered and her death staged as a ride-on lawnmower accident was "unlikely" to have ended up underneath the vehicle, a jury has heard.

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A ride-on lawnmower accident prosecutors claim was used to conceal a woman's alleged murder can't be recreated in crash simulations, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/BAbZJSW…
'Unlikely': fatal lawnmower crash can't be recreated

'Unlikely': fatal lawnmower crash can't be recreated

A woman allegedly murdered and her death staged as a ride-on lawnmower accident was "unlikely" to have ended up underneath the vehicle, a jury has heard.

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Police held a "very early concern" that a woman's death in an apparent lawnmower crash was staged to conceal an alleged murder, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/AVNvxiB…
'Early concern' that lawnmower crash death was staged

'Early concern' that lawnmower crash death was staged

A police officer who examined an apparent lawnmower crash after a woman's death says there were suspicions it had been staged, a jury has heard.

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A woman had been adamant her unfaithful husband take lie detector tests to help decide whether to stay with him before she was found dead next to a lawnmower, a jury has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/zjmXxuP…
Lie-detector claim in alleged lawnmower murder case

Lie-detector claim in alleged lawnmower murder case

A woman sought marriage counselling and revealed she had to be careful if she left her husband months before she was allegedly murdered, a jury has heard.

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The injuries suffered by an alleged murder victim were "difficult to reconcile" with claims she died by a lawnmower falling on her, a pathologist has told a jury. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/VNxqPCz…
Woman's injuries a 'difficult' match to lawnmower crash

Woman's injuries a 'difficult' match to lawnmower crash

A woman found dead beneath a ride-on lawnmower had a range of injuries that could have been caused by accident or deliberate strangulation, a jury has heard.

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#GTA6 has likely sold 160,000 pre-orders in Australia so far (based on 2% of global games market) Probably be 200,000 Aussies trying to download the game's 212 gigabytes from 12am on Nov 10. That's 42 petabytes or equal to watching 500 years of Netflix. Biggest test for NBN ever?
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An investigation into a light plane crash and fire that killed a father and daughter has found the aircraft's engine had trouble starting just before the tragedy. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/odWnpCX…
Probe finds plane had engine trouble before fatal crash

Probe finds plane had engine trouble before fatal crash

Airport CCTV has revealed a light plane had difficulty with its engine before a fiery crash that killed a prominent agriculture figure and his daughter.

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A judge has warned political staffer Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer and a prosecutor against further delays as his rape trial was pencilled in for next year. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/rEkqbHb…
Lehrmann could face trial after judge calls out delays

Lehrmann could face trial after judge calls out delays

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has received a tentative date for his criminal trial after telling a court he could not find a barrister to represent him.

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Corporations Act breach charge against Clive Palmer dropped by Brisbane Magistrates Court after years-long legal saga over Coolum resort takeover. Via @AAPNewswire aapnews.aap.com.au/a/ppzxvsA…
'Witch hunt': Palmer slams court after charge dropped

'Witch hunt': Palmer slams court after charge dropped

A spokesperson for Clive Palmer has lashed out after a charge against the billionaire was dropped.

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QLD land court rejects challenge to $1 billion Whitehaven Winchester South coal mine brought by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/ZAbVYuL…
Court approves coalmine despite environmental concerns

Court approves coalmine despite environmental concerns

A court has given a mining company the go-ahead to develop a new mine despite activists' concerns about its impact on the environment.

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Former Bachelor star and fitness guru Sam Wood will remain behind bars after having his second application for bail refused in the Queensland Supreme Court. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/qzRyWsL…
'You can both die': Sam Wood denied bail on DV charges

'You can both die': Sam Wood denied bail on DV charges

Bachelor star Sam Wood will remain behind bars after a judge detailed serious allegations of domestic violence against his estranged wife.

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A man accused of murdering his wife could he heard crying and apparently performing chest compressions during a 3am triple-zero call played to a jury. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/jlbmltW…
Murder accused 'kissed, held, spoke to' wife's body

Murder accused 'kissed, held, spoke to' wife's body

A jury has heard what an adulterer accused of killing his wife said after her body was found next to a ride-on lawnmower.

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One of Australia's most notorious pedophiles has been pictured publicly for the first time in more than four years as part of his extradition over hundreds of additional child abuse charges. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/wxyrNcZ…
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One of Australia's most notorious pedophiles has been extradited across state lines to face hundreds of additional child abuse charges. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/wxyrNcZ…
Childcare rapist pictured in extradition on new charges

Childcare rapist pictured in extradition on new charges

A man described as "Australia's worst pedophile" has been seen for the first time in years while being transported interstate to face more charges.

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A widower accused of trying to bribe officials investigating his wife's death overseas would not flee Australia on bail due to potential execution in Bangladesh, a magistrate has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/vMVnWhx…
Death penalty threat floated by widower seeking bail

Death penalty threat floated by widower seeking bail

A welder arrested for bribing foreign officials after his wife's death would be discouraged from fleeing overseas if granted bail, a magistrate has heard.

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Doctors warning a young girl was at extreme risk from her mother's anti-medicine cult were excluded from safety meetings before the child was killed, a coroner has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/aodALfx…
Plan to send girl to cult triggered 'extreme' warning

Plan to send girl to cult triggered 'extreme' warning

Child safety officers were warned a young diabetic girl's mother would refuse her insulin two years before the child was found dead, a coroner has heard.

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A child safety officer who returned a girl to a cult that later killed her has admitted being “out of their depth” on the family’s extreme beliefs, a coroner has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/RaJAjIb…
Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

A child safety officer did not fully understand diabetes or the anti-medical beliefs held by the mother of an insulin-dependent girl, a coroner has heard.

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An overworked child safety system willing to take risks sent a girl back to her science-denying mother before her preventable death, a coroner has heard. aapnews.aap.com.au/a/RaJAjIb…
Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

A child safety officer did not fully understand diabetes or the anti-medical beliefs held by the mother of an insulin-dependent girl, a coroner has heard.

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