NSW: Elderly man wanted after Sydney shooting

AAP General News (Australia);  November 22, 2008 ;     197 words ...NSW: Elderly man wanted after Sydney shooting SYDNEY, Nov 22 AAP - Police are hunting a tattooed 81-year-old man after a young man was shot in a central Sydney unit. Officers were called to a unit in...

Man set fire to bedroom, court hears

Belfast Telegraph;  November 26, 2008 ;     218 words ...A Co Armagh man doused his ex-wife's bedroom with petrol...yesterday. Prosecutors claimed the 46-year-old man then locked himself into the house in Portadown...a policewoman who tried to stop him. The man, who faces charges of arson, arson endangering...

NSW: Man charged after armed abduction

AAP General News (Australia);  November 22, 2008 ;     186 words ...NSW: Man charged after armed abduction SYDNEY, Nov 22 AAP - A man will face court after he allegedly abducted two men in Sutherland last week, threatening one with a gun. A 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old man were in Eton Street, Sutherland, at...

Police shoot man dead after cathedral stand-off

Evening Standard - London;  December 1, 2008 ;     281 words ...A MAN was shot dead by police in the grounds of a...after pointing a gun at armed officers. The man had refused several shouted orders to put the...whether more than one shot was fired before the man, who was seen pointing the weapon towards officers...

NT: Death of 53-year-old man being investigated

AAP General News (Australia);  November 30, 2008 ;     86 words ...NT: Death of 53-year-old man being investigated DARWIN, Nov 30 AAP - Northern Territory police are investigating the suspicious death of a 53-year-old man. The man's body was found in a carpark in the northern Darwin suburb of Casuarina...

NSW: Man on murder charge over stabbing - police

AAP General News (Australia);  November 29, 2008 ;     89 words ...NSW: Man on murder charge over stabbing - police A man's been charged with murder over a stabbing death near Wollongong...early yesterday morning .. and found the body of a 37-year-old man with a stab wound to the lower back. Two men were arrested at...

Man dies to save lover.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  November 24, 2008 ;     129 words ...An Atteridgeville man was stabbed to death while trying to defend his girlfriend from a gang of robbers. The man, whose identity has yet to be released...they received an anonymous call about a man's body lying on the corner of Maunder and...

Man suspect in home invasion, robberies

Post-Tribune (IN);  September 26, 2008 ;     180 words ......SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION A Griffith man charged in Lake Superior Court with robbery...Rensselaer Street, was identified as the man a homeowner discovered standing in his hallway...brother, who lives next door, yelled he saw a man go inside the home, police said. The man...

Ombudsman investigates after man's body is found

Belfast Telegraph;  November 24, 2008 ;     177 words ......investigation following the discovery of the body of a man in Ballymena. The body of 43-year-old man was found by a member of the public at 2.20pm on...matter was referred to the Police Ombudsman as the man had been present at Ballymena police station on...

Qld: Eight years cut from jail term of man who raped daughter

AAP General News (Australia);  November 28, 2008 ;     239 words ...Qld: Eight years cut from jail term of man who raped daughter BRISBANE, Nov 28 AAP - A man who raped his daughter over a six-year period has...jail sentence by Queensland's Court of Appeal. The man, who cannot be named, sexually abused his now 23-year...

Probe launched after man dies at HSC ER

Winnipeg Free Press;  November 28, 2008 ;     582 words ......Thursday, after news surfaced that another man died in the Health Sciences Centre emergency...investigating the death of a middle-aged man who arrived at HSC ER shortly after 8 p.m. in late September. Wright said the man was seen by a nurse who assessed the urgency...

Qld: Man drowns trying to cross river

AAP General News (Australia);  November 29, 2008 ;     107 words ...Qld: Man drowns trying to cross river BRISBANE, Nov 29 AAP - A man has drowned after being swept away in strong currents while...250km south-west of Brisbane, early on Saturday morning. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was driving a four-wheel drive...

SA: Man found in national park after falling from cliff

AAP General News (Australia);  November 30, 2008 ;     135 words ...SA: Man found in national park after falling from cliff ADELAIDE, Nov 30 AAP - A man is suspected of having serious spinal injuries after...a South Australian national park. The 22-year-old man was discovered by a group of people at about 8.30am...

NSW: Man fires round during police raid

AAP General News (Australia);  November 28, 2008 ;     159 words ...NSW: Man fires round during police raid SYDNEY, Nov 28 AAP - A man is facing drug and firearm charges after allegedly firing...the home, officers were allegedly confronted by an elderly man and a 23-year-old man. "The (23-year-old) man then allegedly...

NSW: Man on murder charge over stabbing

AAP General News (Australia);  November 29, 2008 ;     108 words ...NSW: Man on murder charge over stabbing SYDNEY, Nov 29 AAP - A man has been charged with murder over a stabbing death near...report of a stabbing. They found the body of a 37-year-old man inside the home with a stab wound to the lower back, police...