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News.com.au
10-07-2025
- News.com.au
‘We caved her': Cop's vile line to naked, vulnerable woman
Two police officers repeatedly stomped on the head of a mentally ill woman before pulling her along the ground by her hair and pepper-spraying her genitals, a court has heard. Former senior constables Timothy Trautsch and Nathan Black faced Penrith District Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to a series of assault charges over the 'welfare check' involving a 49-year-old woman in January 2023. The court heard the woman was in a 'state of psychosis' and ran away from the officers naked through the streets of Emu Plains. At one stage, the woman grabbed at Black's handcuffs with the pair deploying pepper spray as she lay on the ground unarmed. Court documents reveal Black confirmed to hospital staff he had sprayed pepper spray directly onto the victim's vagina, stating: 'Yes, you have to do what you have to do.' The documents also reveal the pair continued kicking the woman as she lay on the ground, before Trautsch told Black: 'That's enough, there could be cameras.' 'Both offenders direct multiple kicks towards [the victim's] body and head,' the court documents state. Bodyworn footage and CCTV was played to the court on Thursday after fought a suppression order on the vision along with other media outlets. The bodyworn footage begins with the woman telling officers: 'I'm terrified of you people, go away.' She also told the pair that 'aliens' were watching her. At one point, the woman defecates on the street with Black telling her to wash her 'dirty, stinky a**' while giving her baby wipes. 'Go on, wash your c**t, wash your a**, go on wash it out,' Black says to the woman in the footage. 'What the f**k is going on here hey.' Despite the woman being unarmed, Black asks Trautsch if they have a 'Taser' or a 'long bat' in their car. 'Yeah, that will settle her down,' one of the constables jokes. The woman was eventually transported to Nepean Hospital. Court documents state that during the incident, Black 'at times turned off the audio recording function of his body worn video' and at points 'turned off the video completely'. Both men were suspended after the incident and have since resigned from their jobs. The woman in the video has since died due to an unrelated illness. After the incident Court documents revealed that later that day, Black sent a 17-second video via Facebook Messenger that he recorded on his mobile phone to a different colleague who also worked at Nepean Police Area Command. 'Both OC cans emptied on her. Was f**ked,' he wrote. The next day he wrote another message. 'She was f**ked the whole body worn is so good shows her being f**ked,' he wrote. 'Nurses are lodging a complaint [senior officer] is investigating because we caved her, but she had a hold of the cuffs and we had no other options.' Trautsch seeks workers comp over assault The court previously heard that Trautsch lodged a claim for compensation from the NSW Police Force after resigning from his job. Barrister David Baran, who represented the NSW Police in the matter, said the compensation claim was 'resisted' by the Force, arguing that any psychological injury during the January 2023 attack was the result of Trautsch's own actions. 'We say this injury is suffered from this horrific assault, which was captured on CCTV and in part on body worn camera,' he told the court. 'Psychological trauma is all based on this assault. He did what no police officer should do.'
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Burglary victim, 28, denies causing crash that killed teenager, 16, who was fleeing on his stolen motorbike
A burglary victim has denied causing a crash that killed a teenager who was fleeing on his stolen motorcycle. In the early hours of January 24, 2023, three thieves broke into Callum Duncan's shed where he stored three motorbikes at his home in Reddish, Stockport, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. The 28-year-old was woken by the noise and pursued them in his Golf GTI as the trio attempted to escape on the stolen bikes. However, the chaotic chase ended in a collision which killed 16-year-old Dean Barnes, who was riding as a pillion passenger on one of the bikes. Mr Duncan and Adam Norman, 36, who was driving the stolen bike which Barnes was riding on, are both on trial accused of causing death by dangerous driving. They both deny the offence. Norman and another man, Alexander Riley, 21, have pleaded guilty to the burglary. Prosecutor Phil Barnes said there was 'no room for doubt' that Dean Barnes was the third burglar, adding it would be wrong to presume he was an 'angel'. Barnes, Norman and Riley went out in the early hours to commit the burglary, knowing the bikes were stored in the shed after seeing one for sale on Facebook, jurors were told. It was said someone had previously gone to look at the area. A drill and bolt croppers were used to break into the shed at around 6.30am that morning. Barnes took a small Yamaha PW50, commonly known as a 'Pee Wee', Riley rode a bigger Kawasaki and Norman took the largest bike, a white and black Husqvarna. The prosecutor said the Husqvarna belonged to Mr Duncan, and the two other bikes belonged to his family and friends. Having heard the break-in, Mr Duncan gave chase in his Golf GTI. Shortly after realising they were being followed, Barnes left the 'Pee Wee' he was riding behind and got on the back of the Husqvarna with Norman, whilst Riley fled down Wharfdale Road. Mr Duncan was travelling at up to 36mph in a 20mph zone and was seen to 'bounce' over speed bumps as he closed the gap between himself and Norman, the court heard. Riley then turned right onto Gorton Road but the prosecution said Norman instead tried to ride straight, across two lanes of traffic, onto Ainsdale Grove, a residential road opposite. The risky move backfired when the bike clipped the car of a female driver 'doing absolutely nothing wrong' as she came along Gorton Road from the left, knocking Norman and Barnes to the floor. He added that Norman was 'lucky' to have been able to walk away from the crash, but Barnes hit a parked car when he fell and was killed 'instantly'. They claimed Mr Duncan must have seen the crash happen, but said he did not go to Barnes's aid. It is not claimed his car collided with the bike being driven by Norman. Mr Duncan took the Husqvarna bike from the scene and brought it to his mother's house nearby and the 'Pee Wee' bike was later also returned to his possession, the court heard. The prosecutor said Mr Duncan called emergency services nearly four hours later, saying he had 'only just realised how bad it was'. He was arrested shortly after and replied 'no comment' to most questions, but added: 'I wasn't driving dangerously, didn't do nothing to cause the crash.' Norman went into 'hiding' after the incident and was only arrested on June 23, 2023. He replied 'no comment' to questions in his police interview, jurors heard. The prosecutor said of Norman: 'In his desperation to get away from the crime he had just committed, he rode that already dangerous bike at a speed which was completely excessive for the road conditions, paying no heed to other traffic, failing to give way at the junction and barrelling through blindly in the vain hope that he would make it to the other side.' In regards to Mr Duncan, he said: 'It is no defence, we will say to you, for Callum Duncan to plead that he was entitled to drive however he liked in an effort to recover his stolen property. 'He still owed a duty to all the other road users around him, including those men on his bike. 'The standard of driving to which he must be held to account does not change because of the circumstances he was in.' Norman, of no fixed abode but from Brinnington, Stockport, and Mr Duncan, from Reddish, both deny causing death by dangerous driving.
Wall Street Journal
01-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
A Hot New Firm Opened the Private Market to the Little Guy. Now it Is in Big Trouble.
In January 2023, the chief executive of the private stock investment firm Linqto announced a 'Spike Day,' a one-day sprint to boost sales to its customers—small investors looking for a shot at buying shares of coveted private companies. 'Take no prisoners,' the now-former CEO, William Sarris, wrote in an email to staff, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. 'This is guerrilla warfare.'
CTV News
20-06-2025
- CTV News
Toronto man sentenced to 11 years after mistaken-identity killing in Edmonton
Tavneet Kaur and her "papa" Barinder Singh, who was killed in a shooting in Edmonton on January 1, 2023 (Credit: Jasjeet Kaur.) A man involved in a deadly break-in at an Edmonton home on New Year's Day in 2023 will spend more than a decade in prison. The case of mistaken identity left a father dead and one of his daughters injured. A Toronto man was before a judge in Edmonton on Friday, accused of first-degree murder. In an agreed statement of facts, the court heard Tevahn Orr and an accomplice broke down the front door of a home on Jan. 1, 2023. Both were armed with loaded handguns. According to the facts, it was the accomplice who fired two shots at Barinder Singh, who later died. Singh's wife and daughters tried to hide. The court heard the accomplice fired three more shots when they got inside, and one of the bullets hit the daughter who was hiding in the bathroom. Orr was also hit by a bullet, with his DNA found on a bullet recovered from the scene. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter with a weapon on Friday. The court also heard from Singh's family. Often through tears they described him as a happy-go-lucky person, and said how their lives have changed since his death. His wife became very emotional at times as she spoke about the emotional and financial toll Orr has caused them. Orr apologized when he addressed the court but the family told CTV News Edmonton they do not accept his apology, as they believe it was just an attempt for leniency from the Justice. The judge accepted a joint sentence submission made by the Crown and defence of 11 years in prison. 'You consider that the minimum sentence for murder in the second degree is a 10-year minimum parole eligibility,' the Crown said. 'Mr. Orr's sentence at 11 years reflects the seriousness of what happened to this family.' The justice told Orr she hopes his injury serves as a reminder of the injury he caused the young woman and her family. Orr will be given credit for time served since his arrest.
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ex-ESPN star Keith Olbermann claims to know clue that proves Elon Musk's infamous gesture was a Nazi 'salute'
Keith Olbermann, the erstwhile MSNBC and ESPN SportsCenter host, is doubling down on his claim that Elon Musk delivered a Nazi salute at a January rally for President Donald Trump. Although Musk has dismissed such accusations as 'dirty tricks,' Olbermann and other liberal pundits have attacked Trump's biggest donor over the incident. The frequently analyzed tape shows Musk addressing the crowd at the Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20. Before stepping away from the podium at the end of his speech, he placed his right hand over his heart and then extended his arm outward with his palm facing downward and his fingers clutched together. 'My heart goes out to you,' he told the crowd celebrating Trump's electoral win over Kamala Harris. 'It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.' That footage has since been studied like the Zapruder film or Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal, with liberals and conservatives giving alternate takes in what's become a political Rorschach test. Olbermann's latest comment on the subject came in response to self-described 'former liberal' Brandon Straka, who contrasted Musk's gesture with a similar motion from Democratic New Jersey Senator Corey Booker. On the left: Senator Corey Booker giving a heartfelt, patriotic salute. On the right: Elon Musk personally resurrecting the Third Reich, according to the media. Same gesture. Different political party. Funny how that works. — Brandon Straka #WalkAway (@BrandonStraka) June 1, 2025 The proof, Olbermann claims, is that Musk's fingers were closed when he extended his arm 'On the left: Senator Corey Booker giving a heartfelt, patriotic salute,' Straka began sarcastically. 'On the right: Elon Musk personally resurrecting the Third Reich, according to the media. 'Same gesture. Different political party,' Straka continued, dropping the sarcasm. 'Funny how that works.' Olbermann, the 66-year-old ESPN icon who became a fierce critic of conservatives on MSNBC, disagreed in his own irascible way. In fact, Olbermann thinks he has the clue that proves Musk was indeed doing what some refer to as the 'Roman salute.' 'Musk's hand is closed, fingers together,' Olbermann responded on X. 'That's a salute. Booker's fingers are opened. That's a wave goodbye.' Olbermann then decided to get personal by adding: 'Your brain is devoid of cells. That's an IQ of 27.' And the exchange only went downhill from there as Straka joked about Olbermann having intellectual disabilities. Olbermann was quickly corrected by angry Musk defenders. 'Maybe, and hear me out, neither are Nazi salutes and that's the entire point,' one added. 'Elon Musk's fingers aren't closed or together, and thumb is bent so if that's your argument, try another,' read a different response. At least one person agreed with Olbermann: 'Maybe the difference is one actually looked like a Nazi salute and came from someone who boosts white nationalists weekly.' Musk has faced other accusations of antisemitism, such as in November of 2023, when he reposted a claim on X that Jewish communities hated whites. 'Jewish communities (sic) have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them,' read a post from a self-described cyber security expert going by 'Eric.' Musk responded: 'You have said the actual truth.' The South African-born billionaire has also been criticized for allegedly boosting the visibility of antisemitic accounts on X.
