Melbourne: Australian prosecutors on Monday demanded life sentence for a 21-year-old man, who has pleaded guilty of raping and killing Indian student Tosha Thakkar in 2011 before stuffing her in a suitcase and dumping it in a canal.
The Sydney based Supreme Court on Monday heard that accused, Daniel Stani-Reginald, who lived next door had been planning his "cold and calculated" crime well before he raped the 24-year-old Thakkar.
Daniel then stuffed Thakkar's body in a suitcase, dumped it in a canal and went home to read an article called Beginnings of a Serial Killer, it was told. Crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi has urged Justice Derek Price to impose a life sentence on Daniel, saying he was capable of seeking notoriety as a serial killer, the AAP news agency reported....
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05:59 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Sydney: Sachin Tendulkar has made an unscheduled appearance at the Sydney Cricket Ground as a life-sized wax figure of the Indian batsman was unveiled in front of a throng of cricket fans. Local Indian fans, known as the Swami Army, cheered and sang Indian chants as the "Little Master" was unveiled at the SCG before becoming a permanent attraction at Sydney's Madame Tussauds wax museum. The waxwork is the latest...
11:06 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Sydney: Sachin Tendulkar's wax statue will be unveiled at his favourite Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday before being displayed at a museum in the city ahead of his 40th birthday on April 24. Tendulkar's waxwork will be first unveiled at the SCG, where he had played some memorable innings, courtesy Madame Tussauds in Sydney, media reports said. Later in the day, his waxwork, expected to be a replica of the...
05:13 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Sydney: Former Sri Lankan Test batsman Chandika Hathurusinghe has been appointed as the new coach of the Sydney Thunder in Australia's Big Bash League, the team said on Thursday. The former opener, who played 26 Tests for Sri Lanka, takes over from Shane Duff and faces the task of turning around the struggling franchise after two disastrous seasons in the domestic Twenty20 competition. Hathurusinghe coached New South Wales in the...
01:04 PM, Apr 11, 2013
"If I made it known earlier then perhaps they would start looking ahead earlier and not play me in my last couple of Tests," the former Aussie batsman revealed. ...
11:03 PM, Mar 14, 2013
The 68-year-old passed away in Sydney on Sunday after complications following surgery. ...
12:18 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Sri Lanka chased down the target of 138 in 18.5 overs with Angelo Mathews top scoring with 38. ...
01:52 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Only 3.2 overs were possible in Sri Lanka's chase after Australia struggled to 222 for 9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. ...
09:02 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with the decision told
The Associated Press on Thursday. ...
06:33 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Agnieszka Radwanska claimed back-to-back WTA titles by dispatching Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-0, 6-0. ...
05:01 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Anderson beat Benneteau 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) to reach the final of the Sydney International. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
"I'm really ready for the Australian Open. I will do of course everything to win that match tomorrow as well, and we'll see," she said after beating Li Na in the Sydney International semis. ...
06:03 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska has advanced to the Sydney International final, running her 2013 winning streak to eight matches with a 6-3, 6-4 win Thursday over former French Open champion Li Na. ...
02:57 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The captains of each team in last night's match also incur one strike. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Top-seeded John Isner lost 6-4, 6-4 to fellow American Ryan Harrison in the second round of the Sydney International. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Kuznetsova beat the former world number one Wozniacki 7-6 1-6 6-2 in a match that lasted almost four hours. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Radwanska extended her unbeaten start to the season to six matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Kimiko Date-Krumm. ...
08:52 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Li Na defeated American Christina McHale 7-6, 7-5 to reach the second round. ...
01:09 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Poland's Urszula Radwanska. ...
02:47 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Richard Gasquet has joined fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as a late withdrawal from the Sydney International. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 05, 2013
