A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Melbourne.
Emergency services were called to a Footscray apartment after a 37-year-old woman was found dead about 2am on Thursday.
The girl was arrested at the scene.
She was later charged with one count of murder and remanded to appear in children's court at a later date.
A woman who appeared on a Channel 7 TV show is facing nearly 80 rape and child abuse charges, court documents reveal.
Police are looking into the incident, which has sparked a concerning theory about a new trend this Christmas.
Orange fingernail polish helped investigators identify a missing 17-year-old whose remains were found Tuesday in the backyard of her neighbor’s home in Indiana, authorities said.
Alejandros Quiroz Flores, 40, has been jailed for eight years and put on the Sex Offenders' Register for life
‘All I knew was that the person claiming to be my friend and advisor threw me in the trash as soon as she pressured me into silence,’ Alice Bianco said
Two men arrested over a jewellery store heist have had their charges dropped after the court heard bombshell evidence
Brittany Higgins faced a fourth day in the witness stand in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial with Lisa Wilkinson and Network 10.
A man targeted vulnerable teenage girls with drugs and sexually assaulted them while he was subject to either parole, bail or a suspended sentence.
A driver's jail term for a crash that killed five teens has been slammed by the victims' relatives, with the "impossibly sad" tragedy sparking calls for reform.
Palestinians tell the BBC they were beaten and had dogs set on them while in Israeli detention.
Video captured of the moment shows the now-suspended mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sitting on the child's back.
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig weighs in on an ABC News report on Donald Trump attorney Jennifer Little’s statements to investigators about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.
When Bondi lifeguards arrived at work they found their tower broken in to and two vehicles missing.
A judge has described a fraudster as callous while sentencing the 74-year-old to jail for swindling women on a dating site to the tune of more than $180,000.
A man who was previously convicted for sending sex toys to a 12-year-old girl in the US is back in court over fresh child abuse allegations.
Terry James sexually assaulted eight women and distributed indecent images of children, court hears.
A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge has been arrested and charged with assault and emotional abuse.
Behind the closed doors of bedrooms across India, the anachronistic opinions of a 17th Century jurist still guide the rules of sex between husband and wife.
The families of five children killed in a horror crash are furious with the ‘unfair’ sentence imposed on the speeding P-plate driver who was behind the wheel.
Wassim Tiriaki will walk free next year after his co-accused admitted being responsible for the 2011 shooting of Matthew Hedges.
