CCTV footage showed Hayden Skinner wearing a T-shirt and shorts before and after the incident. Photo: New South Wales Police Force/AAP Photos.
AN AGED care intruder has denied raping a 76-year-old woman, saying she pulled him onto her bed and held him in a bear hug after discovering him in her room. Hayden Carl Skinner, 31, is accused of sexually assaulting the elderly woman during a burglary in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2024. Giving […]
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has faced Coffs Harbour Local Court charged over a car chase and foot pursuit. About 9.55am on Monday, 8 December, officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District were patrolling the Pacific Highway near Cook Drive when they attempted to stop a vehicle. As they approached the driver, it is alleged that the vehicle mounted […]
City of Coffs Harbour Planning and Delivery Section Leader David Sutton, former NSW Ambulance paramedic Rex Neill and Sergeant Jarrod Langan from the Coffs Harbour Highway Patrol.
A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK campaign encouraging drivers to drive at a safe speed aims to address the serious and shocking statistic showing motorists in Coffs Harbour have the heaviest feet in northern NSW. The catch-line ‘Slow the f*st down, thank you, Coffs Harbour’ will be rolled out on bus signage, bumper stickers and across popular social media […]
MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp and Premier Chris Minns butted heads in NSW Parliament last week over youth crime and bail laws. During Question Time on Tuesday, 21 October, Mr Kemp asked whether it would take a death from crime before the Government acted to tighten youth bail laws. The Oxley MP’s question came days […]
Changing a long-standing youth conviction principle would only lead to future criminal offending, advocates say, following the release of a review. Photo: NSW Police.
LEGAL advocates have welcomed a report’s recommendations into a presumption that children under 14 are “incapable of evil”, urging a state not to tinker with the long-standing principle, despite a drop in youth convictions. A NSW review of doli incapax was released on Saturday after it was launched by the state Labor government in May […]
About 4.20pm yesterday, emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle travelling along Hammond Street, Bellingen, when it left the roadway and crashed into two parked and unattended cars in a carpark. Bystanders and attending officers from Coffs-Clarence Police District performed CPR on a female passenger – believed to be aged in her 70s – […]
AN investigation is underway following a house fire and serious assault in Coffs Harbour. Shortly after 5:30am on Sunday 7 September, emergency services were called to reports of a fire on Wongala Drive. Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District attended the location and found a house well alight. Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the […]
Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island.
Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island. Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island. VOLUNTEERS from Marine Rescue Woolgoolga have completed a medical evacuation from a fishing trawler near North Solitary Island. Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Rodney Page said Marine Rescue Woolgoogla were contacted by a member of the […]
Police conducted 9166 drug tests during the three-day blitz. Photo: NSW Police.
NSW POLICE have targeted motorists affected by alcohol, drugs and fatigue during a three-day operation. Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) ran from 21-23 August across all NSW roads. During this period, police conducted more than 87,000 breath tests and 9166 drug tests. There were 186 drink driving offences detected and 660 positive drug samples. […]
Councillor Tony Judge thinks the City is missing an opportunity to develop ‘strong measures’ to reduce homelessness.
COUNCILLOR Tony Judge has branded the draft City of Coffs Harbour Homelessness Strategy as a “missed opportunity” to collaborate with service providers and the State Government on “strong measures” to reduce homelessness. “The draft strategy is an excellent piece of research that identifies the extent of homelessness in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area,” Cr […]
