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A strike force has been established to investigate the aggravated sexual assault of a woman inside a Singleton home last week.

Strike force set up after woman sexually assaulted in home

Sam Rigney

A man accused of killing a toddler at Singleton more than 17 years ago will plead not guilty and face a trial in Newcastle District Court.

Man denies killing toddler in Singleton 17 years ago

Sarah Matthews

Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker, left, was shot three times by Constable Zachary Rolfe. Pictures: Supplied, Sarah Matthews

The jury in the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe has been advised not to be swayed by their emotions or outside opinions.

Jury begins deliberating in Zachary Rolfe murder trial

FOUND: Firearms seized by Strike Force Carribee officers investigating a rural crime spree around Singleton over the past five months. Picture: NSW Police 

Two young men who police allege terrorised farmers and remote property owners in the Upper Hunter for five months have been arrested and refused bail.

Charges for rural blitz

Helen Gregory

The fires are being treated as suspicious after aerosol cans were found.

Police appeal for information about Singleton fires

Police are investigating an armed robbery near Singleton, during which two men with knives held-up a service station.

Hunt for armed bandits after Singleton hold-up

Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst. Picture: Sarah Matthews

The team of police officers who set out to arrest Kumanjayi Walker on the night he died were only deployed to provide respite for the overstretched local officers, the NT Assistant Police Commissioner has told the Zachary Rolfe murder trial.

Rolfe's team not deployed to arrest Walker: Assistant Commissioner

Mathew Perry

INVESTIGATION: NSW Police said detectives have commenced an investigation after a man presented to Muswellbrook Hospital with a gunshot wound on Wednesday, February 16. 

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Police investigate after man suffers gunshot wound in Muswellbrook

Kumanjayi Walker's family leave the Darwin Supreme Court. 

Kumanjayi Walker's uncle has taken to the witness stand to relive the moment he heard gunshots from inside the house two police officers had just entered in search of his nephew on the night of his alleged murder.

Kumanjayi Walker's uncle relives moments before nephew's shooting

Zachary Rolfe, front, leaves the Darwin Supreme Court with supporters on the third day of his trial, and Kumanjayi Walker, inset,was involved in a violent incident with police three days before his death. Pictures: Sarah Matthews and Facebook

Policing is done differently in Aboriginal communities compared with urban areas, the court has heard on the third day of NT cop Zachary Rolfe's murder trial.

Police officers warned Kumanjayi Walker's family before his death, court hears

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