18+ hour, 47+ min ago   (307+ words) A Smithton man who began selling methamphetamine to fund his own drug habit and became caught in a “cycle” of debt has been sentenced in the Supreme Court. Dylan Jackson Gale, 35, pleaded guilty to trafficking a controlled substance, along with…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (358+ words) A man has been jailed for four years for raping a 15-year-old girl in a Launceston hotel room after a party. Blake Ellis Jetson, now 27, was found guilty by a jury of indecent assault and two counts of rape. He…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (149+ words) A man has been fined for dangerous driving after dashcam footage showed him overtaking across double white lines on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town, in the state’s north. The incident happened close to Gannons Hill Road, where three people…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (413+ words) A woman on Centrelink had nearly $40,000 move through her bank account while running a methylamphetamine trafficking business from her Burnie shed, a court has heard. Tori Rhonda Summers, 30, has avoided immediate jail over the operation, which she kept running even…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (318+ words) A Launceston man continued downloading child abuse material while on bail for similar offending, amassing thousands of images and videos across devices in his home, a court has heard. Lee Anthony Jenkins, 50, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possessing or controlling…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (210+ words) A young P-plater has lost his licence for 12 months after police found his car crashed into a guard rail in Hobart’s northern suburbs early this morning. Police came across the vehicle on Main Road at Claremont around 1:20am on Tuesday. The…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (416+ words) A teenager killed on the Bass Highway three years ago was hit by a speeding driver who lost control on worn tyres in heavy rain and crashed head-on into his car, a coroner has found. Troy Kenny, 18, was driving from…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (230+ words) A man accused of being involved in an alleged home invasion at Coles Bay, where police say the homeowner was bound and his house set alight, has pleaded not guilty. Hayden James Morrison, 31, appeared by video link from prison in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (631+ words) People convicted of sexual offences, family violence and serious violent crimes would be blocked from using good character references to reduce their sentences under legislation being debated in Tasmania’s parliament today. Attorney-General Guy Barnett spoke in support of the Sentencing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (380+ words) A Tasmanian man who traded child abuse videos with a dozen strangers on encrypted messaging apps has been jailed for three years. Ambrose Kevin McDonald, 42, was sentenced in the Supreme Court on Friday after pleading guilty to 15 Commonwealth offences and…...