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A forensic pathologist tells a double murder trial in Launceston that it was obvious both victims suffered multiple stab wounds, but he could not determine which wound had caused the death of one of the deceased.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian man accused of a double murder was motivated by a drug debt and his new girlfriend's dislike of one of the victims, a court hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedA northern Tasmanian man who police hunted through Tasmania's Central Highlands has admitted shooting at three officers.
Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, crime, poatina-7302, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedThe Launceston City Council will be asked to help prevent rogue cows from roaming the streets of suburban Ravenswood.
Topics: local-government, livestock, launceston-7250, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedTopics: community-and-society, ravenswood-7250
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Topics: community-and-society, rural, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedA program for intellectually disabled children in Launceston is aiming to bridge the gap between school and work through gardening.
Topics: education, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedPolice in Launceston are investigating a second drive-by shooting targeting a house in five days
Topics: crime, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedA rise in drug use is believed to be recent behind gun violence in Launceston's northern suburbs.
There have been six shooting incidents in the area over the past month.
It has prompted calls for police resourcing to be stepped up.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, ravenswood-7250
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A man is in custody after a siege in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood.
Police were called to the Faraday Street address after reports of a disturbance at about 5pm AEST yesterday.
When police arrived on the scene the man barricaded himself inside the bedroom of the unit.
Topics: police-sieges, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedTasmanian police are investigating two shootings in as many days in the Launceston suburb Ravenswood.
Topics: crime, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedTasmanian police are still searching for a man who fired a rifle in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood on Tuesday morning.
Topics: crime, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedA Launceston man who helped a killer hide a body has failed in his bid to have his jail sentence reduced.
Sean Timothy Hudson, 37, of Ravenswood was convicted in May of assault and being an accessory to the murder of 43-year-old Launceston father Scott Rock.
Hudson's lawyers had argued his seven-year sentence was manifestly excessive but the full bench dismissed the appeal.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedPolice are concerned about a spate of deliberately lit house fires in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood.
Topics: fires, arson, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedSeven year quest for cool climate seed makes Cold War soybean connection
Topics: vegetable-fruit-nuts, disabilities, gardening, vegetables, exeter-7275, tas, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedA man charged with murdering a Launceston couple has pleaded not guilty.
Marco Rusterholz, 48, appeared briefly in the Magistrates Court in Launceston this morning.
He is accused of killing Angela Maree Hallam, 31, and Joshua Eric Newman, 21.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedA 48-year-old man from Hobart's northern suburbs has appeared in court charged over a double murder in Launceston.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedA man extradited from Melbourne in relation to the murder of a woman in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood last month has appeared in court.
David Ronald Morgan, 54, was extradited yesterday on a charge of conspiracy to murder Angela Maree Hallam.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedTasmanian police have seized drugs with a street value of $200,000 after raiding a house in Ravenswood.
Two people have been arrested and police have not ruled out making further arrests.
Topics: drug-offences, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedTasmanian police have searched a house at Brighton in the state's south as part of investigations into the murder of a Launceston couple.
Police are searching for evidence in relation to the murder of Angela Maree Hallam, 31, and her 21-year-old boyfriend Joshua Eric Newman in Ravenswood last month.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, brighton-7030, ravenswood-7250
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Tasmanian detectives are following a new lead in a double murder investigation.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedDetectives from around Tasmania have formed a taskforce to investigate a double murder in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedPolice are not expecting to lay charges over Launceston's brutal double murder until next week.
Angela Maree Hallam, 31, and 21-year-old Joshua Eric Newman were found dead by police after fire crews extinguished a blaze at a unit in Pioneer Parade in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood on Wednesday night.
Their bodies were found in the unit's downstairs lounge room.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250
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| UpdatedPolice have confirmed they are investigating a double murder in the Launceston suburb of Ravenswood.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ravenswood-7250, tas
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| UpdatedA major crime scene has been established in a Launceston suburb after the discovery of two bodies inside a fire-damaged unit.
Topics: crime, ravenswood-7250, tas