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1. A man charged with murdering his wife has taken his own life in custody.
A well-known South Australian health official who pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife on a Tasmanian mountaintop has taken his own life in custody.
Robin Michael, 63, was allegedly murdered Kerry Michael, 44, on February 12 while the couple holidayed in northwest Tasmania.
After allegedly killing his wife, Mr Michael – in a lengthy note on his Facebook page – claimed his wife admitted to having an affair with a mutual friend, The Advertiser reports.
“I hold her at night and there is no drug that would deliver that same sensation to me … I thought she was my life partner and would never do me wrong. She is my heartbeat,” he wrote.
“What the hell I did to drive her away I will never know, and am probably the least able to understand and accept.”
The exact circumstances of Mr Michael’s death at Risdon Prison Complex have not been confirmed.
Tasmanian Corrections Minister Vanessa Goodwin said a coronial inquest has commenced.
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2. The prison-break manhunt that captivated the world is finally over.
The law finally caught up with two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum-security New York prison earlier this month by using power tools to cut through walls and reach the sewerage system.
The three-week manhunt ended after an officer spotted David Sweat and gave chase, CNN reports.
“At some point, running across a field, he realized that Sweat was going to make it to a tree line, and possibly could have disappeared, and he fired two shots,” New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico said.
The unarmed criminal was shot twice in the torso and is now in custody.
Sweat, who was unarmed, was hit twice in the torso.
Fellow escapee Richard Matt was killed in a police shootout on Friday.
3. Yooralla manager jailed for sexually abusing a woman in his care.
A YOORALLA manager has been jailed for four years after being busted sexually abusing a disabled resident at the care facility on a hidden camera.
A staff member placed the camera in 52-year-old Timothy Hampson’s office after becoming suspicious of his behavior, the Herald Sun reports.
Hampson told police he asked the woman – who has low-functioning autism and a reduced intellectual capacity – into his office for a hug and sexually abused her on May 16, 2014.
“It was the normal routine from there – on to the desk,” he said.
The victim told police she and her “special friend, Tim” their pants down.
Hampson pleaded guilty to four charges, including two charges of sexual penetration of a person with a cognitive impairment.
He could be released on parole in two-and-a-half years.
4. Senator opposed to gay marriage spotted partying at Pride Night celebration.
A Nationals senator whose gay brother has publicly criticised her stance against marriage equality has been photographed at a party celebrating the historic US reforms.
Bridget McKenzie was “very evasive” while on the dancefloor at a Pride Night event St Kilda’s GH Hotel on Saturday night, Port Phillip Leader reports.
“Every time I was even in the vicinity while taking photos of other patrons, she was running away,” photographer Daniel Sutton said.
Mr Sutton said after being recognized she hid behind a curtain and left.
Leader reports Senator McKenzie was with two male colleagues, believed to be Liberal Senators Sean Edwards and Dean Smith.
Senator McKenzie said she was unaware of the event’s theme and had not changed in her opposition to gay marriage.
5. The teenager who died in Sydney’s QVB has been identified.
The 13-year-old boy who died in a fall in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building has been identified as Archie Hunt from Tamworth.
The Daily Telegraph reports the boy, who was with his father and sister at the time of the fall on Sunday afternoon, was a boarder at a Tamworth agriculture school.
6. Caught on video: a slab of beef still pulsating.
A woman bought a slice of beef only to unwrap it at home and find it was pulsating.
The raw steak appeared to twitch as if it had a life of its own — so its owner filmed the bizarre sight and posted a 20-second clip on social media.
The Chinese woman, identified by Daily Mail as Ms Cheng, said: “It looks like it is still alive, or that there are worms or something inside. However when I cut it open I didn’t find any worms, just twitching.”
According to a local animal health department official said the beef was just very fresh and the nerve endings had not yet died.
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