Louise Hall

Louise Hall

Louise Hall is a Court Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie and Lin family timeline

Louise Hall This is story as it unfolded leading up to the trial of Robert Xie who is accused of killing the Lin family in their home in North Epping, Sydney, in 2009.

Robert Xie trial - who's who

Louise Hall These are main players in the trial of Robert Xie who is accused of killing the Lin family in their home in North Epping, Sydney.

Homebirth midwife struck off health practitioner register

Struck off: Akal Kaur Khalsa, who tried to flee the country after a civil claim was made against her.

Louise Hall A midwife caught trying to flee the country after she was ordered to pay $6.6 million to a boy who developed cerebral palsy as a result of a botched home birth has been struck off the register of...

Bulli rapist's supervision order to be extended after release

Terry John Williamson leaves Silverwater jail, after serving almost 22 years of a 24-year sentence in 2012.

Louise Hall One of the state’s worst serial rapists admits he is confused about his sexuality and suffered a “breakdown” when he was released from jail on parole two years ago.

Escapee John Killick wins extradition reprieve

Court win: John Killick.

Louise Hall Septuagenarian prison escapee John Reginald Killick has won a last-minute reprieve from extradition to Queensland to serve out a sentence for an armed robbery he committed more than 30 years go.

Big surf, high winds batter Sydney coast

Photograph shows a rock fisherman during a very heavy swell inside of Botany Bay National Park this afternoon. Photograph by Dean Sewell. S.M.H. news. Taken Sunday 4th May 2014


Louise Hall Cool conditions and a strong southerly swell of as much as four metres had swimmers, boaties and rock fishers heading for dry ground on Sunday.

Skateboarder in Sydney hit-and-run dies

Victim Christopher Rhodes.

Louise Hall A skateboarder who was left for dead metres from his eastern suburbs home in a suspected hit-and-run last week has died.

Tamie Apps pleads not guilty to murder of her infant son


Louise Hall The mother of a two-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to his murder at a court hearing in which she denied inflicting the injuries that are alleged to have caused the toddler's death.

Teen found guilty of intentionally throwing steel bar at Liam Knight

Victim: Liam Knight going up stairs outside the court.

Louise Hall A teenage gatecrasher has been found guilty of intentionally throwing a steel bar at Liam Knight, piercing his skull and causing lifelong brain damage.

Driver to appeal sentence for killing uni student and tow truck driver

Louise Hall A courier driver who killed a university student who had broken down on the Hume Highway and the tow truck driver who came to her aid is appealing his sentence.

Father tries to leave half of estate to unknown daughter


Louise Hall An elderly man attempted to leave half of his $1.25 million estate to a daughter he believed he had fathered decades earlier but had never met.

Policeman pleads not guilty to charges of groping female colleagues

Scales thumbnail

Louise Hall A male police officer charged with indecently assaulting two female junior constables has pleaded not guilty to eight offences.

20 year neighbourhood dispute at Great Mackerel Beach

Great Mackerel Beach

Louise Hall An extraordinary battle in in a tiny Pittwater hamlet between two couples dating back two decades degenerated into an "Alice in Wonderland" like state and should never have come to court, the...

Father hugs crying man who killed daughter

Pic 148: Peter Frazer speak to reporters outside Moss Vale Local Court yesterday. Photo by Roy Truscott


Louise Hall A father whose daughter died in a roadside crash has tearfully hugged the man who was driving the truck that killed her.

Truck driver Kaine Barnett sentenced to jail over double fatality

Sarah Frazer

Louise Hall In an emotional scene outside court, a father whose daughter died in a roadside crash has hugged the man who was driving the truck that killed her.

Teacher awarded almost $700,000 after being pulled backwards by eight year old


Louise Hall Education authorities failed to take steps to protect staff and students from the violent, aggressive and anti-social behaviour of an eight-year-old Sudanese refugee who was in year 2 at a western...

Paul Armstrong guilty of killing HIV positive lover Felipe Flores

Paul Darcey Armstrong

Louise Hall A convicted rapist says that, when a man he had just had sex with, admitted he was HIV positive he became "very angry" and bashed him but denies he meant to kill him.

Police search for driver after young father killed in hit and run



Two guilty of murder of Wollongong lawyer Katie Foreman

Katie Foreman

Louise Hall and Shannon Tonkin A man and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of Wollongong lawyer Katie Foreman, who died in a deliberately lit fire at her Corrimal home in the early hours of October 27, 2011.

Photographer was killed on Hume Highway after travelling world, sentencing hearing told

Sarah Frazer

Louise Hall Aspiring photographer Sarah Frazer had spent months travelling the world solo with just her camera, often in developing countries and off the beaten track.