June 2019 – True Crime News Weekly

TRUE OPINION: “METH & MY BOY”! A dad tells all

June 13, 2019 Murray Kinnane

The number of prisoners in Australia’s jails convicted of illicit drug offences is rising by the month. Rarely heard however is the story of those affected by drug addiction, people who require treatment but instead receive incarceration. Murray Kinnane is the father of one such person.

CRIME CULTURE: Red Joan

June 12, 2019 Therese Taylor

Inspired by true events, Red Joan is a new historical spy thriller co-starring Judi Dench. Aiming for heft and gravitas, it instead ends up being a serious let-down with racist caricatures taking centre stage alongside some of the most tedious British stiff upper lips seen in a long while, writes Therese Taylor.