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Quad crash kills teenPERTH: A 16-year-old boy has been killed in an

horrific quad bike crash in Western Australia’s

wheatbelt region.

The smash occurred around noon yesterday near

an intersection of Great Southern Highway at

Inkpen, about 80km northeast of Perth.

Police spokesman Samuel Dinnison said the

teenager died after the quad bike he was riding

collided with a tree in bushland.

The teenager hailed from the The Vines, about

35km northeast of Perth.

More Tiger girls turn upNEW YORK: The Tiger Woods ‘‘bodycount’’ hassurged to five, with explosive new revelations hepicked up a waitress at his local cafe and cavortedwith yet another Vegas nightclub worker.

A Florida waitress and a blonde Las Vegas modelare the latest women to be romantically linked.

Woods’ stunning adulterous lifestyle was outedwith his 2.30am car crash outside his mansion lastweek. Since then, details of his brazen affairs withbusty young women have tarnished his image as asolid family man.

Coulter, Dooleyreplace RossoSYDNEY: Singer Ricki-

Lee Coulter (pictured)

and ex-Triple J presenter

Scott Dooley will join

Merrick Watts to make up

Nova 969’s Sydney break-

fast team in 2010.

Watts and Tim ‘‘Rosso’’

Ross ended their 11-year

radio partnership.

national briefs

BRISBANE: Queensland Reds andWallaby rugby union star QuadeCooper has been charged by policeafter allegedly robbing a residenceon the Gold Coast.

Cooper was released fromSouthport watchhouse yesterday,charged with one countof burglary.

A policemediaspokesmansaid a21-year-oldman hadbeen chargedwith onecount ofburglary of aresidence inSurfers Paradise. He is due toappear in the SouthportMagistrates Court on December 11.

SYDNEY: The distraught family ofa Sydney teen struck and killed bya truck have again appealed forinformation about the hit-run.

With the police investigation at astandstill, Julitta and Jan Rozyckiare hoping a $100,000 reward,posted on thetwo-yearanniversaryof their son’sdeath, willencouragepeople tocomeforward.

JohnRozycki, 17,was changing a tyre on the PacificHighway, 15km north ofBulahdelah, near Newcastle in2007, when he was struck by a truckthat did not stop, police said.

MELBOURNE: Reptile handlerTracey Sandstrom can’t explainwhy her 2m saltie Snappy, sank histeeth into her arm yesterday.

It was the kind of crankybehaviour she would have expectedfrom herbiggercroc, Getcha.

‘‘He’snamedGetchabecause ifyou take thetape off hismouth he’llget ya. He’sover 2m long,’’ she said fromGeelong Hospital.

SYDNEY: Police riot squads are onstandby after a 16-year-old boy wasstabbed and killed during a fight innorthern NSW last, police say.

One youth has been arrestedfollowing the death at Wauchope,west of Port Macquarie.

Trial nears finishNEW DELHI: An Indian prosecutor pressing charges

against the sole surviving gunman of last year’s

militant attacks on Mumbai that left 166 dead said

yesterday the trial could end within a week.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is charged with being

one of 10 Islamist gunmen who stormed Mumbai

last November.

‘‘Only 35 (of 331) witnesses remain to be examined

either personally or through their affidavits,’’ special

state prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the Press Trust of

India news agency. ‘‘The trial is expected to end

within a week.’’

Kasab, who faces 86 charges, told the court in July

that he was ready to accept the death penalty.

Bushfire fears riseSYDNEY: Emergency services are gearing up foranother spate of bushfires today after a brief periodof respite yesterday.

Two blazes in central NSW were successfullyfought by the Rural Fire Service (RFS) over theweekend. A fire that burnt 250ha of bushland 3kmnorthwest of Eglington, near Bathurst, was put outby the RFS yesterday.

Another blaze, 12km south of Bathurst nearRockley Mountain, was contained.

But with higher temperatures and blusterywinds forecast for today, firefighters have an-nounced total fire bans in five regions and issuedwarnings for others. Areas in the north and west ofthe state are expected to be at highest risk.

Swimming coachin boy-sex shock

ACCUSED: Former national swimming coach and official Terry Buck

ByADAMWALTERSin Sydney

AN OLYMPIC medallist has blownthe lid off what he calls a ‘‘child sexabuse cover-up’’ spanning 12Olympiads at the highest levels ofAustralian swimming.

The former Australian swim teamcaptain has spoken out in frustrationafter a police strike force, set up toinvestigate allegations against thelate high profile coach Terry Buck,was wound up.

The explosive allegations cameafter a tip off from a police informantinvolved in protecting children frompredatory sporting coaches.

The former Olympic and Common-wealth medallist was approached bydetectives to detail his own experi-ences as a victim.

He co-operated fully with police,handing investigators a list of 29other victims, three of whom hadcommitted suicide. A total of fourOlympic swimmers, including a cel-ebrated gold medallist, and two surf-ing champions were on the list.

Strike Force Solano spent fivemonths investigating the allegationsbut was disbanded in April 2001 withlittle explanation despite the willing-ness of the swimmer, his youngerbrother and a third man to testify.

Still deeply disturbed by the depthand pain of his disclosures, thewhistleblower is now demanding pol-ice reopen the investigation.

‘‘I poured my soul out to them andthen there was nothing. They droppedme like a hot cake,’’ he said.

A spokesman for the Police Com-missioner has confirmed the originalbrief was not forwarded to the Direc-tor of Public Prosecutions, eventhough senior detectives had ‘‘nodoubt’’ about the honesty and integ-rity of those making the allegations.

‘‘The leading investigator InspectorPeter Yeomans had every sympathyfor (the man). He absolutely believedeverything he said,’’ the commission-er’s spokesman said.

Terry Buck died in 2005 after atractor accident. The praise at Buck’sfuneral was glowing but the policeinformant who initiated inquiries in1998 tells a sordid a story about

Buck’s involvement in ‘‘the darkside’’ of the sport.

Fearing repercussions for his chil-dren, who swim competitively, thegold medallist has said that he wantsto protect his identity after being ‘‘lefthigh and dry’’ by the police.

He tells a harrowing story of beingtargeted by Buck as an 11 year-old atthe Clovelly Surf Club, and assaultedfor the following seven years.

A detailed statement from his law-yer said he has since suffered de-pression, loss of libido, emotionaldistress, humiliation, headaches,shock, anxiety and mood swings.

‘‘I was all set to testify but the policepulled the plug on the whole thing,’’he said.

In detailing the profound impact ofthe swimmer’s disclosures to police, apsychologist’s report noted ‘‘symp-toms of mental disturbance’’.

He then prepared civil action , butthe cost of ‘‘going it alone’’ wasprohibitive, and within two yearsBuck was dead in what was reportedas a tragic farm accident.

‘‘Although he is dead there areother people with a lot to lose whenthe whole truth eventually comesout,’’ he said.

world briefs ...

LONDON: The Queen has ordered

a crackdown on paparazzi

photographers taking

unauthorised pictures of the Royal

Family. Theroyal familyis gettingready forChristmascelebrationsin Norfolk.

The Queenhas instruc-ted a solici-

tor to draw up new guidelines forphotographers.

LONDON: Two stars of a Britishcelebrity reality TV show filmedin the Australian bush have beencharged with animal cruelty byNSW police.

Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo,who won the I’m A Celebrity ... GetMe Out of Here TV contest, andsoap starStuartManningwerearrested andcharged aftercooking a ratand servingit with riceas a meal forcontestants.

D’Acampo, 33, and Manning, 30,were confronted by RSPCAofficers after filming ended latelast week on the TV show’s set innortheast NSW.

WASHINGTON: The US does notknow where al-Qaida leaderOsama Bin Laden is and haslacked reliable information on hiswhereabouts for years, US DefenceSecretary Robert Gates said.

Whenasked ifPakistan wasdoingenough toapprehendthe US’smost wantedcriminal,Gatesanswered:‘‘We don’t know for a fact whereOsama bin Laden is. If we did,we’d go get him.’’

Asked when was the last timeUS intelligence had a fix on themaster criminal’s whereabouts,Gates said: ‘‘It’s been years.’’

WELLINGTON: An Australiantourist who went missing in NZ’sSouth Island has been found safe.

Michael Craig, 45, was last seenat Lyttelton, south ofChristchurch, on Friday morning.

Death crash horrorSYDNEY: The truck driver who survived a crash thatkilled a young family in Sydney’s southwest has toldof his desperate effort to avoid the horror head-on.

Five people died — including a husband and wifefrom Pendle Hill and the couple’s three-month-oldchild — after their Toyota Camry veered into thetruck’s path near Wilton at 8.20am yesterday.

Two women, believed to be the man’s sisters, alsodied at the scene. Relatives travelling in other vehicleswatched the tragedy unfold.

Greg Foye, 56, a truck driver with 30 years’experience, told of his terror at seeing the sedanswerve on to the wrong side of the road.

‘‘It was only about 50 feet in front of me,’’ Mr Foyesaid following his release from hospital.