Hundreds of Pacific Islander workers have been evacuated from an idyllic beach village after an alleged rape by a Samoan berry picker of a local teenage girl.
The accused man is one of hundreds of Pacific Islander berry farmers living in seasonal worker accommodation at Arrawarra Beach, north of Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid-north coast.
A former footy star has been cleared of assaulting a man during a road rage incident after a court found he was acting in defence of his family and the driver s evidence was unreliable.