A former high-ranking academic at a Sydney university is fighting to avoid ending up in jail after she was found guilty of masterminding a mystifying hate mail campaign targeting herself that caused the institution to stump up for a ring of security ...

A senior Sydney academic who has admitted to writing one threatening letter to herself has denied responsibility for an alleged fake hate mail campaign, despite an admission in a text message that she had “cracked”. Former University of Technology dean of science ...

An ex-senior academic accused of fabricating a harassment campaign against herself confessed she’d been “naughty” in a phone call intercepted by police, a court has heard. Dianne Jolley, the former dean of science at the University of Technology Sydney, is on trial ...

The vulgar and expletive-laden letters allegedly sent by a senior Sydney academic as part of a fake harassment campaign can be revealed. Dianne Jolley, 51, is standing trial in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court where she has denied allegations she ...

An ex-university dean allegedly sent herself a card containing a pair of her own underwear and the words “Sorry for your loss” on the front amid a fake harassment campaign designed to influence a course review process, a court has heard. ...