A CAGED alleged crime boss suspected to have united Australia’s criminal underbelly has launched a fresh bail bid to prove his innocence.
A KEY supporter of Ivan Milat has challenged the top cop in the case to a TV test of the evidence as he vows to keep fighting for the backpacker killer’s freedom, despite a damning DNA result.
THE fugitive life — with its isolation and constant fear of arrest — can be a tough existence, but Australia has a long list of high-profile runaways who made headlines for their elusiveness. Here are some of the most famous.
Cold CasesFOR over 40 years, the deaths of Alan and Edith Moffat have remained a mystery, but the Maryborough community still wants answers
AUSTRALIAN cops in three states and News Corp helped put this man behind bars a decade ago, but Gary Maxwell Featherstone was paroled. Now, he’s been arrested again.
ExclusiveCrime in FocusAFTER 10 months with no breakthrough, police investigating the horrific discovery of a burning headless torso on the side of a rural Queensland road finally got a break. Kate Kyriacou reveals the “unorthodox” methods used to solve George Gerbic’s murder.
Crime in FocusTHE clubhouse of notorious New Zealand gang — the Mongrel Mob — has popped up in a quiet Gold Coast suburb and the violent street gang is on a membership drive recruiting young, disenfranchised youth.
True CrimeFOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
Crime in FocusIT’S hard to put a figure on the number of scalps claimed by Melbourne’s underworld hitmen. Some are dead, others in jail — this is where they are today.
Crime in FocusA REMOTE Australian outback station provided the perfect cover for the Japanese Supreme Truth cult leader, executed this month, to plan the Tokyo subway attack that killed 12 people. But did the cult also detonate a nuclear bomb in the desert?