Gobbo was ‘cooking chips at MCG’ when first registered as informer
Nicola Gobbo claims she was “cooking chips at the MCG” and “studying” when Victoria Police first registered her as an informer in 1995.
Behind The Scenes
Judge’s parting shot at paedophile ‘protection’
A retiring District Court judge has taken aim at what he calls “the greatest ‘get out of jail free’ card for paedophiles the courts have ever come up with”.
Why prisoners will be allowed to self-medicate
Selected inmates at a Brisbane jail will be given bulk medication to administer themeselves, in a trial that has fuelled concerns among prison officers.
Ex-Council CEO’s brutal tell-all jail video
A former southeast Queensland council CEO who was locked up for corruption has told how his sentence has impacted him in an eye-opening jailhouse interview, saying he has lost everything from friends to finances. SEE THE VIDEO
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How we caught a North Adelaide monster
FOR almost three years, the North Adelaide rapist eluded police. His crimes struck fear into residents and hospital workers. That was until an Australian-first DNA breakthrough unmasked the man responsible.
Texas prison leaves mark on Melbourne tattoo artist
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From Gasp fashion queen to international fugitive
AS A director at popular fashion label Gasp, Qiu Shan Lian rubbed shoulders with celebrities and lived in a swanky mansion on Melbourne’s bayside. Now she appears blank-faced and glamour-free on the Interpol website as an unlikely international fugitive.
Man behind the Chopper mask
LIKE most crooks, Chopper Read was a lying and manipulative egotist. He was also intelligent, funny and hadn’t been raised to be a criminal. This is the Chopper I knew, writes Andrew Rule.
What it’s really like to go to prison
WIL Patterson cried himself to sleep on his first night in prison after going from suburban Melbourne dad to living with murderers. But despite witnessing a brutal shiv stabbing, he says he wouldn’t be afraid to go back to jail.
Inside Sydney’s ‘escape-proof’ supermax prison
IT IS Sydney’s new hi-tech prison — a razor-wired “escape-proof” compound set to house Australia’s most dangerous terror suspects. The Sunday Telegraph was granted exclusive access to the soundproof prison, located within Long Bay jail.
The squad coming to your rescue
FROM major disasters to toes stuck in bath taps, it takes a special breed to survive life working for the elite Police Rescue Squad. “The words ‘no, we can’t’ do not exist. If we can’t do it, who will?”
Inside our outlaw bikie gangs
VICTORIA’S outlaw bikie scene has seen old leaders toppled and a new set of bosses ushered in. And while they may be retreating back beneath the radar, the new breed of bikies remains armed and dangerous.
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