THE Rebels may well have grown into the biggest outlaw bikie gang in the country. But with leaders either dead or deported, the club is struggling to recover from a power vacuum — and internal power struggles have weakened their criminal empire.
AN international expert in gunshot wound trajectory has decimated the police theory that a young scientist “accidentally’’ shot himself. NEW PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW
IT was the decade that saw the Queen’s first tour of Australia, a dramatic defection by Soviet spies and the spectacle of the Melbourne Olympics. The police dealt with all these events, plus some shocking crimes.
TONY Mokbel once moaned that he had just $45 to his name as he fought to stay out of prison. It was hard to reconcile the sob story with the incredible wealth authorities had linked to the drug kingpin’s operation.
MURDERER Lindy Williams, who killed her partner and hacked him up with an electric saw before dumping his torso on the side of the road, is a con artist who regularly faints in jail to gain sympathy, according to a prison source.
THE death of Queensland scientist Jeffrey Brooks was no accident and the case was botched by police, according to an explosive insurance investigation, with a private investigator disgusted by “basic errors’’ made.
EVEN child-killer John Edwards’ family hates him.“He’s an awful man, horrible. Always has been,” his only sister Dianne told The Daily Telegraph.
THE sex offender who murdered a toddler and dumped her remains on the side of highway in a suitcase after killing her young mum and leaving her in Belanglo State Forest had brutally assaulted women before. Here is his horror rap sheet.
ODD place, odd dynamics — why do jail guards end up having sex with prisoners? A former corrections officer sheds light on the phenomenon — and what exactly “downing a duck” means.
A CORONER examining the death of a young scientist was told the victim feared “he may cop a bullet’’ as tensions between workers on a property near Brisbane boiled over.
THE man who led the AFP’s recovery of MH17 wreckage in war-torn eastern Ukraine has revealed how the fraught operation was, amid fears his troops would be used as human shields.
THE Herald Sun went behind the scenes of maximum-security Port Phillip Prison, home to some of the state’s worst criminals, and discovered there is nowhere to hide inside.
THE forensic pathologist called in after the discovery of the Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels murders reveals the horrific impact of solving a “gruesome jigsaw puzzle”. GRAPHIC CONTENT
WHEN a Queensland schoolgirl stopped to help a mother-of-six look for her missing dog, it would lead to the unimaginable – especially given the woman’s involvement in the horror her husband had planned. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS
THE men and women of the Child Protection Investigation Unit are the torch for abused children, helping them navigate the darkness.
SOMEWHERE in the hinterland hides the answers to a dark secret. Now new evidence reveals that the manager of a farm where a worker died of a gunshot wound had earlier threatened to shoot a neighbour. EPISODE 3 AVAILABLE NOW
KIRWAN police boss Jason Brosnan recounts his life-and-death struggle with a jewel thief.
THE Comancheros are one of the most dangerous and volatile outlaw motorcycle clubs in Australia. Here are the major players and figures inside Comanchero Inc.
MICK Gatto’s style always tells a story, with his wardrobe a veritable gangster’s paradise of dress-ups and colours. Here’s a look back at the many guises of Gatto.
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.
WIELDING a sword as he stood over his bloodied victim, Chino Ly was about to complete his transformation from Melbourne thug to Texas prison gang member. But a DIY ink gun inside one of the US’s toughest jails set him on a new path. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST NOW
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.
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.
THE US man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two kids might have revealed nine telltale signs of guilt when he appealed for their safe return.
FOR 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.
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