Brutal stench of ruthless killer’s heinous crimes
The rapist and killer known as “Mr Stinky” terrorised Victoria for two decades, eluding an inept investigation before brilliant police work finally caught up with him.
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Rule: Forget the wig jokes, Mokbel ‘walking’ is no laughing matter
Tony Mokbel is much more than the punchline to a bad wig joke. He’s been a cold-blooded crime boss and a corrupter of everything from jockeys to the judiciary.
Rule: Finally, a magistrate willing to send a young thug to jail
All hail magistrate Gail Hubble, or ‘Go To Jail Gail’, for adopting the old-fashioned idea of the punishment fitting the crime.
Does big-spending mafia punter have one last ace up sleeve?
Jailed mafia boss Rocco Arico was a high-roller not afraid to plonk six-figure sums on a hand of cards at Crown Casino. Does he have one final legal ace up his sleeve?
The sick crime so revolting it ‘defiled us all’
June Nolte wanted the depraved men who brutally tortured and killed her 15-year-old daughter in western Victoria to be hanged. She died before political and legal dishonesty robbed her of her wish. WARNING: Graphic details.
It’s not just the owner who pays when a luxury car is stolen
Just like a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tornado on the other side of the world, here’s how a machete-wielding teenager in Brighton can affect the price of car insurance in Dandenong.
‘Could flip in the blink of an eye’: Tracing the roots of an evil killer
Ten years have passed since Sean Price murdered 17-year-old Masa Vukotic in a crime that chilled Melbourne. Andrew Rule probes his violent past — and the forces that may have shaped him into a brutal killer.
Another perfectly legal drug is shaking up Vic’s black market
Victoria seems to be the type of state where legal substances can become even more valuable than illegal ones on the black market.
The mystery of the missing bullets and a police raid gone wrong
Nobody in Victoria Police command seems interested in who made a small truckload of seized ammunition vanish like a rabbit from a hat, but when officers raided the property of a 76-year-old, they picked on the wrong man.
Could this must-have in crime-ridden Johannesburg be coming to Melb’s leafy east?
As Melbourne’s avalanche of aggravated burglaries turns the city into a version of Johannesburg, residents in some affluent suburbs are considering shock tactics to zap the bad guys into rethinking their intentions.
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