Social posts drag Leskie-saga character back into Valley spotlight
It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from Latrobe Valley identity Kenny Penfold, but social media posts doing the rounds have brought him back to mind for some locals.
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I slept with a loaded shotgun: The day a camper crossed paths with Greg Lynn
When Cam Stuart saw a photo of the man who had been arrested over the deaths of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, he knew his face. They had shared a campsite almost two decades before — and the encounter was chilling.
The Melbourne brothel taking the Bunnings route
This inner-Melbourne knock shop has gone all in on the old adage “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”.
In world of bikie gangs, every dog has his day until he’s roadkill
Outlaw motorcycle gangs are a ruthless racket rigged to favour the powerful, manipulative and greedy — and the lowest in the ranks are expendable pawns. The bitter truth is, it’s tough at the bottom.
Three years on, ‘racist’ killing turns out to be something very different
Even the Prime Minister felt the need to ignore the absence of facts and join media and human rights groups in branding the killing of Indigenous Perth teenager Cassius Turvey as racist. Years on, a different narrative has emerged.
Complex extradition process giving crims a passport to freedom
For every long-range arrest set up overseas — after many years and much money — plenty of fugitives remain one step ahead of the law and out of reach.
Super Bowl kick-off sparks white line fever for AFL greats
The pigskin had barely been thrown in anger when these two AFL greats started the party — none too subtly — in a toilet cubicle at a Melbourne Super Bowl party.
‘I wanted him jailed to stop him’: Mum’s nightmare as teen becomes dangerous criminal
After their son allegedly drove a stolen car straight at police, it is a measure of this couple’s desperation that they see jail as their child’s best chance of surviving the drug-fuelled lunacy that took over his life, and theirs.
Why Mick Gatto wants school kids taught self defence
Mick Gatto is a man who knows the value of self defence, so it’s hardly a surprise that he’s backed a campaign to have it taught in Victoria’s schools.
Visiting sport star’s brush with Melbourne’s underworld
If one big-name sportsman fails to make it back to play top level in Melbourne, at least he’ll have some memories of a night enjoying the high life with a major underworld player in our fair city.
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