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Andrew Rule has reported on life and crimes and catastrophes (and sometimes sport) for more than 45 years. He has worked for each of Melbourne’s daily newspapers and also spent time in radio and television production and making documentaries on subjects ranging from crime to horse racing. His podcast Life & Crimes is one of News Corp’s most listened-to products.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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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How living large killed Sam Abdulrahim

Like many gangsters before him, Sam Abdulrahim couldn’t help but live in the spotlight in his hometown. And just like them, it painted a target across his tattooed back.

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How living large killed ‘Sam the sham’

Like many gangsters before him, Sam Abdulrahim couldn’t help but live in the spotlight in his hometown. And just like them, it painted a target across his tattooed back.

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How living large killed Sam Abdulrahim

Like many gangsters before him, Sam Abdulrahim couldn’t help but live in the spotlight in his hometown. And just like them, it painted a target across his tattooed back.

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How The Punisher became latest casualty in deadly fight game

Kickboxer Sam Abdulrahim has joined a long list of nasties who reached the lethal end of the crime caper via the boxing scene, Andrew Rule writes.

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How Joey and Shirley Hamilton fought the law, and the law mostly won

The annals of Australian true crime history aren’t filled with too many romantic tales. But one of the most sweet – and violent – is the ballad of Joey and Shirley Hamilton.

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Does AFL need a private dick to solve its nude pic scandals?

Carlton boss Luke Sayers may be keen to call in the cops over his “d–k pic” drama but curiously, 45 other AFL figures who were caught up in a similar saga didn’t go to great lengths to find the culprit.

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