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A Melbourne mafioso’s plan to pay for breast enhancement surgery for a lady friend blew up in his face.
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What went wrong in tragic case of missing grandmother?
Among the few sorry possessions Colleen South left with her abandoned car was her journal. On the last page, she had scrawled “Help me please.” In the end, no one did.
Dopey celebs finally learn how to run coke parties
Strict new rules on the consumption of the devil’s dandruff at a recent shindig suggests Melbourne’s high-flyers may have learnt from Nadia Bartel’s ill-fated party.
The missing fishmonger and the disbarred lawyer
In the months before he vanished, Mark Jansen was a degenerate gambler betting black money for a “syndicate” run by a disbarred lawyer. His sisters are still trying to piece together the dangerous maze his life had become.
Ex trainer’s plea for ‘immediate attention’ in court
Tommy Hughes Jr’s lawyer detailed the former horse trainer’s “significant health issues” as he faced court over an alleged double stabbing.
Jail may be safest place for blundering hitmen
Prison may be the most palatable possibility for the wannabe gunmen who infuriated their bosses — and their victim — when they botched the hit on Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim.
Does tale of sex worker in mine shaft start in St Kilda station?
Could the tragic tale of a sex worker found down a mineshaft begin in an act of brutality at a police station in the sleaziest sex-and-drugs scene between King’s Cross and Antarctica?
Accused gangland money man’s $4m property feud
A decision looms in the bizarre battle over a Fitzroy house where the locks were changed to keep out a mate of the Mokbel family.
Influencers of Melbourne’s underworld
Melbourne’s “Underbelly” gangland war may have ended in 2006, but now another generation is battling to control rackets, turf and influence.
Tradie asking tough questions over failed rape pursuit
A tradie left with a $200,000 debt after a failed rape trial against him, says a prosecution lawyer — since moved on — withheld information from his legal team.
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