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Aneeka Simonis is an award-winning journalist covering courts, crime and justice for the Herald Sun.

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There were hundreds of people at the vigil at Victoria Park, Daylesford. Picture: Josie Hayden

‘Shows how fragile life can be’: Emotional vigil after pub horror

Hundreds of people have gathered in Daylesford to pay respects to the five people, including two children, who were killed when a car smashed into a beer garden.

Victoria

BAD AGED CARE: Rearview shot of a senior woman sitting in a wheelchair

Man who killed aged care resident won’t be held to account

A former charity president died after being pushed at her Hamilton aged care home — but the man responsible for her death won’t be held to account.

Police & Courts

02-02-2023 Member for Polwarth Richard Riordan at Geelong train station talking about fare cap blowout in budget. Picture: Brad Fleet

Liberal MPs brother charged with $1.6m tax fraud

The estranged brother of Victorian Liberal frontbencher Richard Riordan has been charged with tax fraud — three months after being charged with stalking.

Police & Courts

HERALD SUN ONLY USECheck with pic deskTia Minhinnick, then aged 20, brutally beat his mother Ange Huata, 40, in a savage 90 minute attack which left her with fatal injuries consistent with being in a car crash. Picture: Supplied

‘I’m scared’: Son’s text to lover after fatally beating mum

A son has confessed to torturing and killing his mother in their Springvale home during a savage 90-minute attack, before her body was discovered naked inside his bedroom.

Police & Courts

Altona man Liam Moody, 37, charged over a mass drug importation after an AFP raid in Lara on July 11. Picture: Supplied/Facebook

Twist in case of depressed alleged ketamine importer

Alleged ketamine importer Liam Moody will apply for bail a third time after a Supreme Court judge stood aside from the case.

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Operation Enforceable, targeting 3000 family violence criminals known to actively avoid arrest. Family Violence Commanders Acting Superintendent Holly Dalrymple and Inspector Steve McRae in the command centre. Picture: David Caird

Hundreds of arrests in family violence blitz

Victoria Police has launched a major crackdown targeting 900 alleged offenders, including a man accused of viciously assaulting his pregnant partner.

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Seb O'Halloran (right) was stabbed to death in Mildura. Picture: Instagram

Teenage girl charged with motocross rider’s murder

A girl has faced court after being charged with the murder of Mildura teen Seb O’Halloran.

Police & Courts

Composer Sean O'Boyle for the Best of British Concert at QPAC.Friday March 19, 2021. Picture, John Gass

Rape charge dropped against composer Sean O’Boyle

A rape charge against world-famous composer and Order of Australia recipient Sean O’Boyle has been withdrawn.

Police & Courts

Kevin Vidovic has been left with permanent, lifelong disabilities following the coward punch attack on Southbank in October 2022

Man confesses to violent coward punch that disabled 25-year-old

A Melbourne man who delivered a knockout blow on a night out in Southbank left his victim with “catastrophic” disabilities that have changed his life forever.

Police & Courts

Monique Lezsak and partner Sven Lindemann allegedly stabbed her after an altercation turned violent. Picture: Supplied

Bodybuilder accused of murdering girlfriend cries poor

A muscleman charged with killing mother of two Monique Lezsak in Endeavour Hills has run into financial problems, a court has heard.

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