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

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

Coward punch victim’s future ‘ripped away’ in horror attack

The victim of a violent Southbank coward punch attack has spent the past two years almost entirely confined to a bed in a vegetative state while the man responsible paved a new life.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 26, 2024: Eyal Yaffe being Released on bail from the Melbourne remand centre regarding the case of Isla Bell who was murdered. Picture: NewsWire/David Crosling

Man accused of hiding Isla Bell’s body hides his face as he walks free on bail

The man accused of helping to conceal the slain teen’s body in a fridge tried to hide his face from waiting media as his son picked him up from jail.

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Eyal Yaffe. Source: Facebook

New details about man accused of helping to hide Isla Bell’s body

The man accused of supplying a fridge allegedly used to hide the body of slain teen Isla Bell has significant criminal connections and the means to assume other identities to evade police, a court has heard.

Dodgy cop who tried to frame woman breaks down as he’s jailed

Dodgy cop who tried to frame woman breaks down as he’s jailed

A corrupt former detective who tampered with evidence to falsely convict a Melbourne woman of high-level drug crimes has broken down as he was sentenced to at least 18 months behind bars.

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Vicky Van Aken, nee Apostolopoulos, was killed by her neighbour in the door of her Bayswater home. Picture: Facebook

Mum’s brave final act before her neighbour allegedly murdered her

More details have emerged of the tragic final moments of a Bayswater mum’s life as her tradie neighbour fronted court charged with her murder.

The early morning view of the city from Williamstown on the day of the winter solstice. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Kids rescued after multiple boats capsized during regatta

A helicopter was used in a rescue operation to save children from the water when their sailing boats overturned in the shipping channel between Williamstown and Port Melbourne.

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Boys travelling to hang Christmas lights killed in plane crash

Three boys – two brothers and their cousin – killed in a horror plane crash in Gippsland were on their way to hang Christmas lights for their grandma when tragedy struck.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: Mick Gatto attends the state memorial service for former Australian cricketer Shane Warne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 30, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Warne died suddenly aged 52 on Friday 4 March while on holiday in Thailand. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Why serious charges against Gatto were withdrawn

Underworld figure Mick Gatto was facing charges including assault, blackmail and extortion with threats to kill. The Office of Public Prosecutions has explained its decision to withdraw all charges.

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Sicko sex predator who groomed girls on Snapchat wins gag order

A Mornington Peninsula man who sent young girls money and Uber Eats vouchers in exchange for naked images has won a gag order to protect his safety.

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Lija Matthews, best friend of Samantha Fraser murdered by her violent, controlling husband in 2018. Lija will be holding a duress alarm This is for a story about her charity, Change for Sam, which issues duress alarms to women subjected to abuse by partners in the area. Picture: Jason Edwards

Phillip Island mum’s murder sparks push for family violence overhaul

The state government has been urged to overhaul the way police and other authorities assess the safety risk of women experiencing family violence, after the horrific murder of Cowes mother Samantha Fraser.

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