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

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Greg Lynn arriving in the lane way at Supreme Court Williams Street, Melbourne. Picture: Jason Edwards

Lynn learns fate for missing camper murder

High country killer Greg Lynn has been sentenced for the murder of missing camper Carol Clay, but has told the court he will appeal the jury’s guilty verdict.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 15th October 2024. Pictured: Truck driver James Latchford, 45, leaving Melbourne Magistrates court. Latchford is charged with failing to provide a blood sample following the crash which killed Herald Sun journalist Sam Landsberger on August 20 Picture. NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Truck driver to return to the road after Sam Landsberger’s death

The driver of the truck that killed respected sports journalist Sam Landsberger has had his licence suspension overturned by a court.

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Melbourne Assessment Prison. Picture : Ian Currie

Fruit picker accused of raping unconscious woman in Shepparton

A Vanuatu man who claims he was just trying to help a woman when he found her passed out drunk on a nature strip in northern Victoria has been accused of abducting and raping her.

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Clifton Hill model Elise Hodder, 24 was killed hen she was struck by a car in Kooyong Picture: Facebook,

‘We adored her’: tributes for Melb model killed in crash at rave

The 24-year-old woman killed when she was struck by a car at a gathering in Kooyong on Sunday has been identified as “bubbly, bright” Clifton Hill model Elise Hodder, with tributes flowing.

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Christopher Jarvis - missing person

Man confesses to cold case killing of missing Warrnambool dad

A man has admitted killing a Warrnambool dad whose body has never been found after he went missing from his home 18 years ago.

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A jury found Ricardo Barbaro guilty of murdering Ellie Price. Picture: Facebook

Young son of murdered mum asks to ‘dig her up and bring her back’

The young child of Melbourne mum Ellie Price, who was brutally murdered by her violent boyfriend Ricardo Barbaro, misses her so much he wants to dig up her body to be with her again, a court has heard.

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Tony Di Falco was allegedly stabbed to death at his Chris Ct home in Hillside, in Melbourne’s northwest about 6.50am on Friday.

Stepson charged with murder over fatal stabbing in Hillside

A man who was shot by police after his stepfather was allegedly stabbed to death in his Hillside home has been charged with murder.

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Scott Murdoch is taken into the Victorian Supreme Court in Melbourne. Thursday, August 8, 2019. Scott Murdoch has admitted he murdered a Melbourne mother found bleeding to death by her young daughters six years ago. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Killer who murdered Pakenham mum takes own life in prison cell

A murderer who killed a mum and bashed a defenceless grandmother took a lethal dose of medication in his Melbourne prison cell.

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15 Jun 2006 A child uses the internet. /Internet /predators. / Computer. laptop hardware children generic books on shelving silhouette

Melb teen’s alleged horror plot to bomb, derail, shoot and poison

A teen who outlined his alleged desire to slaughter innocent victims in a chilling note had amassed a stockpile of gun parts, tactical gear and chemicals to make deadly explosives, a court has heard.

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Cash and drugs allegedly found in the home of criminal barrister Anthony Grant. Supplied: Court VIctoria

Jailed barrister says prison is ‘hell on earth’

Former barrister Anthony Grant spent years sending criminals to jail but now, facing commercial drug trafficking charges, he says prison is “hell on earth” as he begs for bail for the third time.

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