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

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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 17: Jack Steven speaks to the media during a Geelong Cats AFL media opportunity at GMHBA Stadium on October 17, 2019 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images via AFL Photos)

Steven, ex-partner interviewed over stabbing

The investigation into the stabbing of Geelong player Jack Steven is expected to be finalised within days after Steven spoke to investigators for the first time on Friday.

Police & Courts

Search for Jack Steven’s stabber tightens

Police will keep digging for who stabbed Geelong’s Jack Steven, despite the AFL star continuing to shirk detectives working to piece together his attack. Here’s the latest.

VIC News

Victoria Police Protective Services Officers speak to a woman at St Kilda beach in Melbourne, Monday, April 13, 2020. Victoria Police issued 433 fines between 11:00pm on Thursday and 11:00pm on Easter Sunday after conducting thousands of spot checks across the state. A shutdown of non-essential services is in effect Australia wide in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.(AAP Image/Scott Barbour) NO ARCHIVING

Tattletale Victorians push police to the limit during lockdown

Victorians were so eager to dob in restriction rule-breakers local police had to bring in the Australian Defence Force to help take calls. So just how much has been raised from COVID-19 fines?

Police & Courts

Bassam Tiba shows off his GPS bracelet before he is arrested over an alleged aggravated carjacking.

Bail struck out for accused carjacker

A member of one of Melbourne’s most notorious families, who is accused of aggravated carjacking and breaching parole, will remain behind bars after his bail was struck out.

Police & Courts

Gilbert McAdam (host of Margrook Footy Show and former St Kilda player back in the 90's) for Hamish McLachlan Sunday piece. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Ex-AFL star arrested over alleged assault

Former footy star and popular TV personality Gilbert McAdam is being investigated after a woman was allegedly assaulted at a home in St Kilda. It comes weeks after Dean Laidley was accused of stalking a woman in the same suburb.

Police & Courts

ALBURY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton talks to the media at the repatriation ceremony of Constable Glen Humphris on May 02, 2020 in Albury, Australia. Constable Glen Humphris was killed along with three colleagues on Wednesday 22 April 2020 when a truck crashed into them during a roadside stop on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne. The officers had pulled over a Porsche for speeding when a semi-trailer truck collided with them. The deaths of the four officers - Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Josh Prestney - is the largest single loss of police lives in one incident in the history of Victoria Police. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Graham Ashton to step down as top cop next month

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton will go ahead with plans to stand down from the role next month, despite offering to stay in the job until the coronavirus crisis stabilised.

Police & Courts

Ricardo Barbaro is escorted to a prison van at Burwood Court in Sydney, Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Barbaro to front court over murder charges

Ricardo Barbaro will front court today over the death of his girlfriend, young mum Ellie Price. He was arrested in Sydney on Thursday before being a long extradition journey to Melbourne by road.

VIC News

Shot of a young man talking on his cellphone while using his laptop at home

Chaos as internet outage impacts remote learning, work

Widespread internet outages could last for days in Melbourne’s inner and eastern suburbs, after construction crews mistakenly cut through cable wires— impacting work and schooling from home.

Police & Courts

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Endeavour Hills last night.Emergency services were called to Calrossie Close about 7.50pm after reports that a man had been critically injured.On attendance police located a deceased man.The exact circumstances surrounding the manÕs death are yet to be determined but Homicide Squad detectives are on scene and investigating. Picture: Sarah Matray

Man, bailed teen charged over Endeavour Hills shooting

A teenager and a man have fronted court over a fatal shooting in a suburban street in Melbourne’s southeast on Monday night. The teen was on bail at the time, the court has heard.

Police & Courts

Richard Pusey, the driver of a Porsche who allegedly fled the scene of a truck crash on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway which killed four police officers, is taken away from his Fitzroy property by police in Melbourne, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (AAP Image/Michael Dodge) NO ARCHIVING

Police to fight Porsche driver’s bid for freedom

Police want the Porsche driver involved in the Eastern Freeway crash, who allegedly filmed himself taunting an officer as she gasped for help, to remain behind bars and are set to go to court to fight his application for bail.

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