How did they get it so wrong?
UPDATE: AUTHORITIES admit a riot at Melbourne’s largest remand centre over a statewide cigarette ban “caught them unawares”, as the prison is declared safe following another fire.
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Cig ban had prison at ‘flashpoint’
A SMOKING ban in jails sparked a riot that raged through the night at the state’s biggest remand centre.
Children sue police over parents’ deaths
THE children of slain police informer Terence Hodson and his wife, Christine, are suing Victoria Police over their parents’ unsolved murders, saying they were not properly protected.
How Jill Meagher’s murder was solved
VETERAN detective Dave Butler will never forget the moment he realised Adrian Bayley was a killer who had randomly chosen a victim on one of Melbourne’s busiest streets.
Black Widow suspect in cold case probe
BLACK Widow Robyn Lindholm is a prime suspect in a cold-case probe into the murder of an underworld lover.
From surfie kid to ‘wrecking machine’
GAVIN Preston was so dangerous police could only utter two words to describe him: “wrecking machine’’.
Prison bad blood spills onto streets
A PRISON rivalry spilled onto the streets when Christopher “Badness” Binse stuck a tracking device on standover man Gavin Preston’s car as a revenge kill plot over Toby Mitchell’s shooting.
Cops don vests in terror high alert
NSW officers have been reissued a warning about measures they should take to protect themselves after a heightened terror alert in Victoria.
How justice system betrayed Jill
ADRIAN Bayley has been identified as having raped up to two dozen women — making him one of Victoria’s worst sex criminals — before he murdered Jill Meagher.
Rachel’s killer ‘shouldn’t be harassed’
UPDATE: CONVICTED teen murderer Caroline Reed Robertson should get on with her life free from vigilantes and heckling, her victim’s mother says.
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