The Herald Sun can reveal a high-profile Melbourne man has been committed to stand trial for the rape of a woman after a gag order banning any reporting of his case was partially lifted on Thursday.
The family of Cindy Crossthwaite say they are “happy” justice has been served after her estranged husband was found guilty of her murder almost two decades later.
The distraught family of a budding tennis coach killed in a car crash has copped a second blow after the driver – who had all her charges dropped over the deadly smash – took them to court.
A star witness in the Cindy Crossthwaite murder trial has told a court Emil Petrov warned him not to tell police he had sourced a gun allegedly used to shoot his estranged wife in the head.
High country killer Greg Lynn is appealing his conviction and sentence for the murder of Carol Clay in the Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.
A 14-year-old boy described by police as one of the state’s most prolific youth offenders has again been granted bail despite fears he “will continue to offend almost immediately in a high volume”.
The man accused of murdering Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy has pleaded not guilty as his separate charges against him are revealed.
Weeks before Melton South mum Cindy Crossthwaite was shot dead in her home, her ex-husband Emil Petrov allegedly told his friend “I’m going to kill her”.
Mohamed Ahmed Omer will spend at least three years and three months behind bars for stranding his wife in Sudan after tricking her into an overseas holiday.
A “Hitler soldier” boasted outside court he was ready to go to jail for performing the Nazi salute. But when hit with a one-month stint behind bars, Jacob Hersant immediately applied for bail.
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