Rough sleepers in Melbourne’s southeast say they would rather be homeless than stay in short-term accommodation which are riddled with crime, with one man saying he had a “shocking time” after witnessing ongoing drug use and violence including stabbings.
A 55-year-old Italian man desperate to make ends meet after his business went bust came Down Under for a brighter future. Instead, he got caught up in the murky world of minding a Bentleigh East drug house.
A County Court judge has slammed the behaviour of an ice-addicted hoon who crashed a car at Cranbourne killing two of his friends, labelling the offending as “truly terrible”. It comes as the 21-year-old was slapped with hard jail time.
A mother once told her daughter to “keep playing Minecraft” when the girl witnessed her stealing a rifle to sell in a bid to fund her ice addiction. But the woman has since made a miraculous decision that saw her turn her life around.
Grocery giant Coles has been hit by the coronavirus, with workers at Patterson Lakes and Heidelberg Warringal Mall the latest to test positive. And total of 30 staff been infected across 25 locations across Melbourne since July.
A brazen online shopping thief thought he made a clean getaway as he made a dash from the doorstep of a Dingley Village home with pockets full of stolen goods. But the shocked victim wasn’t willing to part with their purchase so easily.
A simple driving mistake left a Carrum Downs woman with a severe brain injury after she was forced to slam into the back of a truck at Dandenong South. And the careless offender tried to lie his way out of the crime as his victim lay bloodied in the wreck.
A 38-year-old man is alleged to have stalked a 17-year-old girl as she walked to her Frankston North school. Richard Ng could now be free, so why is he still in jail?
A Westfield Southland shopper and a pregnant woman were among a number of innocent victims to be shaken by ice-fuelled carjacker Joshua Kirby during a late night spree. And the thug had only just been released from jail for other callous crimes.
A horrific crash in Keysborough has claimed the life of a motorbike rider, with police now appealing for witnesses to come forward who were travelling in the area.
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