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Imran AliSenior Court Reporter

Imran Ali is a senior court reporter for the Herald Sun, based in Melbourne. He has more than 20 years experience in news reporting across Fiji, New Zealand and now in Melbourne. He takes a keen interest in rugby.

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Prominent Sri Lankan in Melbourne and former restauranteur Basil Balendran is awaiting sentence for sexually abusing a girl over five years.

Well-known restaurant owner unmasked as vile sex offender

He was the face of a popular Sri Lankan restaurant in Melbourne’s north who also volunteered at his local church. The Herald Sun can now reveal he’s an evil sex offender.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, AUGUST 14, 2024. Zev Serebryanski at Melbourne Magistrates Court ** ID confirmed by reporter **. Committal hearing expected to begin for Zev Serebryanski. Arrested in New York last year and charged over the alleged sexual abuse of prominent child sexual abuse in Jewish ultra-orthodox communities advocate Manny Waks three decades ago. Picture: NewsWire / Josie Hayden

‘I was an innocent child’: Victim of sexual abuse speaks out

A prominent victims’ rights advocate who was sexually abused by two members of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has given a powerful statement on how it affected him.

The scene of the plane crash at Papa Lea Lea, about 30 kilometres north-west of Port Moresby. Supplied

Crashed coke plane registered under dead man’s name

A light plane used to fly 500kg of coke into Australia that crashed on takeoff was registered by a Melbourne-based transnational crime syndicate under a dead man’s name.

Failed tennis prodigy Dino Dattoli is accused over a violent alleged home invasion in Preston in July 2022

‘Double fault’: One-time tennis prodigy busted trafficking ice

A one-time Melbourne tennis prodigy who once went toe to toe with Roger Federer has copped a massive serve after being caught dealing drugs for the fifth time.

Man in handcuffs file photo. Photo: Queensland Police Service

‘Sick of your s**t’: Cop kicks man resisting arrest to the head

A jury has rejected a Melbourne police officer’s argument that kicking a man lying face down to the head after his arrest in an inner-city suburb constituted reasonable force.

Disgraced police officer Alan Hawley has pleaded guilty to two more charges relating to possessing and transmitting child abuse material.

‘Got any rape pics to swap?’: Horse trainer to Telegram user

A horse trainer from central Victoria busted with hundreds of depraved child abuse material and messages blamed it on his “hacked” Facebook account and phone.

Andrea Corongiu fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court on multiple charges including trafficking a large commercial quantity of MDMA. Facebook. VERIFIED SHAPIRO Seen in court, linked to rea, DOB, matched tattoos, rare name in Melbourne. https://www.facebook.com/andrea.corongiu.35

Renowned Melbourne pizza chef cooked over MDMA trafficking

The career of a renowned pizza chef who worked for an award-winning Melbourne restaurant has gone up in smoke after he was caught hiding a stash of MDMA behind an oven.

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Luke Ferguson pleaded not guilty at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to multiple rape charges. Facebook. VERIFIED SHAPIRO Seen in court, linked to Drouin, DOB, matched mole next to nose, matched voice, matched no alcohol after charge date, linked to business https://www.facebook.com/luke.w.ferguson.5

Gippsland cricket identity unmasked as vile woman basher

A drunken Drouin tradie and cricket identity left a woman battered and bruised in an alcohol-fuelled attack leaving her fearful for her life and that of her kids.

Jesse Mahoney, manager at event company Front of House Production in Williamstown North, pleaded guilty to a raft of sex charges in the County Court on Thursday. Picture: Supplied

Grub music guru who worked with The Killers filmed sex act on teen

One of Melbourne’s leading live music stars who worked with the likes of The Killers performed degrading sex acts on a 14-year-old girl after meeting her through Snapchat.

Trae Wiremu Webster has admitted assaulting a guest who later died in an inner city Melbourne apartment during a party.

Apartment guest assaulted during birthday bash and left to die

An irate guest at his friend’s birthday bash in a Melbourne CBD apartment belted a man and left him to die after accusing him of punching a hole in the wall.

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