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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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Melbourne City

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 10 DECEMBER, 2023: Police block Lonsdale Street to investigate an overnight shooting at the Mens Gallery. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Man accused of a shooting in Melbourne CBD faces court

A man accused of shooting a 19-year-old in the leg during an altercation outside a Melbourne strip club has appeared in the County Court.

Ballarat

Melbourne truckie Howard Laing-Smith has been jailed for paying children in The Philippines to pose naked during video chats and supply him with child abuse material.

Grub truckie paid thousands for nude pics and videos

A deviant Melbourne truckie on interstate runs plied a poor 13-year-old girl and her adult sister in The Philippines with cash in exchange for child abuse material.

South East

Dishonest site foreman Anselmo Dragone leaves County Court after a plea hearing on charges of deceptively obtaining $343,000 from two businesses.

Shonky site foreman ripped off excavator hire companies

A dodgy site foreman tricked two companies into paying him $343k for the hire of two excavators for a property development that he never delivered.

Goulburn Valley

Thug bikie put gun to accountant’s head in extortion bid

A gun-wielding thug who claimed to be a Hells Angel told a Shepparton accountant he knew where his children lived in a $500,000 extortion attempt.

South East

Junkie’s car-for-cash scam using fake licences brought undone

A Melbourne man used 108 phone numbers and fake driver’s licences to sell cars he hired to fund his $1000 a day heroin addiction.

Wyndham Leader

Close to $100 million has been poured into poker machines in the past year.

Real estate agent swindles clients to fund gambling addiction

After gambling away his life savings, a once-successful Point Cook real estate agent conned his clients out of $553k to sink more money at Crown.

South East

This crane, owned by Misz Pty Ltd, topped onto the Martogg factory on Franston-Dandenong Road in Dandenong South.

Crane topples over at work site after warning system disabled

An overloaded crane toppled onto a factory in Dandenong South after a warning system was deliberately disabled, putting the lives of three people at risk.

North

Children are hit hard by a divorce but at what age should they have some say in their future?

Grub fruit picker offered child cash for sexual favours

A vile fruit picker offered a seven-year-old girl $50 so he could slide his hand down her pants which he said “felt good”

North

, Emergency services rushed to the Emerald Reception Centre on Settlement Rd in Thomastown after a fire on Thursday. Picture: Genevieve Holding,

Drug addict torches Thomastown business in return for reward

A bumbling drug addict arsonist burnt himself while setting fire to a business in Thomastown in return for cash and drugs.

South East

Scared and intimidated sad teenager bullied on line with laptop suffering cyberbullying and harassment. Child victim of bullying stalker social media, online challenges, technology and dangers of internet.

Vile grub groomed 15-year-old girl for after-school sex

A Melbourne deviant exchanged nudes with a 15-year-old girl and suggested he could facilitate her working at a brothel to make “a lot of money”.

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