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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.

Imran Ali

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South East

Failed businessman busted selling cocaine and heroin to cops

A failed Melbourne businessman sold heroin and cocaine to three undercover cops and even offered to fly them to Sydney to bring back more drugs.

North

Sarah Baines fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court on drug charges. Facebook.VERIFIED SHAPIROSeen in court, linked to DOB, suburbshttps://www.facebook.com/sarah.baines.7528

Sex toy sales rep trafficked meth and butanediol

A Melbourne party girl who sold dildos for a living was nabbed trafficking ice and running a high-end drug trafficking racket in cahoots with two others.

Outer East

Car thief trying to break into a car with a screwdriver. Car thief, car theft.

Teen thug’s crime spree ends after police car rammed

An unlicensed driver’s car theft and burglary spree in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs came to a screeching halt after he rammed a police car and injured a cop.

North West

Pathological gambler stole $1.1m from employer in just 16 months

A Melbourne businesswoman on a work trip overseas thought she was having a heart attack after being told a trusted employee had stolen $1.1m from the company to fund her gambling addiction.

Goulburn Valley

A motionless Go Pro catches Liam and Luke Brown inside a Shepparton property, with Liam holding a blowtorch.

Jailed blow torch arsonist from Shepparton appeals sentence

One of two brothers jailed for torching a Shepparton house as its occupants lay sleeping has gone to the Supreme Court in a bid to lower his sentence.

Inner South

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 03, 2022: Andrew Sackl, 33, a Melbourne businessman who used his looks, charm and lies to ruin the dreams of desperate migrants willing to pay big bucks to work in Australia, arrives at the County Court. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Dodgy businessman caught lying in court over his mega fortune

A dodgy businessman once dubbed Melbourne’s “Wolf of Wall St” was caught lying about his finances in a court proceeding he initiated and was referred to police.

North

Novelist and keen musician Michael Witheford sent dozens of child abuse images to a woman during an online chat about their sexual interest in children.

Grubby muso busted with vile child abuse material

A vile novelist and musician busted with hundreds of vile child abuse images told police he didn’t believe his actions were “real world stuff”.

South East

Some of Anthony Del Vecchio's victims outside the County Court following his guilty pleas.

Award-winning financial adviser fleeces family and friends of $4.4m

Family and friends of an award-winning Melbourne financial adviser have spoken of their heartbreak at being fleeced out $4.4m by the con artist.

South East

Luke Raymond Bingham was arrested at his Cranbourne house over his involvement in dark web drug trafficking under the user name

Cranbourne dark web drug trafficker jailed after selling to cops

An out-of-work tattooist has been jailed after he was caught trafficking LSD and cannabis over the dark web and mailing the drugs across the country, including to police operatives.

Bass Coast News

The unmarked police car Matthew Herrere stole and crashed into another vehicle during a police pursuit.

Thug steals police car and nearly kills a motorist while on bail

A Melbourne thug out on bail drove off in a police car while his partner in crime was being arrested and slammed the vehicle into a Holden Rodeo, seriously injuring its driver.

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