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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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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”.

Inner South

Shaheen Waheed has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and charges relating to possession of firearms and explosive substance.

Drug addicts from famous St Kilda raid up on more charges

A crook dubbed “Superfly” and a Richmond man are up on more charges relating to the discovery of a frightening collection of deadly weaponry and meth.

Ballarat

Paramedic and former police officer Pauline Smith died in a car crash on the Western Highway on Friday, May 20, 2022. Photo: Facebook

Driver admits causing crash that killed Grampians identity

An off-duty paramedic was killed less than an hour after finishing work by an erratic driver behind the wheel of an unlicensed vehicle on the Western Hwy.

North

Fraudster Abdulkadir Ibrahim leaves County Court after pleading guilty to rorting taxpayers of nearly $465,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims.

Crook obtains $465k in bogus Medicare claims over 21 months

A fraudster stole a Melbourne GP’s identity to submit thousands of Medicare patient claims and rorted taxpayers of nearly $465k

Goulburn Valley

Seymour woman Chantelle Pearse leaving the Shepparton Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to trafficking meth, knowingly and recklessly deal with proceeds of crime.

High farce in Seymour drug, cash, gun deal

A drug deal involving a gun at Seymour went horribly wrong when the drug buyer realised he’d been sold a gel blaster rather than a real weapon.

North West

Fawkner Airport Motor Inn, now under new management and trading under a different name, where fraudsters David Stakic and Apostolos Lapatis befriended the business owners Robin and Roslyn Nagorcka.

Motel operators conned out of nearly $3m by guests

Two con artists befriended Melbourne motel operators and tricked them into handing over nearly $3m to help fund a High Court case.

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