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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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Ballarat

Paramedic, former police officer and mother-of-three Pauline Smith was killed in a two-car crash on the Western Highway near the Grampians.

Runaway killer driver extradited to face court for paramedic’s death

The son of a beloved mother-of-three killed in a horrific collision described the killer driver as a “coward” for fleeing to Queensland ahead of his sentencing.

West

For the second time in two days a tobacco shop in Altona has been fire bombed. This time using a car to ram the front door. Friday, January 12. 2024. Picture: David Crosling

Finks bikie torched Sunshine tobacco store

A Sunshine man and Finks bikie believed to be part of a group allegedly involved in a string of firebombings across Melbourne torched Sunshine tobacco store.

Inner South

Veronica Sabo pleaded guilty in the Melbourne County Court to trafficking heroin and attempting to possess a marketable quantity of cocaine. Facebook.VERIFIED SHAPIROSeen in court, linked to children seen in court, linked Trentham area, linked to job at Windsor House.https://www.facebook.com/MummaVstar

Melbourne mum ran heroin trafficking empire out of cafe

A Melbourne drug addict cum rehab mentor who ran a heroin trafficking outlet from a St Kilda cafe was snared during a police operation.

Leader

Nathan Fenton outside the County Court after pleading guilty to charges relating to the trafficking of methamphetamine from a Greenvale Airbnb.

Melbourne trio trafficked ice from a Greenvale Airbnb

Three men, including the son of an ex-detective, were nabbed for possessing and trafficking ice from an Airbnb in Greenvale and a stash of gear was recovered from a storage facility.

Wyndham Leader

Hooded man with a gun in the dark istock image

Crook robbed brothel and gave cash to wife on Mother’s Day

A drug addict carried out a series of armed robberies of businesses in Melbourne’s west, including a brothel, and gifted the loot from the sex parlour to his wife for Mother’s Day.

Albury Wodonga

Little girl suffering bullying raises her palm asking to stop the violence

Pervert told victim he had demons in him during vile assaults

A grub slid his hand down an underaged girl’s pants and grabbed her breasts on at least seven occasions after a game of Dungeons and Dragons.

North

Adam Lording threatened to shoot two drivers with a handgun before driving away in their cars.

Armed thug threatens to shoot motorists before stealing their cars

A good Samaritan who pulled over to help after a two-car collision on the Hume Freeway was forced out of his car by a gun-toting thug who stole his vehicle.

Goulburn Valley

Women use their hands to protect themselves from sexual abuse.Detain rape, sexual abuse , human trafficking, domestic violence rape.

Vile Victorian rapist attacked woman as she woke up

A sick rapist who forced himself on a woman as she woke up later tried to explain his vile actions to police with a pathetic excuse.

Ballarat

Killer driver goes missing days before his sentencing

The hunt is on for a killer driver who disappeared just days out from his sentencing for causing a collision that killed a beloved paramedic in the state’s west.

West

Bikie Deng Malwal is arrested in Harkness in relation to a violent home invasion in Tarneit.

Machete-wielding bikie storms home, stabs two victims

Four machete-wielding OGK bikies stormed a Tarneit home in the dead of night during escalating gang tensions and stabbed two victims during a targeted attack.

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