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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

Deviant abused young girl and tried to bribe her, court hears

A sexual deviant gave a 7-year-old girl a long hug and sexually assaulted her before offering to bribe her with “something special”.

Bass Coast News

Sarah-Jane Lysette died after a vehicle, driven by Tyler Pearce, reversed into her at a Traralgon hotel.

Young driver faces court over tragic death of woman in carpark

Gripped by fear of a stumbling woman in a hotel carpark in Mt Waverley, a young driver quickly reversed and slammed into her which led to her death.

Outer East

Former boxing champ burns down father’s house

Hand-picked by Aussie boxing great Jeff Fenech, a former Victoria pugilist burnt down his father’s house while his family was grieving the loss of a loved one.

Mildura

Scott Alexander Edwards leaves County Court after pleading guilty to trafficking in a drug of dependance.

Pensioner busted hauling drugs into Victoria for crime lord

The lure of $8000 payday from a crime kingpin got a 75-year-old with Parkinson’s disease on a cross-country drug run from South Australia to Victoria.

Melbourne City

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: In this photo illustration, a teenage child looks at a screen of age-restricted content on a laptop screen on January 17, 2023 in London, England. The Bill aims to protect young and vulnerable viewers by introducing new rules for social media companies which host user-generated content, and for search engines, which will have tailored duties focussed on minimising the presentation of harmful search results. Content that platforms will need to remove includes child sexual abuse material, revenge pornography, selling illegal drugs or weapons, and terrorism. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Fantasiser’s vile online chat about sexual abuse of kids revealed

A vile online user told another paedophile Nazis were his ultimate fantasy and described how he would sexually assault a child as it was being born.

South East

A Templestowe bookkeeper has âstolenâ years of a business ownerâs retirement on top of committing fraud, transferring $140,000 from his account into her personal one.

Crook bookkeeper nicked half a million from family-owned business

A serial thief hired as a bookkeeper preyed on the trust of her employer and fleeced the business of more than $500,000 over four years.

Albury Wodonga

Much-loved community member Tony Reeckman died after his bike was hit from behind by Wodonga woman Abby Sturgess along the Springhurst-Rutherglen Road in January 2023.

Killer Wodonga driver learns fate after death of cyclist

Family and friends of a young nurse who hit and killed a cyclist after using social media behind the wheel have cried as she learnt her fate.

Goulburn Valley

386019 08: An FBI Special Agent holds a gun wired to the agency's interactive Firearms Training System during a demonstration of the system February 26, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. To simulate reality, subjects may succesfully run and shoot at officers for up to 20 seconds after being mortally wounded. The program trains agents in life threatening situations requiring split-second reactions. The program tallies lethal and non-lethal shots, misses, shots to friendly subjects, and also allows the suspects to shoot and kill the trainee in the simulation. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers)

Former bikie involved in a standover tactic to extort $500k

A former bikie and Australian freestyle wrestling champion planning to join Hells Angels attempted to extort $500,000 from a Shepparton accountant.

Leader

Angie Shrimpton, 35, had Covid last year in August, and is now a participant in local research into its long term effects.

Covid-affected mum plans to sue for pain and suffering

A Geelong mother given the greenlight to launch legal action for pain and suffering as a result of contracting Covid in the workplace has spoken out about her next court battle.

Albury Wodonga

Experienced rider Tony Reeckman had been a huge part of partner Deb Enshaw's life.

Nurse on Insta, Snapchat in moments before horrific smash

A young driver was on Instagram and Snapchat for nearly two minutes in the moments before she hit a well-known cyclist from behind and killed him.

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