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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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A man died in a horror crash near Bacchus Marsh on July 8. Picture: Nine.

Young killer driver battling PTSD and general anxiety disorder

The mental health of the young motorist who caused a tragic multi-vehicle collision in Bacchus Marsh that led to the death of a doting family man has deteriorated since the incident.

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Illi Glover fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Feb 28 2022 charged with drug offences. Facebook.VERIFIED SHAPIROSeen in court, rare name, linked to suburb, DOB and co-offender Jonade Hamidi.https://www.facebook.com/illie.gloverhttps://www.facebook.com/jonade.hamidi

Glamorous ex-girlfriend turns on drug dealer kingpin

A dodgy coke dealer got sunk by his glamourous ex-girlfriend who threw him under the drug bus in court and now claims any prison time will impact his mental health.

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Crash scene photos after Mathew Dyer drove his silver SAAB through a red light at Ferntree Gully Rd and Cambden Park Parade, slamming into two cars, killing his passenger and mother of two Nicole Woollard on August 27, 2022.,

Killer driver reached 160km/h before fatal collision

High on meth and unregistered driver, a Lilydale man reached speeds of almost 160km/h before he slammed into another car and killed his passenger during a police pursuit.

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WEEKEND MAGAZINE SPECIAL. OCTOBER 27,2021. , PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING., COOMA, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 26th 2021: **SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL**An inside look at life behind bars at Cooma Prison in NSW. An inmate in an outside holding cell at Cooma Prison.Picture: Gary Ramage

Violent assaults on prison officers by wild inmates

One Corrections officer suffered a broken nose and another was punched in the head in two attacks by inmates on guards at Port Phillip Prison.

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Waheed, Waheed2: St Kilda dad Shaheen Waheed, 45, and his four co-accused, including partner Sophia Polites, 44, fronted the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 21/06/2023 after an early morning drug raid at a swanky St Kilda Rd apartment in July last year became a mission for the bomb squad. They've both been charged with “unlawfully and maliciously” possessing an explosive substance with the intent of using it or enabling another to use it “to endanger life and cause serious injury to property”, as well as drug trafficking charges. Picture: Facebook

Head of alleged drug syndicate makes desperate bid for freedom

Alleged crook behind the discovery of a frightening collection of deadly weaponry and meth in St Kilda allegedly contacted co-accused while on remand.

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‘Serious sex offender’: Bendigo grub caught in the act again

A vile druggie who spent four years in jail for collecting child abuse material has struck again, downloading more than 14,000 graphic child abuse images.

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Aleziah Spiers has pleaded guilty to stockpiling a large cache of firearms on a farm.

Wannabe commando who hid cache of guns learns his fate

A Doomsday prepper and former soldier who buried a large cache of guns in a secret lair on the outskirts of Melbourne has fronted court.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 21 2023: Rick McLeod, 74, who scammed $180,000 from four women he met on dating apps, leaves the County Court in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Sleazy love rat trapped after fleecing women with lies

An ageing Lothario love rat’s wicked ways are over after he was snared by police after conning four women he met on an online dating app out of almost $200k.

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Dastardly mum and daughter fraudsters ripped off $2m

A sneaky mother and daughter duo referred to unwitting students as “sasuages” as they fleeced Victoria taxpayers out of $2.2m in a sham education con job.

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WARNING. HOLD FOR HS FEATURE. CONTACT PIC DESK BEFORE USE. Overnight in the Alfred Hospital Emergency Department. A emergency car accident patient arrives by Air Ambulance on the helipad with ED medical staff walking out to receive the patient. Picture: David Caird

Meth-head mum kills elderly woman in road horror

A drug-addicted Dromana woman took her eyes off the road while driving to look for an asthma puffer for her daughter before slamming into an elderly pedestrian.

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