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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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Former ADF soldier Aleziah Spiers will be jailed after pleading guilty to storing a "staggering" amount of firearms, including machine guns, at a regional property. Picture: Facebook/ Aleziah Spiers

Wannabe commando’s arsenal of illegal weapons uncovered

A former Australian Army soldier and wannabe commando hid a large cache of illegal weapons in a secret lair on the edge of Melbourne to prepare for the “apocalypse”.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 23, 2023: Services Australia Medicare office in Marion. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Dodgy company director duped investors by forging documents

The architect of an elaborate scheme secured more than $38m from overseas investors on fake NDIS-approved properties.

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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

Doncaster East cocaine trafficker dobbed in by ex

A glamorous Melbourne dog groomer gave evidence against her drug dealer ex-boyfriend after he told her to “get the stuff out of the house” when police were coming to search it.

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Abdirahman Basa, 19, (L) and his co-accused threatened workers with a machete as they stole cash and bottles of vodka from NQR supermarket in Werribee on March 28. Picture: Supplied.

Teen gangster’s violent crime spree and wild police chase

A member of violent youth gang The Brotherhood stole a car, threatened a supermarket worker with a machete and led cops on a wild chase during a crime rampage.

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Christopher Francis Coleborn, 75, is charged with historic child sex abuse from when he was a minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Picture: Supplied

‘A real problem’: Church minister pedo twice assaulted victim

He was the kindly church minister by day who turned into a vile sex offender at night, abusing his young victim and then claiming “even adults make mistakes”.

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Dennis Jones Engineering director Dennis Jones after his company and him were fined in the County Court for a workplace incident.

Company and director cop heavy hit over injured apprentice

A Gippsland engineering company and its director have landed in hot water after an apprentice copped a severe knock to the head.

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Nicholas Sevdalis outside the County Court after pleading guilty to driving charges.

Melbourne hoon tears up after wild near-fatal crash

A drugged-up hoon with a shocking driving history tears up after learning his fate for a wild night in his hotted-up sports car that almost killed a mate.

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‘Cruel and inhumane’: Parents forced ‘naughty’ boy to sleep in laundry

A Melbourne couple has been unmasked as abusive parents who forced their young son to sleep on the laundry floor without a blanket and a pillow as “punishment for being naughty”.

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Thang Nguyen outside the County Court on Monday, October 16, after being arrested as part of Operation Kingfisher that Victoria Police launched in 2021 to identify drug dealing in Melbourneâs western suburbs.

Melbourne mum revaled to be evil drug syndicate member

A 50-year-old Melbourne mum helped flood the streets with a deadly drug to fund her drug and gambling addiction.

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‘It has to stop’: Maniac motorist’s tragic crash

A man who took his two mates hooning across the northern suburbs in his modified sports car lost control and crashed causing lifelong injuries to one passenger.

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