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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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Gayle Maher outside the County Court after been sentenced to two years community corrections order for attempting to fraudulently cash in on her son's insurance policy.

Dishonest mum attempts to cash in on dead son’s insurance policy

A Mordialloc mum’s brazen dishonesty saw her falsify her son’s death certificate in order to fraudulently obtain his life insurance payout.

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Thug’s brutal eight-hour assault on woman he stalked from station

A vile brute attacked and raped a woman during a horror eight-hour attack after he stalked her from a northern suburbs railway station

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Revealed: 11 shocking cases from Victorian courts

From setting a neighbour’s house on fire to bashing immigration detention officers, here’s some of what happened in Victorian courts this week.

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Chippie sexually abused a nine-year-old girl

A carpenter who came to Australia as a refugee has been found guilty of sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl in Victoria.

North

Sian Radi was jogging 3km a day to raise funds for Oxfam when unlicensed driver Mark Gilbert mowed her down.

Crash victim disappointed at length of jail term for driver

A career criminal and unlicensed driver was more concerned about driving away after mowing down a jogger than helping the seriously injured victim.

South East

Former landscaper allegedly conned woman into giving him $200k

A former Mornington Peninsula landscaper has allegedly convinced a woman to give him nearly 200k before he relocated to Coffs Harbour.

Bendigo

Negotiations continue in alleged Bendigo police officer sexual assault case

A police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Bendigo while off duty.

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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Up to 30 people were involved in a large brawl outside Lilys Bar and Restaurant on Quinn Ave Seven Hills at approx midnight. Its belived that several people recieved stab wounds from broken glass. One man was photographed with a police officer stemming blood from a wound on the back of his neck. A very large number of police arrived on scene to assist with controlling the crowd. A dog squad also assisted in the search for other offenders. Police were seen speeding through adjoining streets quelling the violence. Several people were assessed and transported to hospital as a result of their injuries. At least two men were arrested by police on scene and loaded into a nearby paddy wagon. Lilys Bar was said to have been holding a wedding and a 21st party at their venue last night. One witness stated that two undercover police officers that arrived early on at the scene in a corolla were heros as they displayed extreme professionalism is dealing with the overwhelming task of stemming the violence considering how outnumbered they were.Police are continuing their investigations into the brawl. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Alcohol-fuelled violent thug stabs partygoer with broken glass

A Dandenong thug almost killed a man out celebrating his wife’s birthday at a bar by thrusting a glass in his throat in front of partygoers.

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Police located three unregistered and insecure firearms at a 53-year-old's home in Port Lincoln

Meth head admits to stealing firearms from rural property

A Kerang meth head bent open a gun safe at a rural property while the owner was away overseas and stole three firearms, including a 20-gauge shotgun.

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Dr Ian Maxwell Deitch, 58, director of Chirolife in Rosanna, has been charged with three counts of rape, one count of assault with intent to rape and six counts of sexual assault. Source: Supplied ,

Melbourne chiropractor accused of sexual conduct against clients

A Rosanna chiropractor is accused of raping and sexually assaulting female clients, including touching a woman’s breast and nipples.

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