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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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‘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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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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