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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.

Imran Ali

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Inner South

CCTV footage of the brawl outside the Love Machine nightclub. Picture: Victoria Police

Alleged bikies in court over nightclub brawl

Four men police believe to have links to the Comancheros were allegedly involved in a horrific brawl outside a Prahran nightclub that nearly proved fatal.

North West

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Key player in $7.5m fraud busted after splurging on luxury goods

A greedy criminal who was part of a syndicate that stole $7.5m in fraudulent MediCare benefits blew the money on fancy cars, handbags and flash gear from the top end of town.

Melbourne City

Christopher Wiseman fleeced the Jewish Care Victoria of $185,000 by fraudulently obtaining 15 loans over a nearly two years.

Trusted manager swindles Jewish charity caring for the elderly

A trusted manager who bled a Jewish charity for the elderly almost dry after stealing $185k will likely lose his job at a car dealership after being convicted for his crimes.

East

Wei Wang is awaiting sentence for his part in a money laundering syndicate in Melbourne involving $33m.

Key player in Melbourne money laundering syndicate fronts court

A key player in Australia’s largest ever money laundering operations washed $32m in cash and cryptocurrency to recoup his losses in property investments across Melbourne.

South East

Disgraced real estate agent and auctioneer Nikolaos Haidaris leaves County Court after pleading guilty to fleecing a potential investor of more than $1m.

Crook real estate agent stole $1.1m from victim to go on the punt

A disgraced Melbourne real estate agent punted money he stole from an investor on poker tournaments across the country as his life fell apart.

South East

Efram Caspersz has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault. Picture is from LinkedIn. ID checked by Blair Corless and Odessa Blain. DO NOT PUBLISH WITHOUT CHECKING ID.

Parkinson’s sufferer sentenced for repeatedly raping a woman

A wheelchair-bound man suffering Parkinson’s whose claim that he couldn’t repeatedly rape and sexually assault a woman given his ill-health has been rejected in court.

North

An alleged key player in Victoria's tobacco wars has been named as Majid Alibadi. , The Epping man, 25, fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday afternoon following his arrest by Lunar Taskforce detectives in Bundoora.

Alleged tobacco war figure fronts court with new request

An alleged tobacco wars ringleader is facing more than 20 charges including allegations he orchestrated arson attacks on a Docklands restaurant and at a Glenroy tobacconist.

South East

Rapist lured woman to abandoned house

A woman’s cries for help were to no avail as a meth addict repeatedly raped her for more than an hour after luring her to an abandoned Dandenong house.

South East

Dishonest site foreman Anselmo Dragone leaves County Court after a plea hearing on charges of deceptively obtaining $343,000 from two businesses.

Dodgy site foreman duped plant hire companies over $343k

A dishonest site foreman pocketed $343k he fraudulently obtained from two plant hire companies for the hire of two excavators that were never delivered.

Melbourne City

Gold Coast tiler Daniel Blight has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious injury to Melbourne sonographer Saba Harrington at Fitzroy.

Coked-up Porsche fiend blown away over near fatal crash

A hoon with a shocking driving history who got behind the wheel of his Porsche while high on coke slammed into a woman after running a red light leaving her with horror injuries.

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