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Jon AndrewsCourt reporter

Jon Andrews is a suburban court reporter with nearly two decades of experience.

No Cadel Evans: Cops put the brakes on a fancy bike-stealing thief, who also has a taste for fine watches.

We can’t choose our family, but thankfully for this drongo, he can choose new mates after he was talked into a bumbling crime spree.

Unusual isn’t the word to describe our strangest stealers who have faced court for committing some pretty peculiar pilfering crimes.

An Armadale thieving junkie martial arts combatant says his biggest battle isn’t in the ring — it is his own drug dependence.

A cold crook who had busted into a sewing studio in Skye so he could have a nice warm nap instead ended up facing the heat in court.

A junkie Seaford brute who took his anger out on the people he should love the most has fronted court over a series of vicious attacks.

Spitting mad: A Frankston South “immature” cop-chase cannabis-craving teen attacked officers in a scuffle over a bag of marijuana.

A pumped-up Carrum Downs tradie thug pulled his naked partner by her hair down the stairs, choked her and threw her into a wardrobe.

Snake on a train: A vile V/Line passenger who did dirty deeds with his daks around his ankles says he is “very, very sorry”.

A father who smashed a window in a bungled bid to see the frightened mother of their five-week-old has been hit hard in the hip pocket.