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Jon AndrewsCourt reporter

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

A prolific Peninsula pusher who ran a substance shop has told a magistrate he’s clean and won’t go back to using or selling drugs.

The saying goes “as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly” — it fits these bumbling repeat offenders perfectly.

A muscled-up Noble Park bodybuilder has denied allegations he hit a woman in her groin and kicked her in a violent rage.

A dopey Rye thief took the wrong track by nicking $10k of power tools when he was working on the level crossing removal project.

A swindler who ripped off a clothing shop by using phony ‘pineapples’ now has a lot less real cash in his pocket.

An ice-head “bounced his car off a tree” then tried to play hide and seek with the dog squad, but was sniffed out hiding in a bush.

Violent night: A hangry Carrum Downs teenager who lost the plot at a Maccas will have to make do with prison food for a while.

A Mornington pervert has been tormenting women along the foreshore of a popular beach with outrageous and offensive behaviour.

A Noble Park North driver nicknamed “Peedee Souvlaki” was skewered by a court for refusing two drug tests.

A Patterson Lakes ice abuser who stored her junkie mate’s stolen gear in a lock up remains free — for now — because of slack police work.