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Jon AndrewsCourt reporter

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

A homeless man high on ice and booze went to a Dandenong squat to score a ciggie, but events soon spiralled out of control.

A Langwarrin cabinet maker who had already knocked back too many unwisely treated himself to just one more as he drove home.

A former drug-addicted teen who snuck into a Frankston family’s home and pinched a luxury car has learned her fate.

A Tootgarook thug who hit a jogger because he wanted her beanie also threw pies, eggs and punches at a Rye supermarket worker.

A perverted creep cornered a horrified 19-year-old woman on a Frankston train, saying disgusting thing while performing a sex act.

An out-of-work chef organised thieves to nick baby formula, making thousands selling it on his wife’s import-export Facebook shop.

A peer-pressured Pakenham dad who did mates a favour stashing their rifles in his garage also hid his own handgun under his bed.

A Narre Warren brute who attacked his ex-wife because she had seen another man after they had split up has been sentenced.

A Frankston North disqualified driver who answered a mate’s call for help didn’t expect to be on the end of a crazy tow truck chase.

The owner of an earthmoving business has dug himself into a hole after receiving another ban for driving high on drugs yet again.