A Red Hill kitchen maestro tried to get around an impound fee after a staffer was nabbed drunk while driving his car by saying he knew nothing of it. But he was a passenger. And he isn’t the only foodie to end up in a southeast Melbourne court.
From a pill-popping public party host to a bra-stashing woman, these are the faces of some of Melbourne’s dopiest drug dealers.
Activist and former soldier Avi Yemini has been convicted of the brutal harassment and assault of his ex-wife, whose harrowing victim impact statement said he had “broken her spirit” and “destroyed her self-worth”.
A unlicensed hoon biker who led police on a high-speed chase through the Mornington Peninsula before ramming his bike into a cop car was asked to do a drug test. His reply? “I’d rather not.” Here’s why.
A Frankston man caught driving three times in three months high on ice and cannabis has avoided a jail term, with the angry magistrate hitting out at Australia’s too-lax drug penalties.
A drugged-up father-of-two was nervous when pulled over by police in Langwarrin. He then discovered running from cops wasn’t the answer, especially when they got their four-legged colleagues on the job.
He was paid large sums of cash upfront to do extensive landscaping work on three Peninsula properties. But the only thing that grew was his bank balance.
Do you want a ban with that? A drunk driver who fell asleep while waiting for his post-grog snack at a Hampton Park fast-food outlet has paid a heavy price for his hunger — and it’s not the first time he’s been caught out in the search for food.
The owner of a well-known high-end vintage fashion store in Bentleigh ripped off customers, tried to sell stolen clothes at a nearby market, and a police raid of her house also uncovered more than $50,000 in designer threads.
A long-term Frankston South dope smoker who relapsed badly and was caught with almost a kilogram of cannabis and evidence of drug trafficking during a police raid has walked free from court.
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