Boozy soccer fan busted behind the wheel
A soccer fan has caught the train to the A-League derby clash so he could booze on with a mate, only to be busted drink-driving home from Wyndham Vale station.
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Magistrate tells rude Kiwi: ‘don’t call me bro’
A designated driver who ploughed through his neighbour’s fence in Hoppers Crossing then refused a breath test earned himself a stinging rebuke — and a harsher penalty — after he repeatedly called the magistrate ‘bro’.
Serial offender avoids jail time, again
An unlicensed western suburbs speedster who ‘run amok’ on our roads for a decade has narrowly avoided jail time. But the magistrate warned next time he won’t be so lucky.
Teen’s terrifying attack on neighbour
A teen who tried to sexually assault his neighbour at knifepoint and then choked her until she passed out during a “chilling and very disturbing” home invasion in Melbourne’s west, could be free in a year.
Ice-addicted mum’s second chance after gunpoint robbery
A young ice-addicted mother who lured a man to Point Cook so her partner could rob him at gunpoint has been given an opportunity to clean up her act. And as she avoided a jail sentence, the judge gave her some sage advice.
Thug jailed over terrifying baseball bat carjacking at station
A young thug who bashed a man with a baseball bat during a violent carjacking at a train station in Melbourne’s west could walk free from jail in less than a year.
Deviants, don’t AirDrop me porn on the train
I thought my daily morning commute crammed on a peak hour train, often with my face in someone’s armpit, was bad enough — then a complete stranger sent me a picture of his junk, writes Jordy Atkinson.
Meth dealer evicted after shooting homemade gun
A DRUG dealer has been booted from his South Melbourne public housing flat after he shot at his thieving neighbours with a homemade firearm.
Fury over ‘30 pieces of silver’ stunt
UPDATE: Security at Port Phillip Council chambers will be boosted, following a tasteless publicity stunt this week aimed at discrediting a Jewish councillor.
Exercise runs rings around hangovers
SNIFFLES, nights out on the grog and jet lag have failed to break a St Kilda man’s three-year exercise streak. He’s hit 1095 days — and counting.
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