Police hunting for ‘Rooster’ after Elizabeth St assault
The homicide squad is investigating an assault on a notorious CBD strip, with police releasing footage of a man they want to speak to.
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Kensington ‘fight night’ thug stranded in Vietnam after death of Melbourne mates
A Melbourne man with underworld links is stuck in Vietnam seven weeks after the mysterious deaths of holiday-makers Vincent Atulia and Andrew Colivas.
Lawyer charged over link to Domain Tunnel police chase
A Melbourne lawyer has been charged over a link to a police chase which started with a Land Rover driving erratically in the Domain Tunnel.
The pushback on Melbourne’s home invasion scourge is on
How long can it be until one of Melbourne’s army of young thugs picks the wrong home and comes to serious grief? The old defence of self-defence may get another workout in our courts.
Police seizing 40 knives, swords, daggers a day
More than 10,000 knives, daggers and swords have been seized in Victoria this year as police crack down on shops selling the weapons to youth gang members.
Man who murdered Celeste attempts suicide in jail
The man serving 30 years’ jail for stalking and then murdering young Celeste Manno as she slept at her Mernda home four years ago has been hospitalised after attempting to take his own life.
He says he’s a family man and hard worker. Police say he’s a bikie
Sione Hokafonu told a judge he had left the bikie world behind to throw himself into life as a hard working husband and father of five. Police will argue differently.
Suspected murder victim’s links to major gangland figure ‘Afghan Ali’
Police fear a man with links to Melbourne’s underworld, who vanished more than a decade ago, has met with foul play.
Inside the new generation of Melbourne gang feuds
Big personalities and competition for even bigger money are a complex and volatile mix, which has sparked conflict on the streets of Melbourne.
Hunt for four protesters accused of causing chaos outside military expo
Police have identified another person they were seeking after last month’s volatile Land Forces protests, while the hunt continues for four more.
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