13 months later, police are still stumped over this fatal shooting
A group of armed intruders stormed into a Donnybrook house in January last year and left a man for dead. Now, police are honing in on one piece of evidence to crack the case.
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In world of bikie gangs, every dog has his day until he’s roadkill
Outlaw motorcycle gangs are a ruthless racket rigged to favour the powerful, manipulative and greedy — and the lowest in the ranks are expendable pawns. The bitter truth is, it’s tough at the bottom.
Have gangland figures called time on tobacco wars?
After a month since the last firebombing, there is optimism that the tobacco wars ended with the murder of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim.
Danger lurks behind bars, even if weapons are hard to come by
Those who have done serious jail time know prison is an inherently dangerous place, where prisoners know how to improvise with the limited options available.
Three years on, ‘racist’ killing turns out to be something very different
Even the Prime Minister felt the need to ignore the absence of facts and join media and human rights groups in branding the killing of Indigenous Perth teenager Cassius Turvey as racist. Years on, a different narrative has emerged.
Review into teen girl’s mysterious death in Melton
Police have launched a review into the death of 16-year-old Alana Cecil whose body was dumped in a driveway of a vacant property in 1996.
Victoria’s new top cop takes aim at bail laws in first public outing
Acting Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent has fronted the media for the first time, saying while nobody wants to see children behind bars sometimes “they need to be incarcerated”.
Country tobacco shop busted for third time
Police from the VIPER Taskforce have arrested a woman and seized illegal e-cigarettes, tobacco and cash from a Horsham tobacco shop.
First-time prisoners lift lid on ‘fear, humiliation, constant threat’ of life inside
Those who have done it say there are few things more intimidating than walking through the yard of a maximum security prison for the first time: “Do the wrong thing and you’re f…ed”.
Buttler: Patton wasn’t perfect but paid price for govt-made problems
Former Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton made mistakes but issues around youth crime, revolving-door bail and tobacco wars are primarily rooted in government decisions and inaction.
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