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Miles Proust is a court reporter for the Herald Sun.

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Comanchero Motorcycle Club members wait to have their identifications checked at the United Petrol Station in Tooradin. Victorian Sgt-at-Arms Christian Taumoefolau pictured. Picture : Ian Currie

High-profile bikies in legal limbo after AN0M sting

Bikies and organised crime figures caught up in the global AN0M police sting could spend more than five years on remand before trial as key evidence is challenged in the courts.

Police & Courts

Two-day contested hearing for disgraced lawyer Patrick Lennon after he was arrested with ice and $6k in his car at Stonnington. Evidence expected to be heard from four police witnesses and Hava Brandman, who was in the car when he was found with drugs. POSITIVE ID ASH ARGOON. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Ex-lawyer’s outburst outside court after ‘fall from grace’

A former lawyer who has acted for Mick Gatto and Danny Nikolic lashed out at media after being found guilty of a drug charge.

Police & Courts

What’s next for teens charged over Doncaster doctor’s murder

As two boys face murder charges for allegedly stabbing a young Doncaster doctor to death after a home invasion, here’s how legal proceedings will unfold.

Police & Courts

Ash Gordon died in a violent home invasion in Doncaster on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

Teen boys charged with murdering Doncaster doctor front court

Two 16-year-old boys charged with murdering Dr Ash Gordon after they allegedly broke into his Doncaster home have showed little emotion as they fronted court.

Police & Courts

Fadi Haddara (left) and Waleed Haddara depart the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Compulsory examinations are taking place for a dozen witnesses in relation to a fatal shooting at the Melbourne Pavilion during a boxing match last year. (AAP Image) NO ARCHIVING

Underworld figure Fadi Haddara to fight gun offences

Notorious western suburbs identity Fadi Haddara will fight firearms offences amid a police probe into arson attacks on tobacco stores.

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MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos JANUARY 16TH 2023 : Neo Nazi Jacob Hersant, appears at the Melbourne Magistrates Court, after being charged with performing a banned Nazi salute outside the County Court on October 27. PICTURE : NCA Newswire / Nicki Connolly

White supremacist could face jail for Nazi salute

A prominent neo-Nazi has been told he could be jailed for performing the illegal Nazi salute on the steps of a Melbourne court last year.

Police & Courts

Lots of Australian 100 dollar notes. Australian money cash generic

Alleged drug kingpin’s $5m wealth revealed

From gold bars to designer watches and large sums of cash, the wealth an accused Melbourne drug kingpin has been laid out in court.

Police & Courts

Harrison Hilton-Taylor (left) was charged with murdering a man in Hampton East on January 2. Picture: Facebook

Accused Hampton East murderer laughs in court

The man charged with murdering Spiros Filidis while he was walking to catch the bus in Hampton East laughed and stuck his tongue out during his first court appearance.

Victoria

Vilisunia Fakalata is a former stonemason who received a payout after he was diagnosed with silicosis from working on engineered stone. He's unable to work and says he wasn't warned about the dangers of engineered stone. Picture: Josie Hayden

Sick ex-stonemason wins silicosis payout from employers

A former stonemason who was diagnosed with an incurable lung disease after inhaling silica dust for more than 20 years has been awarded a payout after he took five of his employers to court.

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Victoria’s most bizarre court moments of 2023

From an alleged Nazi salute outside court to a mum booted for breastfeeding, these are the weirdest cases and moments in Victorian courts last year.

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