A woman who was sexually abused by a 32-year-old creep when she was just 14 years old has told a court her attacker took away her “voice, innocence and freedom”. And the ex-paratrooper has learned his fate over the sickening assault.
A dole-bludging mum who owned a house, two investment properties, cars and even a boat rorted Centrelink to live a lavish lifestyle of parties and overseas travel wanted the big life but she ended up with the big house.
A scoundrel secretary who stole $238,000 from her boss — a blind Melbourne Clinic psychologist — blew the dough on a car, electronics, CityLink fees and even 7-Eleven but her villainous conduct didn’t end there.
A Gippsland paedo who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl in the back of his ute before molesting the student outside her school has dodged a longer jail sentence despite the sex fiend blaming his victim on the offending.
A tooled up “Action Man” who was ready to rock and roll like De Niro in heist film Heat when he shot at a man near Avondale Heights Macca’s got the surprise of his life when his victim – an Indian chef – was not in the Mafia.
When a drug trafficker rented a car in Bayswater and went for a Tuesday drive along the Melba Highway, little did he know police were on his tail. And his grandparents weren’t to know cops would be storming their house the next day either.
A Rebels bikie and promising Moorabbin rugby union player is back on the street despite facing charges arising from a frightening alleged blackmail and false imprisonment of a Preston Business owner.
A Traralgon granny who rorted Centrelink for $110,000 while working at a Latrobe Valley aged care facility has claimed the stolen dough was burned by her husband on alcohol but bank account statements told a different story.
A woman-bashing former Ivanhoe Grammar boy nabbed with a stack of MDMA, cash and a pill press after fronting hospital with a mystery gunshot wound has sensationally denied dealing for money. But the “greedy” Doncaster man wasn’t fooling a judge.
A La Porchetta chef is back on the street after posting a $1 million surety despite organised crime police fearing the accused trafficker — allegedly part of a large-scale drug syndicate — will fly to Italy where he has a “family connection”.
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