A prolific Blackburn North drug dealer peddled gear across Melbourne to dozens of customers in various McDonald’s, Bunnings and Woolworths carparks but it all came crashing down following an investigation into a major meth syndicate.
A Royal Children’s nurse bashed with a chair, kneed, punched, and “rugby tackled” has scored a massive payout after a court ruled the Ascot Vale grandfather, vintage car collector and wine lover’s quality of life and ability to work had been diminished.
A former big shot city accountant fleeced $222,000 from two clients – including a popular Bulleen junior tennis coach – because he and his wife were “up to their neck” in debt and “living beyond their means”.
An Uber driver sexually assaulted a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Yallambie he thought was his deceased girlfriend but her devastated parents amazingly had much of their victim impact statements disallowed from being aired in court.
A vile knife-wielding fiend who raped a young mother near Ferntree Gully station in 1983 — ruining her “entire life” — was living the good life in Chelsea thinking he’d gotten away with it until a DNA breakthrough.
In a game of cat and mouse which echoed De Niro versus Pacino in heist film Heat, a crack police unit was tasked with taking down a sophisticated and well-equipped burglary crew hunting cannabis crop house scores. WATCH THE VIDEO
A Berwick sex predator is behind bars for grooming an online 14-year-old girl by sending lewd images and messages on social media app KiK. And it was all thanks to a cunning police sting — here’s how they brought him down.
An armed menace who terrorised parents and their two children after storming their Wantirna South home with a gang of thugs wanted his matter fast-tracked so he could be sentenced before his 21st birthday in a bid to beat adult jail.
A Carrum Downs plasterer wanted a new career creating video games but instead of rolling out the next Grand Theft Auto he’s in a jail cell after his “one-man” money-making cannabis racket went up in smoke.
A sister who allegedly committed a violent home invasion in Mornington with her brother is free to roam the streets despite being in “breach of bail” and interrupting a court hearing to collect a room service order.
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