Pesutto facing $2m nightmare after rejecting $100k settlement
Opposition Leader John Pesutto rejected the chance to escape his legal battle with ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming for $100,000. Now he’s staring at a $2m financial wipeout.
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Terrorist who plotted to bomb MCG has strict supervision extended
One of Australia’s most notorious convicted terrorists will remain under strict supervision in his Dallas home for at least two months following an Albanese government bid to keep him under extended watch.
Teen who bragged about fatal stabbing jailed for four years
A teenage boy who boasted about stabbing Hashim Mohamed in a deadly gang attack on the St Kilda foreshore will spend four years in youth detention.
Musician accused of $21m fraud splurged on sugar baby while on bail
Despite earning less than $1000 a week from Centrelink, Craig Heath spent nearly $51,000 on his “sugar baby”, dining out and personal grooming while on bail for a string of fraud charges.
‘Miracle job’: Family praises police as accused Easey St killer charged with murder, rape
The siblings of two women stabbed to death in one of Melbourne’s most notorious crimes have come face to face with their accused killer, Perry Kouroumblis, as he fronted court charged with their murder 47 years on.
Bombshell admission after teen’s train death in Toorak
A train driver has spoken for the first time about what happened in the moments leading up to the horror death of an 18-year-old passenger.
Man accused of killing carer cries, blows kisses in court
The man accused of murdering a 62-year-old carer who lived with him at a home in Melbourne’s southwest has shaken in the dock, wiped away tears and blown kisses to supporters during a court appearance.
Costello in hot water over TV stunt take-down on finance exec
A Current Affair reporter Seb Costello has been accused of “mental, psychological or emotional harm” after allegedly chasing down a financial executive in a TV stunt.
Man set free after judges cast doubt on rape victim’s story
A man jailed for raping an elderly woman at knifepoint in her Bayside home has been released from prison after appeal judges questioned the 71-year-old woman’s credibility.
‘Danger to women’: Merri Creek rapist loses bid to reduce sentence
A serial rapist who subjected a female jogger to a terrifying hours-long attack in “one of the worst cases” a judge has seen, has had his appeal for a more lenient sentence thrown out.
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