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Shannon DeeryState Politics Editor

Shannon Deery is the Herald Sun’s state political editor. He joined the paper in 2007 and covered courts and crime before joining the politics team in 2020.

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JOE Gutnik arrives at The Supreme Court of Victoria to fight a $55 million claim by an Indian fertilizer company. Sources have told the Herald Sun Gutnick is broke, and if he loses this could file for banruptcy. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Diamond Joe down to his last millions

MINING magnate Joseph Gutnick has admitted he’s in financial strife amid a $55 million lawsuit and claims he has struggled recently to even pay the rent.

VIC News

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1931 file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone attends a football game in Chicago. On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the Chicago Crime Commission and the Drug Enforcement Administration are scheduled to name Joaquin Guzman Loera, a cartel kingpin in Mexico, as the new Public Enemy No. 1. It will the first time since Prohibition-era gangster Capone that authorities in the city deemed a crime figure so ominous a threat to deserve the label. (AP Photo/File) Picture: Ap

Melbourne’s ‘Al Capone’ on life parole

A NOTORIOUS gangland killer dubbed “Melbourne’s Al Capone” will remain on parole for life, a court has ruled. But he’s still one step ahead of the system.

True Crime Scene

Court supplied photo of the accused Sean Christian Price

They knew Masa’s killer was a madman

AUTHORITIES knew Sean Christian Price shouldn’t be on the streets. Now, once secret detail reveals what drove him to kill schoolgirl Masa Vukotic and attack others.

Law & Order

09/03/2008 NEWS: Thomas Graham Towle from Red Cliffs was convicted for Reckless driving after the vehicle he was driving killed 6 teenageers near Mildura.

Mildura hit-run driver back behind bars

THOMAS Towle, who killed six young teens in a shocking hit-run crash near Mildura, has had his parole cancelled amid fears for public safety.

Law & Order

‘A catastrophic failure of justice system’

UPDATE: PREMIER Daniel Andrews says he still has faith in the Adult Parole Board, despite it making a decision that allowed killer Sean Christian Price to be released into the community.

Law & Order

Christian Brother Edward Dowlan Picture: Supplied

Longer sentence sought for child molester

A REMORSELESS former Christian brother who molested 31 kids must have his prison term increased, the state’s top prosecutor says.

True Crime Scene

Adrian Bayley arrives at the Supreme Court on April 5, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.

Legal Aid ‘made right call’ on Bayley

UPDATE: LEGAL Aid’s decision to reject an application from evil killer Adrian Bayley for taxpayer assistance to fund an appeal has been emphatically backed by Premier Daniel Andrews.

True Crime Scene

Principal Mark Brockhus of Salesian College in front of Rupertswood Mansion in Sunbury Picture: Susan Windmiller

Inside sex predators’ mansion of evil

ON his deathbed, Don Bosco’s final words were: “Tell my boys I shall be waiting for them in paradise.’’ But far from paradise, hundreds of kids have instead lived hell on earth.

Law & Order

Accused murderer Sean Price is lead into the Supreme courts by prison officials in Melbourne on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Price pleaded guilty to the murder of teenager Masa Vukotic. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Masa’s brutal killer on bail when he struck

UPDATE: PREMIER Daniel Andrews has admitted the criminal justice system failed Masa Vukotic and her family when it allowed the man who would kill her to go free.

VIC News

An image posted to Jasmine Williams' Facebook account of Cooper Dean (Cooper Ratten) with his girlfriend Jasmine Williams. The photo caption on Facebook read

Ratten’s agony: ‘I love you, my son’

AFL great Brett Ratten has written a heartfelt tribute to his teenage son, Cooper, after he died in a joy-ride tragedy east of Melbourne.

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