Man backtracks on sex worker guilty plea
A DRUG addict who admitted to beating a sex worker with a wooden furniture leg shouted in court, changed his plea and sacked his legal team on Tuesday.
Courts & Law
Man sets self on fire in bank line
SHOCKING security vision shows the moment a man set himself alight inside a Commonwealth Bank branch.
Battery acid killer thinks sentence ‘harsh’
MICHAEL Cardamone was jailed for an “extraordinarily vicious” murder and locked away for life. But he thinks that is too harsh.
‘Tinder nightmare’ insists ‘I’m not guilty’
FACING a dozen charges of rape and assault from multiple women, triathlete Glenn Hartland is adamant he’s stuck in the middle of a police witch hunt.
Rebel’s sad pay for Bridesmaids
REBEL Wilson may have scored $4.5m in court, but the case revealed how little she made when she went to Hollywood.
Teen killed after helping his mate
PATRICK Cronin stepped in to help a mate involved in a fight outside a Victorian pub. He was killed when punched in the side of the head.
Seriously, how dumb can we get?
IF YOU really want to prove that right-wing extremists are racist morons you don’t have to take them to court. You only have to do one thing.
Worst child sex fiend’s true victim count
HE RAPED children on church altars and told them his crimes were ‘God’s work’. Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale is unlikely to taste freedom again.
Accused baby killer blamed spider
A MAN accused of the murder of a baby boy —who also had ice in his system — allegedly gave an extraordinary account of how the child died.
Private school chum guilty of murder
FOR years Christopher Lavery got away with the grisly murder of his old private school friend in a Melbourne carpark. Nine years later justice has finally caught up with him.
Emotions high as acid killer caged
THE victims’ family surrounded the car of parolee rapist and killer Michael Cardmone and yelled “dog” after he was today sentenced to life in prison.
Axe attacker: ‘Ladies always win’
A MAN who hacked his estranged wife 24 times with a hatchet at a Melbourne beauty parlour claims men in Australia have “no power”.
‘It was the scariest night of my life’
A YOUNG man who broke into a family home and stabbed an off-duty policeman between the eyes has “complex issues” and PTSD, a court has heard.
Machete-wielding hacker walks free
A MACHETE-wielding tree hacker who left a trail of destruction across Melbourne’s inner south and tens and thousands worth of damage escapes jail sentence.
‘Don’t send me back to racist Australia’
A MAN accused of a hit-run killing got his friend to tell an overseas court Australia is too racist, begging authorities not to send him back.
Teen so dangerous cops ‘had to kill him’
HE joked with friends that he would be dead before his final exams. And within 60 seconds of meeting him, cops opened fire.
Brutal killer’s crime scene rant
CHRISTIAN murdered a young woman in cold blood then posted a shocking message to his Facebook page from the bloody crime scene. Today he was jailed.
Boss charged with killing company director
JENNIFER Borchardt’s boyfriend found her dead in a pool of blood. Now her colleague and the founder of their successful Melbourne company is in the frame.
‘Momentous day’: George Pell in court
CARDINAL George Pell has said he is looking forward to it — and he’s not the only one. Abuse survivors have been waiting years for this day to come.
Man caught stealing $125k of casino chips
CCTV footage of aspiring police officer Gunawan Akay’s actions at Melbourne’s Crown Casino really has to be seen to be believed.
$93 fine for parking in her driveway
A WOMAN in Melbourne has been slapped with a $93 fine for parking in the same spot she has been using for 24 years.
Attackers did not like guy’s manbun
TWO men charged with belting a man because of his manbun, leaving him blind in one eye, have faced court — sporting ponytails.
Mum’s last moments before horrifying death
THIS is the last time Karen Chetcuti was seen. She could never have known she was about to be the victim of brutal torture carried out by a man on parole.
Shocking motive behind bushwalk murder
THIS man had his whole life ahead of him. But then he was driven to the park by three friends, where he died a violent and cruel death.
P-plater covers up hit-run death
TAYLAH Hocking hit her mum’s best friend while reading a text. Instead of stopping, the Victorian staged a cover-up.
Blow for Anzac Day slaughter plot teen
MELBOURNE teen who planned to behead a cop to “make sure the dogs remember this as well as their fallen heroes” just had his sentenced increased.
‘Nothing is off the table’
SUSPECTED extremists could face curfews and children as young as 14 could be locked up without charge under proposed reforms to Victoria’s terror laws.
Man guilty of flight attendant murder
HE said “she’ll die before I give her anything” — and Fernando Paulino made good of his promise. Now a jury has convicted him of a savage murder.
Man found guilty of marrying 14-year-old
MELBOURNE cleric Ibrahim Omerdic believed to be the first person to be charged with forced marriage, telling girl she had “a duty to obey your husband”.
Rapist: ‘I have been watching you’
A RAPIST who broke into a Melbourne woman’s home taunted the victim before attacking her by divulging what he knew about her from watching.
Breathtaking fail over Melbourne terrorist
COURTS gave Yacqub Khayre 10 separate chances before he was killed. Now the parole board has made a startling admission.
Mum gets 20 years for killing three kids
MELBOURNE mum wails in court as judge says no one understands why she drowned her three children: “You thought about what you were going to do”.
Taxi driver covered camera before assault
A MELBOURNE taxi driver jailed for sexually assaulting a drunk passenger and claiming “she’s my love” phoned her twice the next day, a court has heard.
How this jobless couple fooled everyone
AN UNEMPLOYED couple claiming to be investors duped family and friends into giving them money, which they used to continue their lavish lifestyle.
Wife ‘snatched for cheap thrills’
ANDREA Lehane was left choking on her own blood. Her shattered family has unleashed on the “coward” who did it.
Man shot mate’s girlfriend, set her on fire
A VICTORIAN man who shot his friend’s girlfriend in the head, dumped her body down a mineshaft and set her on fire has been found guilty of her murder.
‘Adult prison is no place for kids’
HUMAN rights advocates have condemned the Victorian Government for locking kids up in an adult maximum security prison.
Mum’s ‘urgent’ message before murder
A “VERY scared” mum made urgent pleas for help in the days before she was brutalised, shot, dumped in a mineshaft and then burnt.
Is this art work fake or real?
THE widow of an Australian icon has slammed “absolutely ludicrous” a court’s decision to acquit two men accused of faking her dead husband’s work.
Victorian woman allegedly kept as slave
LAWYERS for a Victorian woman say she was kept as a slave for eight years and scalded with hot water, a court has heard.
Fatal road-rager loses appeal
A VICTORIAN banker jailed over a road rage crash that killed a 10-year-old boy in 2014 has had his appeal dismissed.
Alleged Bourke St killer’s courtroom rant
THE man who allegedly killed six people in Melbourne’s Bourke Street massacre has claimed to be “the saviour” as he faced court smiling.
Aussie pleads guilty to child marriage
A 34-YEAR-old man and the 14-year-old bride he illegally married have both cried in a Melbourne court as he pleaded guilty to his crime.
Belle Gibson ordered to pay $30k or face jail
DISGRACED health personality Belle Gibson has to pay $30,000 and is banned from making deceptive claims about her health.
Murdered twin’s sister ‘struggles to look in mirror’
IT was a murder fuelled by “selfishness, egotism and a controlling nature” — and seven years later, it has had a stunning sequel in court.
‘Ice’ driver left cyclist for dead
A FORMER triathlete was left for dead on the side of the road by a young woman, high on ice, who hit him head-on with her car.
‘Ice zombie’ sentenced to 13 years
A VICTORIAN man, 31, has been sentenced to 13 years after raping an injured woman and a schoolgirl while armed with a knife.
‘Eye gouging’ husband to stand trial
A MAN accused of the brutal murder of his wife — because she wouldn’t support ISIS — has been committed to stand trial.
Murdered wife rejected husband’s extremism
A MELBOURNE woman who allegedly had fingers amputated and eyes gouged out by husband rejected his extremism.
How is this not murder?
A WOMAN has admitted she killed her daughter but her lawyers say she’s guilty of a crime no Victorian has ever been jailed for.
Mum killed her ‘possessed’ baby girl
THE mum who dumped her dead daughter in a creek and made up an elaborate kidnap story was told the tot had “negative energy”, a court has heard.
Sex witch released into the community
A LEGALLY blind, self-described “Wiccan” who enslaved and abused two teenage girls will be free to roam the community after a Victorian court ruling.
Charges laid after bank arson attack
UPDATE: A MAN, 21, is facing 92 charges over an arson attack at the Springvale branch of the Commonwealth Bank in November last year.
Dead underworld figure’s evil plot
CARL Williams wanted fellow Melbourne underworld figure Graham “The Munster” Kinniburgh dead, so arranged for two men to kill him.
‘He is the victim of a very serious crime’
POLICE wanted the brother of the alleged Bourke St rampage to appear in court today. The magistrate was dumbfounded.
Double murder may have been over affair
A MAN initially ruled out as a suspect in his wife’s murder because it was too gruesome, may have been motivated to kill his wife over his affair.
Badness wants to make amends
CAREER criminal Christopher “Badness” Binse wants to “square the ledger” and apologise to victims for a string of armed hold-ups in the 1980s and ‘90s.
Hero taxi driver on how he stayed calm
IN THE face of horror, a Melbourne taxi driver sprung into action and did the impossible. Now he’s spoken about that terrible day.
Missing documents key in Jackson case
FORMER union executive Kathy Jackson has appeared in court, claiming missing records will show she didn’t claim almost $500,000 as work expenses.
Mother pleads guilty to killing children
A MOTHER has pleaded guilty to murdering her one-year-old son and four-year-old twins after she crashed her car into a lake.
Accused murderer is ‘manipulative’
A WOMAN accused of murdering a mother-of-four so she could keep the victim’s children was allegedly manipulating her ex-husband to take the fall for her.
Murder accused allegedly asked friend to help
TWO people accused of bludgeoning a Victorian mother to death with a hammer allegedly asked a friend to kill the victim on three separate occasions.
Murder accused is bipolar, court hears
A VICTORIAN woman faced court on Monday accused of mowing down her partner with her car. She did not apply for bail.
AFP seize items from terror raid house
UPDATE: POLICE have returned to a house in Melbourne’s north, as a fourth alleged suicide bomber was remanded for alleged plans to blow up parts of Melbourne on Christmas Day.
$1-an-hour workers win $100m payout
DISABLED workers who were exploited and paid as little as 99 cents-an-hour will now share in $100 million compensation.
‘They pushed me to do it’
A MAN jailed for his part in a Melbourne gang rape 34 years ago wrote at the time he was pushed to attack the woman by a group of older men.
Homeless man murdered girlfriend
MATAIO Aleluis flew into a jealous rage and bashed his girlfriend Brittany Harvie to death in a Melbourne car park, a murder trial jury accepted.
Christmas robber’s bungled cop getaway
A VICTORIAN woman has been forced to make a grovelling apology after stealing cherries then crashing her getaway car into police.
Arrest made as police raid massage parlour
POLICE have arrested a 54-year-old woman after a raid on a massage parlour in Melbourne’s northeast this afternoon.
Cowboy developers face 5 years’ jail
COWBOY developers who illegally demolish buildings will face up to five years in jail for flouting building laws in Victoria.
Dad walks free after shaking baby
A STRESSED-OUT new dad repeatedly yelled at — and then angrily shook — his five-month-old baby in front of horrified cafe patrons, a court has heard.
Mum wakes to stranger giving her lovebites
A MELBOURNE mother woke up in the night to find a stranger in her bed kissing and biting her, in what a judge called “the stuff of nightmares”.
Bitter 47-year feud ends in killing
AN 83-YEAR-OLD man is dead after allegedly being struck on the head by his 90-year-old neighbour, with whom he had a decades-long dispute.
Hoax call forced pilot to abort landing
A BAGGAGE handler allegedly forced a Virgin flight to “go around” at Melbourne Airport in one of 16 hoax calls, a court heard.
Man charged over hoax calls at airports
A MAN is facing 20 years in jail after he was charged with allegedly making unauthorised calls to planes and air traffic control at Melbourne airports.
Woman deported over love triangle killing
A WOMAN has been sent back to China for her “despicable” role in the murder of Jeremy Hu, who was killed over a love triangle.
‘Sadistic’ teacher jailed over rape plans
A RETIRED Melbourne teacher who was obsessed with the violent sexual abuse and torture of children has been jailed.
Zoe’s killer: ‘I wanted her all for myself’
FAMILY of murdered 11-year-old Zoe Buttigieg speak out about their devastation as Bowe Maddigan is sentenced.
Mother’s partner cleared of killing toddler
THE partner of a dead toddler’s mother has been cleared of murdering the two-year old, whose body was found in the roof of the home.
Rape victim held in ‘dungeon’
A VICTORIAN man has been jailed after committing monstrous rapes and keeping one captive in an old mine while he was abusing her.
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