‘An animal’: Family slams killer
BONNIE hacked a man to death while he slept, stabbing him 70 times. As she appeals her 10-year sentence, the victim’s family wants to send a message.
Courts & Law
Chaos in Melbourne as Pell fronts court
AUSTRALIA’S highest ranking Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, was surrounded as he entered Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning.
CCTV shows teen’s dramatic arrest
THE explosive moment police arrested a Melbourne teenager after a dramatic CBD car rampage was caught on camera and can be shown for the first time.
Alleged underworld figure in custody
A 42-YEAR-OLD father-of-two who once drove himself to hospital after being shot in the head has been accused of using his car to ram another vehicle.
Accused Bourke St driver may be unfit
DIMITRIOUS Gargasoulas is accused of the murder of six people but today a judge lamented how long it’s taking to establish his mental state.
Man killed, cut up over $60 debt
HE KILLED and cut up the body of a Victorian man. Three years on, he’s begging for a second chance. WARNING: Graphic
Breakfast food that killed teen
LOUIS Tate died after eating a single mouthful of breakfast at a Victorian hospital in 2015. A coroner today delivered his findings.
Sibling jailed for elaborate cover-up
WHEN Simone Quinlan was shot and dumped in a mine shaft in rural Victoria, Luke Marmo jumped to action with all the tools required to cover it up.
Voices told me: ‘Hurry up, do it’
CODY Katu took a knife from his kitchen and walked the streets in rural Victoria looking for a victim. He found one and he attacked.
Teacher jailed for ‘fondling’ student
WHEN Stephen Farrell was 22, he asked a student at a Ballarat primary school to put on sports gear before assaulting him. Today, 44 years later, he was sent to prison.
‘Sex slave’ made to cook and clean
A WOMAN was forced live on bread and pickles after she moved to Australia and could not leave her room unless she was cooking or cleaning, a court has heard.
ANZ manager’s cunning tactic
A FORMER ANZ manager asked junior staff to do a special job for her. It cost her a $200k-a-year job and could see her jailed.
ANZ boss stole to fund lavish life
TRACEY Cook wiped away tears in court as she was jailed for using junior staff to help her steal more than $311k from her employer.
‘It was a split-second decision’
THE former AFL diversity manager who threw a brutal in-game knockout punch has been spared a criminal conviction after a magistrate considered his previously good character.
Inmate hid under doona before death
A VICTORIAN gangland figure refused to pull a doona off his head before launching a brutal assault on prison guards. Hours later he was dead.
Backpacker scalping fine ‘inadequate’
A VICTORIAN pear farm where an Irish backpacker had her scalp and ear torn off will have its sentence appealed by prosecutors, who called it “manifestly inadequate”.
‘Penis threat’ days before murder
MELBOURNE man Josef Molfese was today sentenced to at least 18 years for a grisly 2016 murder. Days before, he made a disturbing threat.
Moment young dad coward punched
SHOCKING footage has been released that shows the moment a young father was coward punched to the ground.
Clue in St Kilda halfway house killing
A RESIDENT of St Kilda’s infamous Gatwick Hotel was captured on CCTV throwing a large knife moments after a homeless man was stabbed, a court has heard.
Grieving ex-wife’s legal shock
A VICTORIAN woman’s ex-husband died in a tragic work accident while they were negotiating over property. It was the beginning of a highly unusual Family Court claim.
Long-haul flight before mum’s death
ANNA Bowditch slipped on a tile and broke her leg holidaying in Hawaii. What happened on the flight home is at the centre of an inquest into her death.
New revelations in suburban ‘slave’ plot
A FAMILY member of the “slave” who was allegedly tortured inside a Melbourne home for seven years is telling his side of the story.
Housemate killer’s one word excuse
CONVICTED killer Alicia Schiller promised to “gut” her housemate over $50. She was jailed but now hopes one word will set her free.
Accused laughs and smiles in court
THE woman accused of bashing an elderly woman out walking her dog smiled and laughed when she found out the woman may not survive.
Bashing accused yawns in court
THE 30-year-old charged over randomly bashing an elderly woman yawned in court as she heard the victim was unlikely to survive.
How lovers allegedly killed man revealed
A JURY in a Melbourne murder trial has heard the extraordinary ways police allege a man was fatally poisoned by his wife and her lover.
Secret diary of accused lovers
JOURNAL entries of Sofia Sam and her lover, accused jointly of the poison murder of her husband, have been tendered at trial.
Anti-Islam activist mistakes Koran for Bible
THE Toll uniform that far-right activist Neil Erikson wore in his online videos — including one where he approached Sam Dastyari in a pub — has come back to haunt him.
The image this dad can’t forget
A VICTORIAN father had to see the damage done to his slain daughter himself and he opened her body bag. This is what he saw.
Aussie Shakespearean murder tragedy
A YOUNG Aussie man who killed his best mate with a machete was spurred on by a woman who acted like Lady Macbeth, a court has heard.
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