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.
Courts & Law
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.
Psychopath priest tore town apart
FIVE paedophile priests were sent to Doveton, but it was the fifth, Peter Searson, that locals begged the church to remove.
Former teacher had ‘disturbing’ videos
A FORMER teacher has pleaded guilty to possessing child sex abuse videos which authorities have described as some of the most disturbing.
New dad killed a day after son’s birth
A NEW dad was killed just 24 hours after his son’s birth and his wife said she felt her life suddenly ended because her new baby will never know his father.
Slain toddler’s mum giggled in 000 call
THE mother of a toddler whose body was found in a roof giggled and lied during a triple-0 call when reporting her daughter missing.
Murderer believed he was Hitler reborn
A MAN who believed he was Hitler reincarnated, bashed a man thinking he was avenging his own father who died in the Black Saturday bushfires.
‘Are you playing mind games with me?’
AN ACCUSED toddler killer believed police were playing “f**king mind games” when they told him the little girl’s body was found in the roof.
Tragic decision before toddler’s death
CHILD protection workers who intervened in the care of a Victorian toddler stopped monitoring her welfare weeks before the little girl was beaten to death.
Ex-stripper stays in jail over murder
AN EX-STRIPPER who ordered the contract killing of her fiance in Victoria — and the two men who carried out the murder — will stay in jail.
Two-year-old’s final hour of hell
A TODDLER laid defenceless in her final hours while her mother and her boyfriend allegedly smoked weed and had sex.
Accused murderer: Mum killed toddler
A MAN has denied bashing his then-girlfriend’s toddler to death, alleging the child’s lying mother did it and he only helped hide the body.
Porn addict tried to rape pregnant woman
A MELBOURNE man who tackled a heavily pregnant woman off her bike and tried to rape her had “deviant” sexual urges in the lead-up to the attack.
‘The horror will haunt me forever’
SAMANTHA Handley was with her ex-boyfriend for three years before she discovered the horrible truth about his life before they met.
Love triangle turned deadly
AFTER an argument sparked a brawl where a man’s head was stomped on, he asked to go to a hotel room. He never woke up.
Meat cleaver killer’s chilling call
A MAN made a chilling phone call to triple-0 with an emotionless and creepy tone while his wife lay dead in their home.
Real estate creates ‘illusion of a bargain’
A MELBOURNE real estate agency has been fined $330,000 plus costs for creating the “illusion of a bargain” by underquoting on 11 properties.
Footage of deaf trio ‘plotting’ murder
A TRIO of deaf people allegedly used sign language to discuss the best way to kill a man before he fell to his death from a balcony.
Woman predicted her own brutal death
A WOMAN chillingly predicted her own death to a friend just months before she was brutally stabbed in her own home while her children slept.
‘If I can’t have you, no one will’
CATHY McPhee had met the love of her life. At least, that’s what she thought. But she soon discovered her new husband was violent and deranged.
Man used codes, tried join Syria fight
A MAN who used code words to discuss a “big operation” involving martyrdom in Syria has been jailed for five and a half years.
Australia’s most haunted house
JOAN Vollmer was tied to a chair in a violent exorcism that put her town on the map. Visiting the site is now a rite of passage.
Stabber pays for ‘cowardly’ random attack
STEEN Locke was minding his own business when he was almost fatally stabbed by another man in a horrible random attack.
Cops’ warning: ‘Keep your pants on’
A PLOT to “moon the Parliament House of Victoria” in mass numbers has emerged as police warn anti-mooning law protesters to “keep your pants on”.
Mooning banned in Victoria
MOONING is officially a crime in Victoria. Those who dare to bare their bottoms in public face up to six months in jail with new laws banning it.
Killer’s failed bid for compensation
JULIAN Knight claimed assaults at the Royal Military College when he was a cadet fuelled his Hoddle Street massacre in 1987 — and he wanted compensation.
Belle Gibson caught in massive lie
A VIDEO presented in court shows Belle Gibson and her publisher were worried about cracks in her cancer survival story before the con was exposed.
Murder accused on antidepressants
A MAN accused of the stabbing murder of a Bendigo teenager has let a court know he is on multiple medications.
Accused killer admits ‘overreaction’
AFTER fatally stabbing her neighbour, Eva Whitecross had a shower, made herself a coffee and texted her husband before going to police.
Killer claims his wine was drugged
A VICTORIAN killer claims his wine had been drugged the night he murdered his school friend’s mother while her husband listened helplessly.
Man murdered after text message
IT WAS about 2.30am when Chien Hoang received a text. He ended up dead after answering it. Here’s what triggered the tragic tale.
Accused mother murderer will stand trial
A MELBOURNE man accused of murdering his mother has been committed to stand trial after pleading not guilty on the basis of mental impairment.
Tinnie terror accused to fight charges
SIX men plan to fight charges related to an alleged plan to travel by boat to Indonesia and then on to Syria to join Islamic State fighters.
Night Elsa met ‘psychotic’ blind date killer
IT WAS a blind date set up by a friend. But all it did was lead Elsa Corp into the arms of her murderer. WARNING: Disturbing content.
Teen jailed over Anzac terror plot
A MELBOURNE teen who plotted to behead a police officer in an Anzac Day terror attack will spend at least seven and a half years behind bars.
Teacher jailed for sex with student
A MELBOURNE high school teacher who had sex with a student during a “deluded fantasy” has broken down in tears after being jailed.
Boyfriend accused of stomping on toddler
A MAN accused of killing a two-year-old girl told police she received fatal injuries as a result of falling off a couch, a Victorian court has heard.
Oswals attempt to settle with ANZ
INDIAN couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal are hoping to reach legal settlements with both the ANZ Bank and the taxation commissioner.
‘No one should drown in a public pool’
A MAN who tragically drowned near a lifeguard at a public pool in Melbourne should never have died, a coroner says.
‘You’re f***ed’: Ex-partner killer jailed
A MAN who told his ex-partner she was f***ed before murdering her in a stabbing frenzy has been jailed for 25 years.
Man linked to ‘ice-rage’ murder
A MAN who admitted being an accessory to the murder of a Victorian mum in an old mine has been denied bail.
Sick reason behind these tattoos
SASHO Ristovski is reminded of what he did every time he looks in the mirror. He thinks of himself as “some sort of demon”.
Court outburst over mum beaten to death
A SUPPORTER of a mum who was beaten to death, burned and dumped in a disused mine shaft lashed out in a hearing for a man charged over her death.
Witnesses come forward about dead mum
SOME 80 witnesses have given information to police investigating the murder of Melbourne mother Kylie Blackwood, a court has been told.
Man jailed for ice-fuelled fatal car crash
A MELBOURNE driver who was high on the drug ice when he lost control of his car and hit a tree, killing his passenger, has been sentenced.
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