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.
Courts & Law
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.
Sick fantasy drove husband to kill
A MAN’S shallow and sick fantasies drove him to brutally kill his wife after she suffered through years of torture.
Guilty verdict for creepy commuter
A CREEPY commuter accused of putting his hand up the skirt of a 14-year-old schoolgirl could face jail when he is sentenced in October.
Drug-fuelled driver jailed for teen’s death
A VICTORIAN learner driver whose alcohol, drug and speed-fuelled driving caused the death of a young teen will spend a maximum of five years in jail.
‘Delusional’ man took waitress hostage
A MAN who held a waitress hostage at knifepoint during an eight-hour siege at a Melbourne restaurant has been jailed.
CCTV could be key in servo murder
SECURITY camera footage could be crucial in the case of a Melbourne man who was attacked at a servo last month.
Wife fed husband poisoned meatballs: court
JOANNE poisoned her husband’s meatball dinner and watched him eat the entire meal, before trying to inject him with weedkiller, a court has heard.
Girlfriend of dead teen ‘haunted’
A YOUNG woman is haunted by thoughts of a horror crash that killed her boyfriend and said her whole future had been taken away.
Backpacker trapped in living hell
A BACKPACKER was held hostage and tortured for weeks on end after embarking on an adventure to Australia.
‘A danger to everyone he meets’
A HOMELESS man who is alleged to have almost killed two men would be a danger to the public if released, police have said.
Mum blamed witchcraft for kids’ death
A WOMAN who believed witchcraft, possibly conjured up by her lover’s wife, was behind the death of three of her children has pleaded not guilty of murder.
Lake plunge mum pleads not guilty
A MOTHER charged with murdering her three youngest children by driving into a Melbourne lake has pleaded not guilty to the alleged crimes.
Mum accused of killing child fronts court
THE mother accused of killing her own toddler before blaming a barefoot African man has faced court for the first time today.
Murder witness has ‘disturbed history’
A WOMAN who claims Akon Guode admitted killing her three youngest children has a “very disturbed history”, a court has been told.
Mass killer’s plot to walk free
A MASS killer jailed for killing seven people and wounding 19 others is reportedly planning a legal battle with the Victorian Government.
Killed homeless man: ‘What did I do?’
A CALLOUS killer who laughed after murdering an intellectually disabled homeless man in an unprovoked beating has been jailed for 20 years.
Terror teen ‘kind and considerate’
A MELBOURNE teen who plotted to behead a police officer on Anzac Day was “a kind and considerate young person”, a court has heard.
Terror teen allegedly planned cop murder
A MELBOURNE teenager plotted to murder a police officer on Anzac Day by beheading him “in the pursuit of violent jihad”, a court has been told.
Cop allegedly planted knife at crime scene
A VICTORIAN police officer charged with murdering a man during a traffic stop said the victim threatened him with a knife.
Accused ‘deleted phone evidence’
A WOMAN accused of being a “great actor” allegedly factory reset her phone the morning after her former lover was shot and killed.
Oswals settle part of their legal battle
THE Oswals have settled part of a mammoth legal case over the sale of their Australian fertiliser business.
Brazen art thieves to face justice
TWO men hid out in a Melbourne studio and painted exact replicas of famous artworks and sold them for millions.
William ‘person of interest’ on sex charges
A MAN who has been questioned over the disappearance of NSW boy William Tyrrell will appear in a Victorian court today on sex charges.
‘Every woman’s worst nightmare’
PEOPLE believed he was looking for a housemate, but it was something much more evil. He was looking for victims.
Ice-fuelled crim’s terrifying rampage
AN ICE-fuelled carjacker threatened to kill a woman and her two children during a terrifying rampage in Melbourne.
‘The Colombians were after me’
GANGLAND identity Mick Gatto, heavily featured in the original Underbelly series, had an unusual reason for having a loaded shotgun.
GP scammed Medicare of more than $850k
A MELBOURNE GP has had his jail term increased for defrauding Medicare and taxpayers for urgent medical services he never provided.
At least 10 years jail for sex charges
AN AUSTRALIAN rugby player will spend at least the next 10 years behind bars for travelling to the US where he hoped to have sex with a young boy.
Socialite ‘pressured’ to sign over millions
GLAMOROUS socialite wife Radhika Oswal will personally tell a judge the ANZ bank pressured her to sacrifice the wealth she gained from her marriage.
Mass murderer wants compensation
HODDLE Street mass murderer Julian Knight blames his shooting rampage on alleged assaults and is trying to get compensation.
AFL star pushed ex’s head into wall
FORMER AFL player Nick Stevens has been jailed after he admitted pushing his ex-girlfriend’s head into a brick wall in a series of violent episodes.
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