The $15 million station stuff-up
A $10 MILLION court fight is raging over a botched $5 million Melbourne fire station that shut after just one year.
Courts & Law
Coward one-punch killer could walk in five
A COWARD one-punch killer with a history of violence has felt the full feather force of Victorian justice.
Flamboyant gold trader nabbed
A JETSETTING socialite gold dealer is among those in custody over smash and grab robberies targeting jewellery stores across Melbourne.
Man shot while performing oral sex
A COUPLE who created extraordinary headlines when they were shot at an adult party in Melbourne are telling their story, and it’s certainly a wild one.
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.
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.
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