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.
Courts & Law
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.
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