The sound of one person gasping: the moment Pell was found guilty
When a jury foreman announced a guilty verdict against Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, there were only two audible sounds in the previously bustling courtroom.
- by Adam Cooper
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Dani Laidley sues Victoria Police over sharing of photos of her at races
Former North Melbourne coach Dani Laidley is suing Victoria Police after covertly photographed images of her at Geelong Racecourse were circulated online last year.
- by Najma Sambul and Adam Cooper
Jason Roberts won’t return to prison for armed robberies in 1990s
Jason Roberts was a teenager when he and Bandali Debs held-up 10 small businesses in Melbourne’s east and south in 1998, including restaurants and sports and electronics stores.
- by David Estcourt and Adam Cooper
Roberta Williams spared prison after encouraging assault on ‘mob wives’ TV producer
The former wife of gangland murderer Carl Williams blackmailed a television producer and arranged for associates to bash him over a reality TV project that soured.
- by Adam Cooper
Killer truck driver’s jail term cut by 3½ years in exchange for evidence against ex-boss
The truck driver who killed four police officers in a road crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway had his jail term cut by 3½ years after agreeing to give evidence against his former boss at trial.
- by Adam Cooper
Judge’s ruling paves way for choirboy’s father to sue church and Pell
A court has ruled the father of a former choirboy who prosecutors had alleged was sexually abused by George Pell can pursue civil action against the cardinal and the Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne.
- by Adam Cooper
Bail for woman accused of killing grandfather in crash
Alisha Fagan, charged over a fatal crash in Melbourne’s west, has been bailed to a rehabilitation centre despite police efforts to keep her behind bars.
- by Adam Cooper and Erin Pearson
Former police union boss fails in bid to reopen civil case against Victoria Police
Former Police Association boss Paul Mullett has failed in his bid to have Victoria’s highest court reopen his civil case that claimed he was the victim of a malicious prosecution by former Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon.
- by Adam Cooper
Jail for fake COVID-19 inspector who tried to coerce woman into sex
A man who posed as a COVID-19 compliance inspector to con his way into a woman’s home in an attempt to coerce her into performing a sex act has been jailed for 3½ years.
- by Adam Cooper
Driver in Love Machine shootings a reluctant participant, lawyer tells court
The man behind the wheel in a deadly drive-by shooting outside a Melbourne nightclub was a reluctant participant and should serve less jail time than the gunman, his lawyer says.
- by Adam Cooper
Love Machine killer was acting on his dad’s orders, lawyer tells court
Lawyers for the double murderer say his criminal responsibility is mitigated because he pulled the trigger on the order of his father, the feared crime boss Nabil Maghnie.
- by Adam Cooper
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