‘Grimm Reaper of Melbourne stockbroking’ jailed for losing victims’ life savings
Bradley Grimm will serve at least nine months behind bars for dishonestly transferring his vulnerable client’s retirement money into the bank accounts of private companies he owned.
- by Sarah Danckert and Erin Pearson
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Anti-vaxxer bludgeoned wife to death with metal car ramp amid COVID tensions
Joe Lo Bianco lay in wait for his scientist wife, Kaliopi Roumeliotis, to get home from work – then murdered her in their garage. He left her body to be discovered by their primary-school-aged daughter.
- by Erin Pearson
Former OPP solicitor denied bail as fresh drug dealing allegations aired in court
Melbourne barrister Anthony Grant is being investigated over allegations he sold drugs at Crown Casino days before his arrest last month.
- by Erin Pearson
Barrister allegedly ran drug trafficking operation from his bay-view apartment
Police uncovered hundreds of erectile dysfunction tablets, an array of drugs and an imitation penis at Anthony Grant’s 16th-floor apartment, a court heard.
- by Erin Pearson
‘I stole a gorilla, so what?’ Man behind retirement home ape heist appears in court
The man who stole a 20-kilogram life-size gorilla statue was traced using a GPS tracker in the Bunnings ute he had hired.
- by Erin Pearson
Nelomie did everything to protect herself. Her estranged husband killed her anyway
A judge has suggested family violence offenders be forced to wear ankle bracelets after the axe murder of a mother in front of her children.
- by Erin Pearson
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Justice
Mother’s disgust after WorkSafe refuses to lay charges over Veronica Nelson’s death
A coroner found that Nelson, 37, would still be alive if prison staff had responded to her cries for help. But WorkSafe closed the case without any charges.
- by Erin Pearson
Nicola Gobbo and her civil trial await fate of Lawyer X compensation bill
The barrister turned informer is due to have her damages claim go to trial in September, but her lawyers want more time to consider the impact of the state government’s controversial bill.
- by Erin Pearson
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Courts
Geelong man from secretive church pleads guilty to raping multiple boys
A 38-year-old member of a secretive and ultra-conservative Pentecostal church has pleaded guilty to raping and persistently sexually abusing multiple children in the Geelong area.
- by Erin Pearson
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Courts
Melbourne barrister charged with trafficking and possessing drugs
Lawyer Anthony Grant is facing a significant amount of time behind bars for allegedly trafficking a commercial quantity of illicit drugs in Melbourne.
- by Erin Pearson
Warnings about Footscray intersection ignored before cyclist killed: coroner
The Victorian government and its contractors ignored numerous warnings about West Gate Tunnel works before a 22-year-old cyclist was struck and killed.
- by Erin Pearson
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