Crime
Judge sheds tears as teen killer faces 13 years’ jail for stabbing schoolboy
In the moments before Pasawm Lyhym was murdered near a busy Melbourne train station he desperately tried to protect himself with a nearby shopping trolley.
- Melissa Cunningham
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‘Very hurt’: How a belated birthday invitation to Erin Patterson sparked a family rift
Simon Patterson also told the court his estranged wife was “extremely aggressive” about child support in the months before the deadly mushroom lunch.
- Erin Pearson
The key players in Erin Patterson’s murder trial
Who attended the fateful mushroom lunch in Leongatha, and how were they related? Here’s a who’s who in the trial of accused killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
Accused pool killer’s protests over hospital mental health treatment
Brian Barnes is accused of killing an elderly woman in a dispute over a local swimming pool in the small Victorian town of Quambatook.
- Melissa Cunningham
Killer driver set to avoid jail after ‘flouting’ laws
Thomas Towle, jailed for 10 years after killing six teenagers in a hit-run in 2006, faced court on Tuesday after admitting to driving while unlicensed and high on drugs.
- Callum Godde
Killer learns fate after stabbing innocent man in Carlton lift
A 24-year-old man who fatally stabbed an “entirely innocent” stranger in a lift has been sentenced to jail.
- Tara Cosoleto
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Payout for man wrongfully convicted of police murders
Jason Roberts served 22 years for the 1998 murders of two police officers but was later acquitted.
- John Silvester
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A hitman’s legacy: the family left devastated
Roger Wilson has been reduced to the passport photo used in police appeals for information when he disappeared, and he has become a bit player in his own life.
- John Silvester
When Mary Iviglia was struck outside hospital, her family’s world almost ‘fell apart’
The 66-year-old was rushed to The Alfred hospital, where her condition has improved to serious, but stable.
- Cassandra Morgan and William Ton
‘Broken and destroyed’: Mother denied final goodbye at daughter’s funeral
Teresa Moraitis wanted to put her daughter’s favourite flowers in her hands at her funeral. She was horrified to discover why she couldn’t.
- Carla Jaeger
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