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Victim Czarina Gatbonton Tumaliuan, who went by the name Toots, ran popular store Bellizzima Online Shop.

Czarina watched her children arrive at school. Minutes after the bell rang, she was found dead

Jessie James Tumaliuan allegedly stabbed his estranged partner to death at her Werribee home opposite a primary school.

  • Erin Pearson and Melissa Cunningham

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Spencer Shumski arrives in the Supreme Court of Victoria

‘Rot in hell’: Wife devastated her husband’s killer could be free in a year

A killer who stabbed a man to death as the victim was leaving his wife’s birthday party could be released from jail next year.

  • Tara Cosoleto
Quinn McPherson will walk free after pleading guilty to reckless conduct endangering life.

Tradie avoids jail after friend dies during play fight

Quinn McPherson put Alex Robinson in a chokehold after hours of drinking and using cocaine. He only let go after realising his friend’s lips had turned blue.

  • Tara Cosoleto
Underworld lawyer Sarah Tricarico leaves Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Suspended gangland lawyer wins fight to keep Tony Mokbel as a client

Sarah Tricarico will be allowed to continue to represent Mokbel as she vows to fight the suspension of her practising certificate after being charged following a police sting.

  • Erin Pearson
Liana Buchanan, Victoria’s Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Children’s commissioner warns bail laws risk making youth crime problem worse

Liana Buchanan said she was distressed by the Allan government’s bail reforms which were not informed by evidence and jumped to simplistic responses.

  • Kieran Rooney
A still from footage of the teenager being restrained by a Jetstar employee, passenger Barry Clark and the pilot.

Teen charged with attempted hijacking of Jetstar flight, other terrorism offences

A 17-year-old tackled by passengers after boarding a plane at Avalon Airport while armed has now been charged with attempted hijacking.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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The woman was killed on April 5, 2023.

Grandfather of killer teen gives heartbreaking account of ‘everyday sadness’ at losing his daughter

A grandfather’s simple gesture in the Supreme Court drives home the agony this family now endures. His daughter is dead, and his grandson faces years behind bars for murder.

  • Erin Pearson
A 15-year-old boy accused of a machete attack and armed robbery in St Kilda.

‘Bad to worse’: Teen who slashed man with machete in St Kilda jailed for another three months

The attack with the machete was one of a string of violent offences over which the teenager was charged including a separate attack on a night nurse in a foiled carjacking months earlier.

  • Melissa Cunningham

Teen who murdered mother planned to form anti-communist child army, court told

A prosecutor told the Supreme Court the then-15-year-old and his 14-year-old school friend texted each other over their desire to kill their parents and take over the country.

  • Erin Pearson
Financial planner Anthony Del Vecchio defrauded almost $4.5 million from his former partner, cousins, primary school friends and several clients of Freedom Finance Australia to fund a “voracious” online gambling addiction.

‘Blown our family apart’: Financial planner gambled away $4.5m in 52 betting accounts

Anthony Del Vecchio was sent free tickets and push alerts to keep gambling, sometimes up to $20,000 a day, as he fed a voracious addiction with stolen money from family and friends.

  • Cameron Houston and Melissa Cunningham

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