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In one case, jurors secretly consulted a Ouija board to ask the victims directly who had killed them.

The juror who asked a Ouija board for answers and other impanelled shenanigans

Everyone has a right to be judged by a jury of their peers, but sometimes the peers also get up to no good.

  • Sherryn Groch

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A landslide in McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula damaged several homes on January 14.

A landslide left them locked out of their homes. Then, the burglars got in

The mayor declared the burglaries in McCrae “sickening”.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Several police cars arrived at the centre during the incident.

Police pursuit ends in man’s death after self-inflicted injuries, Tasering

A 36-year-old man has died after he injured himself and was Tasered inside a shopping centre toilet block.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Newly elected Werribee MP John Lister.

Fresh from fighting fires, John Lister takes hot seat in Werribee

School teacher and CFA volunteer John Lister says the message from Werribee voters has been heard “loud and clear”.

  • Chip Le Grand
Owner of Blacklist Cards Umit Berkant in his Thomastown hobby and collector store. His shop has been ransacked twice non the last in the last few months and Pokemon cards stolen. Similar shops in Melbourne have also been ransacked. The Age. Picture: Penny Stephens. Tuesday 11th February 2025

Hobby shops beef up security after Pokémon ransack spree to catch ’em all

Some Pokémon cards have sold for millions of dollars after an explosion in popularity off the back of influencers and online groups during the pandemic.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Maryam Hamka was last seen alive in April 2021.

Abusive partner jailed for 20 years for murder of Maryam Hamka

A judge said Toby Loughnane subjected his partner to repeated assaults and abuse during their relationship, and her murder was not an isolated act of violence.

  • Erin Pearson
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Two Ballarat tobacco shops went up in flames in the early hours of Thursday.

The tobacco war safe-zone where violent gangs are policing themselves

Criminal syndicates have called a truce over tobacco shops in one area of Melbourne as experts declare our crime-fighting strategy a failure that only a radical rethink can fix.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Chris Vedelago and Lachlan Abbott
Voters arrive to vote at Iramoo Primary School in Wyndham Vale

‘A kick in the pants’: Voters in fed-up Werribee send a message

Crime and roads, roads and crime. These are the issues Werribee voters say matter, and they say no one has done anything about either of them.

  • Liam Mannix
Police in inspect the van in which Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbaro were shot in Pascoe Vale in June 2003.

Ten underworld hits that shook Melbourne

The slaying of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim is the latest in a long list of killings that are as Melbourne as laneway graffiti.

  • John Silvester
An electronic ankle bracelet.

High-tech bail service had head office at door-handle factory

The warning signs that BailSafe might not be the professional operation it claimed to be came just a year after it began operations.

  • Chris Vedelago, Rachel Eddie and Hannah Hammoud

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