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A still from passenger Daniel Defina’s footage of the teenager being restrained by a Jetstar employee, Barry Clark and the pilot.

Safety breach probe at Avalon Airport as accused teen gunman fronts court

A lack of police presence at the airport meant officers had to race nine kilometres to arrest a teenager who claimed to be carrying a bomb on board a Jetstar flight.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Cameron Houston and Marta Pascual Juanola

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Footage of the teenager being restrained after attempting to board the flight with a gun.

‘Bombs in my bag’: Accused teenage gunman fronts court

A 17-year-old boy allegedly boarded a Jetstar plane armed with a long-arm firearm, ammunition and a fake bomb, a court has heard.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Melissa Cunningham, Cassandra Morgan and Cameron Houston
A Lord of the Fries outlet.

Despite Tolkien to their lawyers, Middle-earth is not lord of the courtroom

Australian vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries does battle with the Lord of the Rings franchise in a legal dispute over the three words they both share in their name.

  • Alexander Darling
Irene Herzel was allegedly stabbed to death by her daughter.

Woman accused of stabbing her mother to death too unwell to appear, court told

A woman who allegedly stabbed her mother to death in Melbourne’s east has treatment-resistant schizophrenia and has been deemed unfit to be interviewed, a court has been told.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Adrian “Lambo Guy” Portelli.

A GPS ‘bug-out’ and a roundabout loop: ‘Lambo Guy’ denies circle-work charges

Billionaire Adrian Portelli told a court that his GPS malfunctioned and he had been driving around a roundabout waiting for it to readjust when police showed up.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Christopher Dillon Joannidis outside the County Court in November.

‘Manifestly inadequate’: Prosecutors appeal against sentence for crash driver who killed five people

Christopher Dillon Joannidis was jailed for 5½ years, but will be eligible to seek parole in three years over the deadly crash at Strathmerton in Victoria’s north.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Erin Pearson
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Jack Gibson-Burrell leaving court after being granted bail on Thursday.

Pam the Bird accused flies the coop in bail win

Jack Gibson-Burrell will be released into the community on strict conditions, including that he reports to police twice a week and does not possess graffiti implements.

  • Erin Pearson
Both police stings have involved the use of messages on encrypted apps.

Mongol bikie caught in Ghost sting weighs up using encrypted app for cover

Emmanuel Kappos is accused of using the encrypted mobile app Ghost to plot large drug importations, but he’s flagged concerns about evidence collected in the sting.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Police at the Bunnings car park following the incident

Pair charged over brutal Bunnings car park stabbing were on bail for another stabbing

Magistrate Brett Sonnet described CCTV footage of the incident as “absolutely outrageous” and “emblematic of cowardly conduct”.

  • Melissa Cunningham

Soccer fans charged over Nazi salutes after picture circulates online

Seven men have been charged with performing a Nazi gesture in public after an image emerged online showing a group of soccer fans allegedly performing the outlawed salute at a Geelong venue.

  • Sherryn Groch

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