Crime
‘All I remember is the pain’: Man who almost lost hand in machete slashing recounts brutal attack
Saurabh Anand did not hear a sound as the five teenage boys came up behind him and shoved him to the ground as he walked back to his car. Two of his attackers have since been bailed.
- Melissa Cunningham
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Elderly man dies, woman found dead at home in Melbourne’s south-east
Police said a man died from his injuries while receiving treatment from paramedics, after they found a woman dead inside the same house.
- Alexander Darling
- Exclusive
- Melbourne gangland
Gobbo appeals court loss in million-dollar compensation case
From a secret location, the barrister turned police informer has lodged a new legal fight against Victoria Police and the state government.
- Sherryn Groch
- Exclusive
- Tobacco
A target in the tobacco war sleeps in his shop. He knows it’s not safe, but it’s the only way to protect his livelihood
Mr A got a visit from a man offering to buy his tobacco store. When he said no, it was repeatedly set alight, leaving him feeling helpless, scared and the victim of a fight he wants no part in.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
Man accused of taking ‘intimate’ videos of women in public places
The man has been charged with 17 offences allegedly committed between March and July this year at three separate locations.
- Alexander Darling
- Updated
- Australia Post
Burglaries at Australia Post’s Melbourne GPO boxes spark superannuation security alert
A super fund with more than a million members has alerted customers their information may have been stolen in burglaries at a post office in Bourke Street.
- Alexander Darling
- Exclusive
- Waste
Suspected toxic waste dumper linked to explosive gas cylinders ditched on council land
Graham Leslie White is under investigation over new alleged environmental crimes.
- Chris Vedelago
Appeal date set for convicted High Country killer Greg Lynn
The date was set a year after the former airline pilot was jailed for at least 24 years.
- Erin Pearson
Third Melbourne council to hire private security guards as ‘safety issues at their worst level’
An inner-west council has become the third Melbourne municipality to hire private security to patrol its streets, but critics say the approach is ineffective and highlights a wider policing issue.
- Sophie Aubrey
Six key dates at centre of childcare rape allegations against Joshua Brown
New details have emerged of the extent of the criminal charges against a childcare worker accused of sexually abusing babies and toddlers between April 2022 and January 2023.
- Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
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