Padraic Murphy
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George Pell court case: Several historical sex offence charges withdrawn
SEVERAL historical sex offence charges against Cardinal George Pell will be withdrawn because a complainant is unable to testify at a hearing that will determine if Australia’s highest ranked Catholic stands trial. → Read More
Masked thugs use gun, crowbar in Wallan raid
POLICE want public help to catch four masked men involved in a terrifying aggravated burglary on Friday. → Read More
Woman fronts court over Coburg hit-run
A 41-YEAR-OLD Sunshine North woman has appeared in court this morning charged over a hit-and-run accident that left a 13-year-old girl fighting for life. → Read More
Graham “The Munster” Kinniburgh killing: Stephen Asling to appeal murder conviction
KILLER Stephen Asling wants to appeal his conviction for the gangland murder of Graham The Munster Kinniburgh. → Read More
Violent offender Wayne Brown stabbed in heart by brother to protect family
A SUPREME Court judge has wept while sentencing a man for killing his ice-fuelled, violent brother while trying to protect family members. → Read More
Violent offender Wayne Jones stabbed in heart by brother to protect family
A SUPREME Court judge has wept while sentencing a man for killing his ice-fuelled, violent brother while trying to protect family members. → Read More
Crim dodges deport order, rapes woman
A SADISTIC criminal with a history of violent offending spanning almost three decades was free to rape a Melbourne woman after a tribunal overturned orders to deport him. → Read More
High roller pleads guilty to swiping gambling chips from Crown
A HIGH roller on a losing streak today pleaded guilty to brazenly swiping 125,000 of gambling chips from Crowns exclusive Maple Room and bolting. → Read More
Notorious child sex offender, Robin Fletcher, set to be released into community
EVIL sex witch Robin Fletcher is set to be released in to the community after authorities lost a last-ditch appeal to keep him at a secure, secret location. → Read More
Joby Rowe, accused of murdering his own baby Alanah, weeps in court
ACCUSED baby killer Joby Anthony Rowe wept quietly this morning as his mother-in-law described desperately trying to revive his three-month-old daughter and seeing blood seeping from her nose. → Read More
Accused G-string bandit has been locked up after terrifying a couple in Kensington, Melbourne
A MAN accused of breaking into his neighbours’ house last year at 3.30am wearing nothing but a head torch and G-string has been locked up after allegedly continuing to terrify the couple. → Read More
Broadmeadows man fronts court charged with wife’s murder
A BROADMEADOWS man has fronted court charged with his wife’s murder following the discovery of her body in Dallas last month. → Read More
Carjack accused dumps bail bid, dodges media
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Michael Patrick Trueman, who killed two elderly people in a Rosebud crash, jailed for 11 years
A MAN who killed two elderly women while driving with a record drug reading is a repeat drink-driver who was convicted of that offence just two months before the fatal crash, but released in to the community. → Read More
Arrests in Kingsville attempted murder and robbery probe
TWO brothers have been charged with a raft of offences including armed robbery, theft and attempted murder in Melbourne’s west five years ago. → Read More
Stabbed doctor warns on hospital security
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Trio guilty of grisly murder
Edward Lionel Hill arrives in the prison van at the Mebourne Supreme Court. ID confirmed by Shannon Deery. Picture: Nicole Garmston THREE men have been found guilty of murdering their housemate who they went on to dismember and dump in the Maribyrnong River. A jury this afternoon found Constantinos George Spaliaras, 32, Edward Lionel Hill, 48, and Matthew David Brennan, 38, guilty of the murder… → Read More
Policewoman stripped naked and bashed in footage shown to anti-corruption hearing
A POLICE officer was stripped naked below the waist before male colleagues kicked, stomped and stood on her, shocking footage played to an anti-corruption hearing shows. → Read More
Christine Nixon vs. Paul Mullett: Top cop in sting operation that brought down police union boss
FORMER Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon worked with corruption busters on a sting that ended the policing careers of union heavyweight Paul Mullett and Noel Ashby. → Read More
Disappearing wife Janina Wojcik mystery solved after 53 years
POLICE have solved the mystery of a woman who went missing for more than 50 years. → Read More