Law & Order
Good Samaritan Man stabbed over mobile phone
A 70-YEAR-old man is fighting for his life after allegedly being stabbed by a young woman who stopped him to ask for help in Victoria’s west last night.
Dispute settled Hackett buries hatchet in Candice prenup fight
TROUBLED swimmer Grant Hackett has settled a longrunning Supreme Court dispute over his prenuptial agreement with his ex-wife Candice Alley.
Haider inquest Radicals forge cross-border ties
ISLAMIC radicals in Melbourne and Sydney have formed close cross-border ties, connecting online and even visiting each other’s Mosques.
‘Deserved better’ Slain Cayleb a ‘beautiful young man’
MURDERED teenager Cayleb Hough has been remembered as a “beautiful young man” as he was farewelled by more than 400 mourners at a funeral service in Melbourne’s southeast today.
Ringwood rape ‘Real life monster’ relieved to be caught
A MONSTER who escaped justice for 26 years after raping a seven-year-old girl walking home from school claims he is relieved he has finally been caught.
Police appeal for help to find missing teen
POLICE are appealing for public help to find a 16-year-old girl who went missing from Footscray yesterday.
Breaking news Teen pleads guilty over Ratten death
A LEARNER driver has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal crash that killed the son of AFL star and current Hawthorn assistant coach Brett Ratten.
Public appeal Three youths charged over Moomba riots
THREE youths wanted over the Moomba riots which caused mayhem in Melbourne’s CBD have handed themselves into police.
Major investigation Man on 193 charges in young girl porn case
A VICTORIAN man has been hit with nearly 200 sex offence charges after a massive investigation into online grooming of young girls.
Police step up search for arsonist
A MAN captured on video running from a shop blaze with his foot on fire might be the key to a three-year-old crime in Melbourne’s south.
Where did stolen $15 million go?
IT was Australia’s biggest, brashest armed robbery, netting a gang up to $15 million. But what happened to the brazen bandits — and where did the loot end up?
Port Arthur ‘I can still smell it to this day’
FOR Peter and Bev Kelly, it was meant to be holiday celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. Instead, they cowered under a table as gunshots rang out and bodies fell.
New claims Ex-teachers in frame in Mr Cruel case
UPDATE: POLICE announce $1 million reward for Karmein Chan murder, as two ex-teachers are among men newly dobbed in to police as possibly being child-abducting murderer Mr Cruel.
- ‘Postcard Bandit’ released, nabbed again
- The day a whole school was kidnapped
- Dossier reveals seven Mr Cruel suspects
- Gangster memo: Don’t drive late on Mondays
- ‘Killer’ cleared 86 years after execution
- Was Acquaro’s killer driving ute?
- Aussie horror flick to rival Snowtown
- Russell Street bomber confesses
- How we became a mafia stronghold
- Price joins vile list of killers jailed for life
- Melbourne mafia’s market for murder
- Slain lawyer and the giant ecstasy bust
- The gangland hit that shocked a nation
Specials
Dossier reveals seven Mr Cruel suspects
NEW evidence about the crimes of murdering child abductor Mr Cruel has emerged 25 years after he kidnapped his last known victim.
Bank heist Well-drilled gang’s $1.7m getaway
IN a sleepy country town in 1978, a well-drilled gang pulled of what was then Australia’s biggest bank heist, escaping with $1.7 million in untraceable bills. They were never caught.
Big payday The life and times of a career criminal
LIKE old boxers, criminals sometimes just don’t know when it’s time to give the game away. The hunger for more is what police believe led violent armed robber Terrence Blewitt, to his death.
- Sex tryst led to millionaires slaying
- Beauty queen murder: My search for clues
- Bandit author fled jail but can’t escape web
- Karlie — a face of innocence
- Australia’s most notorious fugitives
- How heroes stopped Monash Uni massacre
- Witness risked all in bid to catch cop killers
- Enzo Condello: My brother the mobster
- The night horror came back to Bali
- Slain farmhand’s war heroics revealed
- Martin Bryant: Monster on the inside
- They knew Masa’s killer was a madman
- Dark arts: The criminals behind these pictures
Cold case reopened 30 years later
A DISTINCTIVE face scar could be the key to catching a man responsible for twice sexually assaulting a teen girl in Melbourne’s west in 1986.
Key name revealed Can you solve this cold case?
CRIME scene evidence left frozen and untouched until now could be the vital new evidence that cracks a 28-year-old rape mystery, with your help.
50 years on Australia’s greatest murder mystery
THE Beaumonts have waited 18,259 agonising days to find out what really happened to their children. Andrew Rule takes a hard look at a crime that grabbed the nation.
Exclusive video Gang ‘wants security industry supremacy’
UPDATE: A BIKIE gang is trying to blackmail, extort and take over the security industry in Melbourne, investigators into the Kittens strip club explosion believe.
Books
Smoke & mirrors Designer’s killer played an evil charade
STUART Rattle’s clients believed his partner’s claims that the interior designer was unwell when he hadn’t been seen for days. But a fire exposed the sinister truth.