True Crime Scene
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?
‘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.
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
ONE of the nation’s most notorious bank robbers, the ‘Postcard Bandit’, was released from prison this morning. His freedom didn’t last long.
The day a whole school was kidnapped
EDWIN Eastwood kidnapped a Victorian school at gunpoint, but was foiled by a teacher and her knee-high boots. Then in a strange twist he broke out of jail to try again.
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.
Inside the mind of a ‘black widow’
THE dress needed to be special. It was for her husband’s funeral, she told the shop assistant. The only thing was her husband wasn’t dead - yet.
Gangster memo: Don’t drive late on Mondays
THE most dangerous time for a marked member of Melbourne’s underworld is a Monday night, police statistics reveal. And he’ll probably be ambushed in the driver’s seat of his car.
‘Killer’ cleared 86 years after execution
AN innocent man hanged for the rape and murder of 12-year-old Melbourne girl Alma Tirtschke. But 86 years after his execution, a librarian helped to clear his name.
Was Acquaro’s killer driving ute?
A UTE seen driving with its headlights off moments after the murder of gangland lawyer Joe Acquaro may have been driven by his killer.
Aussie horror flick to rival Snowtown
WHAT Katherine Knight did to her de facto in 2000 is as bad as it gets. Now the abattoir worker’s story is now being told all over again. Warning: Disturbing content
Russell Street bomber confesses
RUSSELL St bomber Craig Minogue has confessed his role in the shocking crime that took the life of police officer Angela Taylor.
How we became a mafia stronghold
IF lawyer Joe Acquaro’s execution was a professional Calabrian mafia hit, it must have been for compelling reasons, because now the heat is on the whole business.
Price joins vile list of killers jailed for life
THE decision to jail brutal, violent and dangerous Sean Christian Price for at least 38 years sees him join a loathsome parade of our worst criminals.
Melbourne mafia’s market for murder
THE death of gangland lawyer Joe Acquaro in a suspected bid to prevent him spilling mafia secrets isn’t the first time Italian crime networks have struck to protect their turf.
Slain lawyer and the giant ecstasy bust
GANGLAND lawyer Joe Acquaro’s mob connections went to the top, including the powerful Francesco Madafferi — a player in an audacious $440m ecstasy shipment in tomato tins.
The gangland hit that shocked a nation
AMID today’s cold-blooded hit, it’s a reminder that not long ago the city was gripped by a deadly underworld war, with a kids’ footy clinic the scene of the most shocking of all the deaths.
Last lawyer hit ‘ended’ gangland war
THE last time an underworld lawyer was assassinated in Melbourne it was declared the end of the city’s underworld war, but authorities are still seeking answers.
Russell St bombing’s Tony Mokbel twist
CRIME boss Tony Mokbel’s drug cook nearly died in the notorious Russell St bombing as he went to help critically injured policewoman Angela Taylor. How terror came to Melbourne
Report: ‘Postcard Bandit’ gets parole
NOTORIOUS criminal Brenden Abbott, aka the Postcard Bandit has reportedly been granted parole. | Crimes of the Postcard Bandit
Life and crimes of the Postcard Bandit
CRIMINAL mastermind, violent offender, escape artist, most wanted, embarrassment, political prisoner, model inmate, talented artist, reformed character ... depending on who’s telling the story.
Why was this charmer driven to kill?
SHE was a well-bred thief with a knack for conning strangers. But when words failed her, the attractive young Melbourne lass pulled a gun ...
Chilling video of our worst killer
CHILLING footage of police interviews with killer Martin Bryant has been revealed for the first time. WARNING: Distressing.
The crim who embarrassed Queensland
HE was a notorious fugitive who became a part of crime folklore. But an author claims he was a “political trophy” punished for “embarrassing the Queensland Government”.
Woman burnt sons alive in revenge plot
A WOMAN who burnt her sons alive after feeding them cheesecake laced with sleeping pills wanted revenge over an unhappy marriage, a coroner has found.
Rapist jailed for attacks 30 years on
A PROWLER rapist who terrorised Melbourne 30 years ago, has finally faced justice for chilling attacks on a pregnant woman and a two-year-old boy as a result of fresh DNA tests.
Killer nanny smiles in court
A NANNY accused of murdering a little girl in her care and brandishing the child’s severed head outside a Moscow train station says “Allah ordered” her to do it.
A violent man whose luck ran out
TERRENCE Blewitt was a violent man in a violent trade. Wherever he went, bad things happened to others. That’s how it was until the day a bad thing happened to him.
‘Badness’ admits to armed rob spree
A HARDENED criminal known as “Badness” — infamous for a suburban siege and previous heists — has pleaded guilty to a string of robberies that netted him almost $400,000.
