Law & Order
Record numbers Thousands have cars confiscated
THOUSANDS of Victorians caught hooning or boozed-up behind the wheel are having their cars confiscated by police at a rate of 15 vehicles a day.
Evil acts Rapist jailed decades after shocking crimes
A PROWLER rapist caught by advances in DNA testing three decades after he raped a toddler and a pregnant woman has been jailed for up to six years.
Violent attacks ‘Brutal’ killer’s bail bid in new rape case
A VIOLENT killer has tried for bail after being charged with fresh rape offences while on a court imposed order intended to protect the community.
Cold case ‘Savage’ pensioner murder breakthrough
A SOUTH Australian woman has been charged over the bludgeoning death of a pensioner in his Kew East home more than a decade ago.
Felons’ feast Angry teen inmates ‘demanded KFC’
TEENAGE criminals in a tense standoff with police at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre were promised KFC to come down from the roof, a court has heard.
‘Depraved’ crime Man jailed for abusing surrogate twins
A VILE predator who paid for surrogate twins from overseas so he could sexually abuse them has been jailed for 22 years.
Tarneit home Woman dies after being found unconscious
DETECTIVES are probing the death of a 28-year-old woman found unconscious by a relative in a house in Melbourne’s west.
Men extradited ‘They stand for no one other than Allah’
UPDATE: SUPPORTERS of five men accused of trying to flee to Syria by boat to join Islamic State have been slammed for refusing to stand for a magistrate.
Woman dies after being found unconscious
DETECTIVES are probing the death of a 28-year-old woman found unconscious by a relative in a house in Melbourne’s west.
The slum wedding of the year
THE event didn’t make the social pages, but when sly grog queen Kate Leigh got hitched to safecracker Ernest “Shiner” Ryan the locals turned out in force.
Gandolfini parallels Suit stolen off body of real mafia Don
A ROLEX stolen from the wrist of dying Sopranos star James Gandolfini pales into insignificance when compared with what happened to an Australian Calabrian mafia heavy.
Suburban psycho When henpecked hubby turns killer
HE was even banned from using his own toilet, but when Anthony Sherna’s controlling wife spooked his beloved dog Hubble, that was the last straw ...
Specials
Heavy hitters in the crime world
QUICK to solve problems with their fists, these are the Aussie hard men and global gangsters who started in the ring — before stepping into the world of crime.
Exclusive feature 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.
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.
