Law & Order
Melbourne Magistrates’ Court Agent defrauds $32K to repay thug husband
A REAL estate agent who ripped off her employers almost $32,000 claims she did it to pay off her thug husband’s drug debts.
Still at large Two sacked over rapist let free
EXCLUSIVE: A paedophile who remains on the run in Victoria was let loose in the community unsupervised, before he jumped a fence and escaped a government mental facility.
Stolen car Two teens charged over high-speed chase
UPDATE: TWO teenagers have been charged over a high-speed police pursuit through central Victoria. One boy still remains on the run.
Car plunge Woman critical after car plunged into dam
A WOMAN is in critical condition after the car she was travelling in with her partner plunged into a dam in Melbourne’s outer east.
Home ransacked Man attacked after confronting burglars
A MAN was allegedly assaulted and tied up after confronting two burglars ransacking his home in Melbourne’s east.
Dangerous pursuit Teen girls charged over car chase
WATCH: Two teenage girls have been charged with stealing a car allegedly used in a high-speed chase northwest of Melbourne, while two other alleged occupants remain on the run.
Granted bail Coughing Cousins asked: ‘All for show?’
A HEAVILY medicated Ben Cousins has been granted bail after missing a court date, crashing his car into a truck and then spending two days in hospital undergoing tests.
Sex attack Hickey burglar ‘the stuff of nightmares’
THE actions of a drunken burglar who climbed into a young mother’s bed and gave her hickeys have been described as “the stuff of nightmares” by a County Court judge.
Maccas robbed twice in two weeks
STAFF at a McDonald’s restaurant in Melbourne’s south have been the targets of a terrifying robbery for the second time in a fortnight.
Fly in, fly out hitmen up body count
DETECTIVES are examining whether Aussie bikies living overseas have ordered some of the recent Sydney underworld assassinations while in exile.
Dead Fellas Mafia men weren’t invincible
THEY may have been made men in the mafia, but that didn’t make them invincible. Retribution is always served, writes Keith Moor.
Gangland war You didn’t say no to a man like Barbaro
IT’S New Year’s Eve 2014 and if you’re “connected”, it’s the only party in town — it was a literal who’s who of the Sydney criminal underworld. This was the world of Pasquale Barbaro.
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.
Bikie linked to brutal cold case murder
A BIKIE with international links is a suspect in one of Victoria’s most brutal murders - the cold case killing of Spirit of Tasmania security guard Earl Mooring.
Sunshine attacks 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.
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.
Crime fight How we’re smashing outlaw bikie power
IT is Australia’s largest bikie gang, behind murders, drug rings and extortion. So how do we stop bikie gangs like the Rebels? Immigration Minister Peter Dutton reveals the strategy.
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.
