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The father of a three-year-old girl killed by a 100kg man who stood on her stomach in a moment of anger says he is "disgusted" by the 9½ year jail sentence handed to his child's killer.
A Supreme Court judge says he is "appalled" that a teenager kept in the adult Barwon Prison was bashed so badly that his spine was fractured.
A Sydney woman visiting Melbourne for the weekend tried to run for her life moments before a drunk driver hit her at more than 150km/h, throwing her into the next intersection and killing her instantly, a court has heard.
The builder who admitted burning down a South Melbourne pub part-owned by former Collingwood star Dane Swan is facing deportation to Scotland, a court has heard.
Angelo Gargasoulas, the brother of accused Bourke Street killer Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday, facing more than a dozen unrelated violence charges.
A man who abused teenage girls and still believes his Wiccan religion condones his crimes could do "catastrophic" harm to possible future victims, a court has heard
A woman has admitted to causing the death of a baby who was born after she collided with a pregnant woman in a car crash.
Guards on duty during Victoria's worst prison riot have told a court that it could have been prevented if more experienced staff were available and fences inside Ravenhall Prison were stronger.
Shane Brown has admitted killing his brother in their parents' home last year, telling police that his dead sibling 'had to be stopped'.
A challenge has been launched against a judge's decision to free a "Wiccan" who whipped and raped teenagers – one of whom later killed herself – partly because if he reoffended, the suffering he caused would, the judge said, be "no greater than is generally experienced by adolescent female victims".
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