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Domestic violence
Peta was assaulted by her ex. A safety device was supposed to keep her safe
A woman who was violently attacked for five hours by her former partner is suing the supplier of a personal safety device that failed to alert police.
- by Cameron Houston
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Woman says she hasn’t sung since the day she was sexually assaulted by coach
One of Australia’s leading singing coaches sentenced for sexual assault.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Girlfriend fled from killer’s car months before her fatal stabbing
A killer drove at his girlfriend and a group of people who came to her aid two months before he stabbed her to death in her apartment.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Murder trial for Jetstar pilot over ‘missing campers’ case set to begin
A jury has been selected in the Supreme Court to hear trial evidence regarding the deaths of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.
- by Erin Pearson
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Money & relationships
To have and to hold: When an engagement goes belly up, who gets to keep the ring?
As a psychologist, when I was weighing the question of who should keep the $100,000 bling after the bitter break-up of a Victorian couple, I considered the advice of two experts: a family lawyer and film star Elizabeth Taylor.
- by Peter Quarry
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Mushroom case
Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson pleads not guilty
Patterson will have her case fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, avoiding the need for a committal hearing.
- by Erin Pearson
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Judge must undergo counselling after complaint from state’s top prosecutor
The Judicial Commission of Victoria has ruled some of judge Geoff Chettle’s conduct during a sex crimes trial lacked sensitivity.
- by Erin Pearson
Court to decide who gets to keep the $100,000 ring when love goes pear-shaped
The rules of engagement will be tested over who will keep the ring when a wedding is called off after a builder took his former fiancee to court over her two-carat diamond.
- by Cameron Houston
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Coronavirus pandemic
The day Victoria’s hotel quarantine court case went bust
How did WorkSafe Victoria and the Office of Public Prosecutions get such a high-profile case so wrong?
- by Chip Le Grand
Young girl’s brave act trying to save mum from fatal stabbing
A 10-year-old repeatedly disarmed bodybuilder Sven Lindemann as he dragged her mother through the house and stabbed her mother in a jealous rage.
- by David Estcourt
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Crime
Father serving 33 years for murdering sons prepares new fight for release
Robert Farquharson was convicted of murdering his three sons, Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2, by driving them into a dam near Winchelsea on Father’s Day in 2005.
- by Michael Bachelard and Alex Crowe