Courts
Teeth and a charred watch: The police search for missing campers’ remains
At the base of a fallen tree off a remote alpine track, forensic experts spent three days meticulously looking for answers to the disappearance of Russell Hill and Carol Clay.
- by Erin Pearson
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‘Shattered into a million pieces’: Mother speaks of loss after son drowns on school trip
A judge has grilled lawyers for the Education Department about why they did not pass on swimming proficiency information before an eight-year-old boy drowned on a school excursion.
- by David Estcourt
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Crime
Inside Melbourne’s ‘graffiti war’ and the crew that took police 20 years to crack
To some, it’s art. To others, a blight on the city. Decades after “Stan”, “Meow”, “Renks”, “Karl” and “Bonez” tagged trains and landmarks around Melbourne, the law has caught up with one of the 70K crew’s chiefs.
- by David Estcourt
Alleged murderer changed colour of his 4WD after deaths, court hears
Gregory Lynn was also snapped by a traffic camera at the same time as missing camper Russell Hill’s phone was traced to the same stretch of remote road, the Supreme Court was told.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Jealousy, rage, entitlement’: Bodybuilder sentenced to 30 years for murdering girlfriend
Sven Lindemann, who shrugged off the attempts of a 10-year-old girl to save her mother as he stabbed her to death, has been jailed.
- by David Estcourt
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Missing campers trial
Camper’s widow tells murder trial of affair ultimatum, a husband’s vow and radio silence
Russell Hill’s wife packed a bag for her husband’s camping trip and never saw him again. She has told a jury about their marriage, his affair and the silence that led her to call in police.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Alarming for a young kid’: What a father and son found at missing campers’ abandoned site
A burnt campsite, an Esky full of food, a handbag on the passenger seat of a car. The first people to come across Russell Hill and Carol Clay’s campsite have described the scene to a jury.
- by Erin Pearson
Broken love pact at centre of missing campers’ long-time affair
A Supreme Court jury has been taken inside the long-term affair between Russell Hill and Carol Clay before they were allegedly murdered together on a camping trip.
- by Erin Pearson
X marks the spat: former senator Xenophon fights to get his name back
The anti-pokies campaigner is taking on his former legal partner in court over the name of the firm they once ran together.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
Carol Clay reunited with her first boyfriend. They died together, killed on a camping trip
When Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the remote alpine region it raised an unusual problem for her family.
- by Erin Pearson
Ex-AFL star Sam Fisher cries as he’s jailed for drug trafficking
The former St Kilda footballer will spend at least three years in prison over his involvement in a cross-country drug trafficking ring.
- by Emily Woods