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Car crashes into Moon Dog brewpub at former Franco Cozzo store

Car crashes into Moon Dog brewpub at former Franco Cozzo store

The crash overnight is another blow to the Melbourne brewers, who battled angry neighbours before the opening of the Footscray venue was beset with delays.

  • by Eliza Sum

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Ex-deputy mayor found guilty of murdering his mother after killing brother

Ex-deputy mayor found guilty of murdering his mother after killing brother

Paul Cohrs has been found guilty of murder over the shooting death of his 81-year-old mother, one hour after he shot dead his brother amid a years-long family dispute.

  • by Emily Woods
Police warn landlords about leasing stores to tobacconists amid turf war

Police warn landlords about leasing stores to tobacconists amid turf war

Investigators have found illegal tobacco products in about 100 of the stores they have raided.

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
‘The Punisher’ targeted in second hit attempt after trying to muscle in on illicit tobacco trade

‘The Punisher’ targeted in second hit attempt after trying to muscle in on illicit tobacco trade

The former bikie and professional boxer has played a key role in the revival of the Brothers 4 Life gang to try to gain a slice of the lucrative market.

  • by Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola, Nick McKenzie and Alex Crowe
Why ego should be a gangster’s dirty word
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Why ego should be a gangster’s dirty word

Instead of hiding in the shadows, gangsters are flaunting their wealth. Changes to the law may make them trip over their extravagance, right into trouble.

  • by John Silvester
Teeth and a charred watch: The police search for missing campers’ remains

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

‘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
Inside Melbourne’s ‘graffiti war’ and the crew that took police 20 years to crack
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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
‘Jealousy, rage, entitlement’: Bodybuilder sentenced to 30 years for murdering girlfriend

‘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
Anger, revenge, domestic violence: Why do fathers kill their children?
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Anger, revenge, domestic violence: Why do fathers kill their children?

The Lismore father suspected of killing himself and his two-year-old son has left a community bereft. Many are asking what is behind such a heinous act.

  • by Jordan Baker
Alleged sex assault victim found police station closed when she went for help

Alleged sex assault victim found police station closed when she went for help

After allegedly being attacked by a “rideshare driver”, a 20-year-old persuaded him to drop her near a police station. But the station’s front desk hours had been cut back.

  • by Madeleine Heffernan