Crime
Stabbed by a stranger: Fisherman dies on Frankston pier
Police were called to the pier on Saturday morning following reports of an assault, and found a 45-year-old man unresponsive.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Alex Crowe
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Man charged with murder over Hampton Park drive-by shooting
Police have laid charges following the death of a 30-year-old man from a gunshot wound in April.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Trial by Water
‘I’m going to nail you for it’: Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?
Police need to focus their efforts, but what happens if they miss clues along the way?
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Podcast
Trial by Water
Trial By Water, Episode 5: The ‘golden thread’ in Farquharson’s convictions
For Robert Farquharson’s appeal to succeed, he’ll have to change the minds of people within a system that’s already twice decided he deserves to spend 33 years behind bars.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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Tragedy
Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link
Later on Tuesday, another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.
- by Melissa Cunningham, David Estcourt, Wendy Tuohy and Lachlan Abbott
Podcast
Trial by Water
Trial By Water, Episode 4: How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test
Subscriber exclusive: In the story of Robert Farquharson there’s one thing that’s the hardest to understand.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Victorian tobacco war kingpin’s brother a crime ‘puppeteer’, police allege
Police say Maytham Hamad – the brother of ruthless Melbourne organised-crime kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad – is ‘a high-level co-ordinator of violence’.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Rebecca Peppiatt
Podcast
Trial by Water
Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 3
Listen now to the third episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and why memory evidence can be particularly fraught in murder trials.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Pizza-eating partner killer could walk from jail in nine years
A judge said Robert Rickerby violently punched, kicked and hit partner Jessica Geddes then left her slowly dying as he went to get food.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Jury deliberations in missing campers murder trial headed into second week
A Supreme Court jury will continue to consider its verdict on Monday in the trial of former pilot Gregory Lynn after viewing part of his evidence again earlier this week.
- by Erin Pearson
One call every six minutes: Family violence statistics the biggest concern for police
The latest Victorian crime data shows police responded to a record 96,000 family violence incidents.
- by Lachlan Abbott