Crime
Four youths jailed for unprovoked murder of boy, 16, in suburban street
Declan Cutler was walking home from a party when a carload of gang members stopped and attacked him. Police have described the murder as one of the most brutal attacks in Victorian history.
- by Erin Pearson
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Woman accused of killing elderly neighbour allegedly broke into her home and stole from her
A West Footscray woman charged with killing her neighbour and dumping the body in the Maribyrnong River allegedly broke into the elderly woman’s home and stole cash and jewellery.
- by Erin Pearson
The ‘trusted insiders’ helping underworld bosses dodge border security
Police call them “trusted insiders” and crooks call them “doors”. They’re the people who work in industries which import, export, or move goods across borders, and who help criminal syndicates bring drugs and tobacco onshore.
- by David Estcourt
‘Menace to society’: Fatal hit-run driver jailed for at least five years
The judge who jailed Peter Koutsogiannakis described the 30-year-old as “devoid of moral qualms” and says he left a cyclist to die like roadkill.
- by Emily Woods
Adrian said he was heading out to visit people. He hasn’t been seen for five months
Homicide detectives believe 43-year-old Craigieburn man Adrian Romeo, who went missing in February, has met with foul play.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Man charged with murder and attempted murder after fight at Bentleigh East home
A man is dead and a woman is fighting for life in hospital after an altercation in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.
- by Melissa Meehan and Ashleigh McMillan
‘She’d steal her grandma’s false teeth’: Notorious conwoman jailed after three decades of fraud
Athena Razos, one of many names she used, has defrauded and stolen from law firms, major banks, her first husband and friends over three decades.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Cameron Houston
Accused $1.3m traffic fine fixer allowed to go to Greece on holiday
Tyler Garth allegedly used her employment at a VicRoads contractor to falsify fine nominations connected to organised crime figures, including bikie gangs.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
Prisoner allegedly paid teens $4000 for double fatal fire
Two 19-year-olds have been charged more than four months after a Sunshine North panel shop was set alight and the fire spread to a factory next door, killing two men inside.
- by Emily Woods
‘The kindest lady’: Neighbours mourn Lolene, 85, after body found in Maribyrnong River
A West Footscray woman has been charged with murder and a 15-year-old boy was also questioned after a fisherman discovered the elderly woman’s body.
- by Melissa Cunningham, Marta Pascual Juanola and Shelby Garlick
Three teens arrested over arson attack that killed two men in Melbourne’s west
The daughter of one of the men who died in the February fire led an emotional appeal for information earlier this month.
- by Lachlan Abbott