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Former chef spared prison after raping teenage colleague
January 15, 2021
A former chef who raped a 16-year-old girl at a Victorian restaurant and then asked her to help conceal the crime from his wife has avoided being jailed.
Richard Pusey to fight charges after allegedly putting noose around woman's neck
January 15, 2021
The Porsche driver accused of filming a dying police officer after the fatal Eastern Freeway crash is set to fight separate charges over an incident in which he allegedly threatened to kill a woman.
'Just beautiful little kids': Woman, three children found dead at Tullamarine home
January 14, 2021
A Melbourne woman is being remembered as a "lovely mother" after she was found dead along with her three young children, aged 7, 5 and 3.
Queensland man charged over online harassment of Victorian MP Fiona Patten
January 14, 2021
Victorian MP says an unprecedented level of “fury and anger” is being directed towards politicians online, after a man in Queensland was charged over alleged abuse directed at her on social media.
Woman bit off friend's finger during drunken fight
January 13, 2021
Mansis Bandi claims she acted in self-defence but now acknowledges her actions were excessive.
Man refused bail over alleged armed threat to animal welfare worker
January 13, 2021
A former soldier accused of holding a woman at gunpoint inside a Melbourne animal shelter as he looked for his cat has been refused bail.
Police interviewing man after animal welfare worker threatened at gunpoint
January 12, 2021
A man is being interviewed by police after a woman was tied up at gunpoint inside a Melbourne animal shelter and asked where the cats were located.
Two knives being analysed by police following Narre Warren tragedy
January 12, 2021
Two seized knives are being analysed by police investigating an alleged stabbing attack which left a Narre Warren mother dead and two family members injured, a court has heard.
'One gun crime is too many': New police unit cracks down on illegal firearms
January 11, 2021
In an Australian first, a new Victoria Police unit is working to cut off access to illicit weapons and says it has already netted 80 firearms since its inception in September.
Pair to face higher court for shooting, ramming police vehicles
January 8, 2021
Two men who shot and rammed police vehicles, forcing officers to bunker down in a fast-food outlet, have had their cases sent to a higher court after a magistrate deemed their offending too serious to handle.