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Bourke Street accused also charged with assaulting a man with a metal pole
February 23, 2021
A young man accused of driving a car along Bourke Street Mall and causing panic among pedestrians is also charged with unlawful imprisonment and assaulting a man with a metal pole.
Police release CCTV footage of man after sexual assault in CBD
February 23, 2021
Investigators release CCTV footage of a man they believe could help with their investigation into a sexual assault near Melbourne’s legal precinct last month.
Vast area of parkland, light industrial area scoured by police searching for missing mother Ju Zhang
February 22, 2021
Police on Monday returned to bushland in Melbourne’s north-east to search for missing Epping mother Ju Zhang.
‘Only a matter of time’: Detectives search for ‘cowardly’ thief over Coburg man’s murder
February 20, 2021
Kon Kritikos, 87, was bashed on November 11 last year and left ‘for hours’ with his injuries before he was found by a family member. He later died in hospital.
Man, 57, charged after allegedly posing as 19-year-old woman in online chat group
February 19, 2021
The 57-year-old Melbourne man is accused of sharing child abuse material in an online chat group called ‘Sharing is Caring’.
Appeal for mystery caller in search for missing mother Ju Zhang
February 18, 2021
Detectives have appealed for a person who called Crime Stoppers to reveal the location of missing mother Ju Zhang to make contact again.
Man pleads guilty to shooting murder of daughter, son-in-law
February 17, 2021
Osman Shaptafaj, 56, has pleaded guilty to murdering his estranged daughter and her husband as they returned home from celebrating their first wedding anniversary on New Year’s Eve in 2019.
Jail for former community worker who sexually assaulted teenage boy
February 15, 2021
A former community support worker sexually assaulted a vulnerable teenage boy weeks after using a state government database to search for information about him.
Eight-month-old baby missing from Lalor may be with wanted father
February 12, 2021
Investigators have issued a public alert in the hope of finding the baby who they believe may be with his father who is wanted by police.
Third person charged with murdering Ballarat mother Kobie Parfitt
February 12, 2021
Police from the missing persons squad found what are believed to be Ms Parfitt’s remains in a mine shaft in Snake Valley in December.