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Tip-off led to arrest of teenager's accused murderer

Tip-off led to arrest of teenager's accused murderer

The accused killer of a teenage woman with "the kindest soul" was arrested after police received significant information that blew the case wide open.

Innocent mum's brutal murder linked to organised crime

Innocent mum's brutal murder linked to organised crime

Innocent mum's brutal murder linked to organised crime

Innocent mum's brutal murder linked to organised crime

Police have landed on a likely motive for a woman's brutal kidnapping and murder that also left her young son with life changing head injuries.

Man killed 'within hours' of palliative care meeting

Man killed 'within hours' of palliative care meeting

Man killed 'within hours' of palliative care meeting

Man killed 'within hours' of palliative care meeting

A woman made repeated attempts to give her terminally ill husband a lethal overdose because she "could not take" his delay to assisted dying, prosecutors claim.

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Missing one km stretch may solve mum's murder mystery

Missing one km stretch may solve mum's murder mystery

Detectives are appealing for information on the alleged murder of a 49-year-old woman with a focus on a one kilometre gap between her last known locations.

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

A group of men are on the run after a woman and her eight-year-old son were assaulted in their home before she was kidnapped and found dead in a burnt-out car.

Teen found 'lying covered in blood', murder trial told

Teen found 'lying covered in blood', murder trial told

A man on trial for murdering an Indigenous teen says he found the boy covered in blood after a co-accused allegedly struck him, but denies stomping on him.

Botched hunt for $1m bounty lands killer behind bars

Botched hunt for $1m bounty lands killer behind bars

Days after learning about a fight at Chris Habiyakare's house, armed intruders staged a home invasion to steal the rapper's rumoured $1 million in cash.

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Hail of bullets: widow describes husband's ambush death

Hail of bullets: widow describes husband's ambush death

Hail of bullets: widow describes husband's ambush death

A woman who helped her husband steal two rented vehicles as revenge has described how she watched his fatal shooting at their home.

Dismembered neighbour buried under kids' cubbyhouse

Dismembered neighbour buried under kids' cubbyhouse

Dismembered neighbour buried under kids' cubbyhouse

Dismembered neighbour buried under kids' cubbyhouse

A killer who dismembered her elderly neighbour has revealed details of her horrendous crime in a failed bid to have her sentence reduced.

Second drive-by as police seek gran's cowardly killers

Second drive-by as police seek gran's cowardly killers

Second drive-by as police seek gran's cowardly killers

Second drive-by as police seek gran's cowardly killers

Two suburban drive-by shootings in as many days are under investigation, with officers still searching for whoever gunned down a 65-year-old grandmother.

Sobs as father's killer could walk free in a few years

Sobs as father's killer could walk free in a few years

Sobs as father's killer could walk free in a few years

Sobs as father's killer could walk free in a few years

A young man who stabbed a father to death after being confronted over a car break-in will be eligible for parole after only five years.

Residents rattled as 'lovely' mum dies in alleged arson

Residents rattled as 'lovely' mum dies in alleged arson

Residents rattled as 'lovely' mum dies in alleged arson

Residents rattled as 'lovely' mum dies in alleged arson

Shock and devastation has gripped teary neighbours after a man allegedly murdered his wife and set fire to the family home.

'Justice done': dad sees daughter's killer go to jail

'Justice done': dad sees daughter's killer go to jail

'Justice done': dad sees daughter's killer go to jail

'Justice done': dad sees daughter's killer go to jail

Cindy Crossthwaite's family and friends are relieved her killer Emil Petrov will spend at least 20 years behind bars for her murder.

Second alleged assassin charged for underworld shooting

Second alleged assassin charged for underworld shooting

Second alleged assassin charged for underworld shooting

Second alleged assassin charged for underworld shooting

Police have charged another man over an alleged drive-by slaying of underworld figure Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar near a popular major city precinct.

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Accused mushroom triple-murderer fronts pre-trial court

Erin Patterson has appeared in a Melbourne court as she prepares to face trial accused of killing three relatives with poisonous mushrooms.

Trio of shooters in home attack that killed grandmother

A grandmother has been shot and killed after three people opened fire in what police describe as a targeted attack on her home on the city outskirts.

'Lucky he came, he saved you', teen murder trial told

A man on trial for murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury he found his co-accused standing over the bloodied boy after earlier spotting him with a pole.

Man in court accused of stabbing brother to death

Makuaj Anyuon, 29, has appeared in a Melbourne court for the first time after being charged with his brother's murder.

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Pilot 'manipulated' lawnmower death scene, judge told

A woman said she felt "very unsafe" before her husband strangled her and placed the body at the scene of a ride-on lawnmower accident, a prosecutor alleges.

Indigenous teen's alleged killers were 'mucking around'

A man on trial for murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury he and his co-accused were mucking about, drinking and doing burnouts before the incident.

Deluded boy faces decade in custody for mum's murder

A teenager who murdered his caring mother in cold blood as part of a deluded plan to take over Australia will spend at least 10 years behind bars.

Accused blamed innocent man and mate for teen's murder

A man on trial for murdering Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey tried to frame an innocent man for the alleged killing, a jury has been told.

Man accused of stabbing teen killer to fight charges

A man accused of the courtroom stabbing of his brother's teenage killer will fight the charges, his defence solicitor told reporters.

Push for cop warning after great-gran killed with Taser

The consequences for a police officer who shot his service Taser at a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home should be a warning to other cops, prosecutors argue.

Hackers delay US trial linked to Wieambilla shootings

The trial of a US man accused of links to the Wieambilla shootings in rural Queensland has been delayed after a ransomware attack on his lawyer's office.

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