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Bikies jailed for decades for grocer's mistaken murder

Bikies jailed for decades for grocer's mistaken murder

Two Mongols bikies who murdered Melbourne grocer Paul Virgona in a case of mistaken identity have been jailed nearly four years after the November 2019 crime.

Man guilty of manslaughter after Christmas Day stabbing

Man guilty of manslaughter after Christmas Day stabbing

Man guilty of manslaughter after Christmas Day stabbing

Man guilty of manslaughter after Christmas Day stabbing

Garth Michael Reid, 35, has been found guilty of manslaughter after being accused of fatally stabbing his partner's father on Christmas Day 2020.

Family blast murderer who tried to profit from death

Family blast murderer who tried to profit from death

Family blast murderer who tried to profit from death

Family blast murderer who tried to profit from death

Joanne Howell's devastated family have discovered at a pre-sentence court hearing that her killer applied for victim's compensation after the murder.

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Murder charge dropped against former police officer

Murder charge dropped against former police officer

A former Victorian police officer who was accused of killing Christopher Jarvis 17 years ago has had his murder charge withdrawn by prosecutors.

Murder charge over regional Victorian house fire

Murder charge over regional Victorian house fire

A man will stay behind bars after appearing in court charged with murder over a house fire that killed a woman in regional Victoria.

Father killed not intended shooting target, jury hears

Father killed not intended shooting target, jury hears

A man is on trial charged with murder over a pool hall shooting where the person who was killed may not have been the intended target, a jury has been told.

No jail for wife who stabbed abusive husband's neck

No jail for wife who stabbed abusive husband's neck

After 17 years of verbal and physical abuse from her husband, a Sydney woman did not know that fatally stabbing him in the neck as he slept was morally wrong.

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Accused murderer wanted to attend victim's funeral

Accused murderer wanted to attend victim's funeral

Accused murderer wanted to attend victim's funeral

Accused murderer wanted to attend victim's funeral

A man was advised not to attend the funeral of a former bikie he is now on trial for murdering after the victim's body was found decomposing in a sports car.

Man fatally stabbed brother over disputed $600 debt

Man fatally stabbed brother over disputed $600 debt

Man fatally stabbed brother over disputed $600 debt

Man fatally stabbed brother over disputed $600 debt

A man accused of killing his brother over a $600 debt has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Melbourne court.

Body of missing Melbourne woman found in bushland

Body of missing Melbourne woman found in bushland

Body of missing Melbourne woman found in bushland

Body of missing Melbourne woman found in bushland

It's believed human remains found in bushland at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula belong to Maryam Hamka, who has been missing for more than two years.

Michelle Bright's murderer jailed for at least 24 years

Michelle Bright's murderer jailed for at least 24 years

Michelle Bright's murderer jailed for at least 24 years

Michelle Bright's murderer jailed for at least 24 years

Craig Rumsby has been jailed at least 24 years for murdering NSW teenager Michelle Bright and a violent attack on another girl, two decades after the crimes.

Homicide probe suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria

Homicide probe suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria

Homicide probe suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria

Homicide probe suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria

Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of three people with mushroom poisoning following a meal at a private home.

Underworld links probed in fatal street shooting

Underworld links probed in fatal street shooting

Underworld links probed in fatal street shooting

Underworld links probed in fatal street shooting

Police are investigating possible organised crime links in the fatal shooting of a 53-year-old man, reported to be bikie Mohammed Keshtiar.

'Adult store murderer' to be deported to New Zealand

'Adult store murderer' to be deported to New Zealand

'Adult store murderer' to be deported to New Zealand

'Adult store murderer' to be deported to New Zealand

Convicted killer Tara Gilbert will be sent to New Zealand upon his release from jail after serving 15 years of a life sentence.

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Mum of slain teen lives with 'gaping hole' in her heart

The family of murdered teenager Michelle Bright have confronted her killer in the NSW Supreme Court, calling him a "monster" who tore their lives apart.

Stabbed father 'kept coming' for man before fatal blows

Warren Toby kept coming for his daughter's partner despite being stabbed before he died on the front yard of a family Christmas gathering, a court has heard.

'Intolerable situation' in husband's soup lacing death

A 69-year-old woman who admitted giving her husband an overdose that killed him is able to apply for parole after serving nearly three years in jail.

Amber Haigh's alleged murderers face judge-only trial

Robert and Anna Geeves will face a two-month judge-alone trial in 2024 after they were charged with the 2002 murder of teenage mum and housemate Amber Haigh.

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Mother accused of child cult murder pleads not guilty

Ellen Rachel Craig, who allegedly beat her daughter to death in 1987 while part of a cult, has pleaded not guilty to the child's murder.

Man critical as homicide detectives probe woman's death

A 51-year-old man remains under police guard in hospital after a 40-year-old woman was found dead in Melbourne's southwest.

Woman dies, man under police guard in hospital

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a woman in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

Man cleared after 'coward' jailed for mum's murder

Justin Dilosa has been found not guilty of murder, after Carol McHenry was jailed for at least 15-and-a-half years for killing mum-of-two Danielle Easey.

Lawyer couldn't live without murderer hubby, jury told

Soon after his arrest for murder, a lawyer told her husband she "couldn't do life without him" before allegedly destroying evidence linking him to the crime.

Cold case killer loses bid to overturn conviction

An appeal court has rejected a bid by Matthew Donald Tilley to overturn his conviction for the 1993 murder of Adelaide woman Suzanne Poll.

Trial begins over alleged killing of country postmaster

A man is on trial accused of killing a beloved country postmaster at a service station by allegedly throwing a one-litre drink at his head and kicking him.

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