Jail for murdering neighbours over garden hose dispute in Melbourne
In a rage over a tap in a communal apartment complex garden being turned off, Rodney Lee murdered two of his neighbours.
In a rage over a tap in a communal apartment complex garden being turned off, Rodney Lee murdered two of his neighbours.
A Victorian Supreme Court justice has recommended an ex-gratia payment for a former bikie who was assaulted in prison after his parole was unjustly revoked.
Former AFL star Glenn Archer has admitted careless driving after knocking down a cyclist while overtaking him.
A painted line was all that was there to stop Daryn Raines stepping into the danger zone between a steel table bolted to the ground and the metal perforation machine he was using when he was crushed to death.
After five years in custody, former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal and convicted sexual abuser Malka Leifer is a broken woman.
The first person to tell Elly Sapper she was loved was her principal Malka Leifer, a woman highly revered in her Orthodox Jewish community.
The mocking and taunting of a young woman online, blamed for her own sexual assault, has been rebuked by a judge as amounting to a form of emotional rape.
The 28-year-old mum was in contact with Warrnambool domestic violence support services and was ready to report Paul McDonough to police.
Two men who ambushed a man in a remote Victorian forest where he died from ingesting a lethal amount of GHB have been jailed for his death.
A trial date has been confirmed for accused double killer Greg Lynn, but there's concerns about his ability to fund the case.
A judge has hit out at the notion of a man in emotional turmoil relieving his anguish by sexually assaulting an innocent and vulnerable young woman in Melbourne.
The father of a man who ingested a lethal amount of GHB at gunpoint has blasted two men who admit fault in his death as gutless dogs and evil men.
Victorian prosecutors argue a judge didn't have the right to know why they dropped a case against trucking boss Simiona Tutera over the deaths of four police.
Athar Almatrah has been jailed for setting up a gang member for a revenge shooting.
While driving to work on November 9, 2019 Paul Virgona was fatally shot in cold blood by two Mongols bikies, for reasons police cannot explain.
A Victorian nurse who sexually abused a teenage boy tried to comfort him by saying he wasn't like US serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer.
After killing Melbourne mum Ju 'Kelly' Zhang her boyfriend watched a garbage truck empty her body from a wheelie bin.
A civil case against former principal Malka Leifer and the Adass Israel School has been settled.
A Puffing Billy volunteer who sexually abused two young train enthusiasts has been sentenced to prison time but is unlikely to serve a day.
An engineering firm is awaiting sentence after it failed to supervise a worker who was killed dismantling a Victoriancheese factory.
A car enthusiast who built an FX Holden then falsely sold it for $246,000 claiming as one of three original 1946 prototypes has had his jail sentence upheld.
Frank Hu, 38, was sentenced to 29 years in prison by County Court Judge Trevor Wraight on Friday.
The trial of a former airline pilot accused of murdering Melbourne campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay could be delayed over funding issues and a fight by his lawyer to block major pieces of evidence.
When his housemate told him he had killed his girlfriend Ju 'Kelly' Zhang, a Melbourne man feared he would be next, a jury has heard.
After murdering his girlfriend of a month, Joon Seong Tan allegedly dumped her body in a wheelie bin and watched as a garbage truck collected her remains, a jury has been told.
Glen Cassidy arrived at his wife's former boyfriend's home armed with a single bullet and a plan.
A racing stable has been fined $350,000 over the workplace death of jockey Mikaela Claridge.
An Ocean Grove doctor who raped a number of female patients, while pretending to be administering medical treatment, has been jailed.
Her relationship was violent and she feared being killed, but Bekkie-Rae Curren-Trinca had a plan to leave. He killed her before she could do anything.
Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer will face a pre-sentence hearing in June.
A Melbourne man who murdered his daughter and son-in-law in cold blood because they didn't ask his permission to marry has challenged the life sentence he received.
There were red flags about risks involved with a permanent female contraceptive as early as 1999, lawyers representing women who were later forced to undergo hysterectomies have claimed.
A female contraceptive device that can only be removed along with one or more organs was a bad idea from the beginning, according to lawyers representing women forced to undergo hysterectomies.
The former kickboxer was jailed for 14 years after a jury found him guilty over the June 1994 robbery that involved five thieves posing as workmen.
A man has been jailed after he was filmed digging multiple graves for a man he had assaulted, who later died.
A man has been jailed for at least 20 years for the murder of his pregnant partner.
Jurors deliberating in the trial of former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer have been urged to push on through deliberations after revealing a "deadlock".
A former Victorian teacher has been ostracised from her community after starting a sexual relationship with a student.
Jurors have been unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of a man accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a bath for eight months.
Jurors have begun deliberating over allegations former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer sexually abused three vulnerable students.
A father who admits shaking his newborn son to death denies that he was the one who caused other significant injuries to the baby boy.
A Melbourne mum and her young son will spend at least 12 months behind bars after she stole nearly $200,000 from Medicare while working at a medical clinic.
A Melbourne mum who ripped off Medicare through her employer, stealing $180,000 because she was angry about working unpaid hours, has had her sentence delayed.
Poiva Sita and Sione Hokafonu have been found not guilty of the attempted murder of rival bikie Rocco Curra, in a shooting prosecutors argued was a revenge attack.
Using pretend love and concern, former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer groomed and sexually abused three young students for her own gratification, jurors have been told.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer used her position of power to sexually exploit her teenage students, taking advantage of their vulnerability, a jury has been told.
Annie O'Brien died from multi-organ failure caused by a sepsis infection within hours of delivering her baby at 18 weeks, and less than 24 hours after falling ill in August 2017.
After watching her dad stab her mum, a brave 10-year-old Melbourne girl tried to check on her younger sister.
Simiona Tuteru was charged with manslaughter over the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers - but it's a charge a judge now says was never viable.
The US rapper formerly known as Kanye West has had a lawsuit against a Melbourne burger restaurant named after his 2004 album The College Dropout thrown out.