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Men freed following convictions over fatal Caroline Springs restaurant brawl
By Melissa Iaria/The Age Two brothers have been jailed over a fatal Caroline Springs restaurant brawl but will be freed immediately, given time already served. Sasa…
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Jail terms for shotgun attack
Two people who shot more than half a dozen rounds from a shotgun into a St Albans house last year have each been sentenced in…
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Deer Park man jailed for rape
A Deer Park man has been sentenced in the County Court to more than eight years in prison for the rape and assault of his…
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Jail time bumped up on appeal
A Delahey man who shot a home invader in the back with a shotgun has had his prison sentence extended on appeal in the Supreme…
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Seven years for ‘brazen’ burglary
A man who plead guilty to a 2015 armed burglary in St Albans has been sentenced in the County Court to seven years in prison.…
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Man jailed over fatal stabbing
A Sunshine West man who stabbed his partner and killed her secret husband has been sentenced in the Supreme Court to 15 years jail. Hung…
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Mail order drugs deliver jail time
Attempting to import heroin valued at almost a million dollars has landed a man and a woman in prison. Huong Thuy Ly and Hoang Thanh…
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Man jailed for failed heroin haul
A man who tried to import more than six kilograms of heroin hidden with vases from Thailand has been sentenced to eight years jail. Thanh…
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Teacher appeals jail, conviction
A Sunshine teacher has been sentenced to jail following the indecent assault of two female students in a school library. Sunshine Secondary College maths teacher…
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Jail for firearm, drug offences
A Keilor man has been sentenced in the County Court to three years jail for a series of drug trafficking and firearms offences. Brian Grixti…
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Cocaine prison appeal rejected
A St Albans man who was sentenced to 10 years jail for importing a commercial quantity of cocaine had his appeal against the length of…
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Driver jailed for EJ bridge crash
A man who was involved in a street race that ended in a fiery crash off the EJ Whitten Bridge has been sentenced in the…
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TAB thief’s appeal denied
A man who robbed a Braybrook TAB and held its attendant hostage has had his bid to appeal against his sentence refused in the Supreme…
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Arsonist’s jail appeal rejected
A man sentenced to nine years’ jail for arson, fraud and perjury, after setting fire to his own St Albans pizza restaurant, has had his…
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Killer driver loses prison appeal
A man who was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for a series of driving offences, including a fatal collision with a pedestrian,…
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