Tag: justice
Man jailed for Sunshine pharmacy armed hold up
A man has been jailed for six years for stabbing a French tourist and for earlier holding up a Sunshine chemist with a box...
Four jailed for politically charged St Albans raid
Four men have been jailed for threatening a St Albans family, and another from Caroline Springs, over a political dispute about a Congolese musician,...
Illegal immigrant jailed for Ardeer crop house
An illegal immigrant has been sentenced to three and a half years jail for his role in growing 111 cannabis plants in an Ardeer...
Legal service receives much needed funds
Services such as a Vietnamese-speaking lawyer in St Albans and a domestic violence duty lawyer at Bacchus Marsh will be delivered thanks to a...
Judge dismisses appeal for ‘outrageous’ crimes
A Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application to review the sentence of a 26-year-old man, describing his crime spree as “outrageous”.
But Justice Phillip...
Convicted dope grower wins sentencing appeal
A man’s appeal against a five-year, three-month prison sentence for his role in growing cannabis at a Sunshine North factory has been upheld in...
Serial rapist’s sentence ‘had to be cut’
A serial rapist who kidnapped and sexually assaulted three women in Brooklyn has had his jail term cut by two years.
Dennis Newall, 57, had...
Drink-driver jailed for fatal Sunshine crash
A man has been jailed for three years and six months for a drink-driving incident in which a workmate fell out of his car...
High demand for court interpreters
Sunshine Magistrates Court had the second-highest number of family violence cases requiring an interpreter in 2013-14.
In a submission to the Royal Commission on Family...
Three year sentence for St Albans home invader
A northern suburbs man has been sentenced to three years’ jail for an armed home invasion in St Albans that left a woman begging...
Call for mandatory reporting of domestic abuse
The mother of a woman slain by her ice- addicted partner in Sunshine almost two years ago has called for mandatory reporting when domestic...
Driver jailed over ‘lunatic act’
A former Braybrook man has been sentenced to five years’ jail for his role in a road rage incident in which two men were...
Woman pleads guilty to Albanvale murders
A jilted woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her former lover's wife and his four-year-old grandson with a pair of garden shears while holding him captive...
Plan for prisoners to care for lost pets
Prisoners at the Metropolitan Remand Centre and Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Ravenhall could care for lost pets, under plans to centralise animal management between three...
Remand centre riot to cost taxpayers $12 million
Taxpayers will foot the close-to- $12 million damages bill caused at Melbourne Metropolitan Remand Centre after prisoners rampaged in response to the state’s July 1...
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Renter reforms to restore respect
The state government has announced another package of rental reforms aimed at restoring fairness and respect for tenants.
Consumer Affairs Minister Gabrielle Williams visited a...
