Pasawm Lyhym died after being stabbed in Sunshine earlier this month.

Judge sheds tears as teen killer faces 13 years’ jail for stabbing schoolboy

In the moments before Pasawm Lyhym was murdered near a busy Melbourne train station he desperately tried to protect himself with a nearby shopping trolley.

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Brian Barnes faced court on Wednesday accused of murder.

Accused pool killer’s protests over hospital mental health treatment

Brian Barnes is accused of killing an elderly woman in a dispute over a local swimming pool in the small Victorian town of Quambatook.

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Abdifatah Ahmed died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray

Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?

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The end of a protest in Footscray over the police shooting death of a rough sleeper has been marred by violence.

Police-shooting protest in Footscray turns ugly,with batons drawn

The end of a protest in Footscray over the death of rough sleeper Abdifatah Ahmed has been marred by a confrontation between a protester and police.

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Financial planner Anthony Del Vecchio defrauded almost $4.5 million from his former partner,cousins,primary school friends and several clients of Freedom Finance Australia to fund a “voracious” online gambling addiction.

Financial planner who gambled away $4.5m of family money jailed for seven years

A judge has lashed online betting agencies for actively feeding the 32-year-old’s addiction after he defrauded millions from his partner,cousins and close friends.

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Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar was gunned down outside his apartment building in South Yarra.

Second man charged over alleged murder of notorious bikie ‘Afghan Ali’

A 25-year-old Hampton Park man is the second person to be charged over the brazen shooting death of underworld figure Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar,known as “Afghan Ali”.

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Danielle and Steven Iskander still wonder if the care they received at Northern Hospital had have been different their firstborn child Mia might still be alive.

Baby Mia lived for only eight hours. Her parents still wonder if hospital staff could have saved her

Danielle and Stephen Iskander left Northern Hospital without their first child,who died after unreasonable delays in performing an emergency caesarean.

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Detectives arrest a man in connection with the shooting death of bikie ‘Afghan Ali’.

Man appears in court over alleged murder of notorious bikie

Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar was gunned down outside his apartment building in South Yarra almost two years ago.

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A man is detained by police at the MCG.

Body searches to be ramped up after MCG security ‘breakdown’

Loaded guns were allegedly found hidden down two men’s pants at Thursday night’s blockbuster between Collingwood and Carlton.

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Children’s court feature artwork by Marija Ercegovac

Last chance court:Balancing the scales of justice for teen criminals and the victims they traumatise

The weight of the new bail laws hangs heavy at Victoria’s Children’s Court,where young offenders – most of whom are victims of trauma themselves – face their final shot at reform.

  • Melissa Cunningham