Truck driver pleads not guilty over Exford school bus crash

Truck driver pleads not guilty over Exford school bus crash

Jamie Gleeson,50,will face a jury on seven counts of dangerous driving causing serious injury following the May 2023 crash with a bus carrying 45 children west of Melbourne.

  • byAlex Crowe

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Nurse run down by woman who falsely claimed Tesla was on autopilot

Nurse run down by woman who falsely claimed Tesla was on autopilot

A nurse who was mown down and left for dead says she has irreversible brain damage.

  • byErin Pearson
Melbourne DJ who worked at school events jailed over 100,000 images,videos of child abuse
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Melbourne DJ who worked at school events jailed over 100,000 images,videos of child abuse

Bruce Harrison,a regular performer at weddings and private school formals,spent two decades amassing child abuse material.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Motorist contradicts Exford school bus driver’s account of signalling before crash

Motorist contradicts Exford school bus driver’s account of signalling before crash

Truck driver Jamie Gleeson has faced court,charged over the crash where the Exford Primary School bus rolled and students suffered serious injuries.

  • byAlex Crowe
Accused killer mushroom cook fights for case hearing in Gippsland

Accused killer mushroom cook fights for case hearing in Gippsland

The evidence in the case of alleged killer Erin Patterson may not be tested publicly until next year as her defence fights to have the matter heard in regional Victoria.

  • byErin Pearson
‘Content to wait’:Erin Patterson philosophical about time stretching in custody

‘Content to wait’:Erin Patterson philosophical about time stretching in custody

Accused of one of the most high-profile murder cases in Victoria,Patterson sits content as justice moves glacially around her.

  • byTony Wright
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A ‘disgusting,reprehensible’ case is shrouded in secrecy. And that’s not uncommon
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A ‘disgusting,reprehensible’ case is shrouded in secrecy. And that’s not uncommon

Secrecy in justice should be a last resort,but it is widespread in Victoria. Is the system fair?

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Medical experts key witnesses in Daylesford fatal pub crash hearing

Medical experts key witnesses in Daylesford fatal pub crash hearing

Accused killer driver William Swale’s diabetes will be the focus of an upcoming court hearing into the deaths of five patrons sitting outside a Daylesford hotel.

  • byErin Pearson
AFL great Carl Ditterich charged over alleged historical indecent assault of underage girl
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AFL great Carl Ditterich charged over alleged historical indecent assault of underage girl

Australian Football Hall of Famer Carl Ditterich has been charged with a string of child sex offences for allegedly assaulting a girl who was under his care in 1985.

  • byCarla Jaeger andLachlan Abbott
Serial thief stole $500K from family business to pay for ‘frivolous extravaganzas’

Serial thief stole $500K from family business to pay for ‘frivolous extravaganzas’

Over four years,bookkeeper Robyn Lunney used the bank account of her employer to fund her lavish lifestyle.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
llknur allegedly stabbed her husband to death. She says she was asleep

llknur allegedly stabbed her husband to death. She says she was asleep

Ilknur Caliskan intends to rely on the defence of parasomnia – a sleep disorder associated with unnatural movements and the potential to act out one’s dreams while asleep.

  • byErin Pearson