It’s possible to change from a life of crime,says former youth gang member
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It’s possible to change from a life of crime,says former youth gang member

Now 19,he has been removed from a police watch list after severing ties with a notorious postcode gang.

  • bySarah Danckert

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A detective wrote to Peter Dutton about Mr Australia. Four years later,he’s still detained

A detective wrote to Peter Dutton about Mr Australia. Four years later,he’s still detained

Courts found no solid evidence was needed for the minister to kick Gary Lewer out of the country he has lived in for 50 years,just a letter from Victoria Police.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
‘On target’:How allegedly false police logs may have tainted dozens of criminal cases

‘On target’:How allegedly false police logs may have tainted dozens of criminal cases

Victoria Police’s internal investigators are probing allegations surveillance crews falsified logs to claim they were monitoring suspects when not doing so.

  • byNick McKenzie
Sam Kerr is no crook,so why is she being treated as one?
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Naked City

Sam Kerr is no crook,so why is she being treated as one?

The prosecution is proof the British system of justice has gone bonkers.

  • byJohn Silvester
Mother,daughter killed in Lower Plenty tragedy

Mother,daughter killed in Lower Plenty tragedy

Two police officers were confronted by a 26-year-old female stabbing a middle-aged woman on Friday night before one of the officers discharged their firearm.

  • byBroede Carmody
Questions are mounting about decisions by the DPP. Does it affect trust in the legal system?
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Courts

Questions are mounting about decisions by the DPP. Does it affect trust in the legal system?

Victoria’s legal profession has been left unsettled by the Director of Public Prosecutions’ complaint over the conduct of two senior judges.

  • byColleen Lewis
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Police staffer convicted of accessing files without authorisation

Police staffer convicted of accessing files without authorisation

The project officer in Victoria Police’s counter-terrorism command says she accessed the files of friends and family out of curiosity. But the move ultimately cost her a criminal conviction and her career.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Mokbel’s wish list:Police commissioners,judges,prosecutors could be dragged to witness box

Mokbel’s wish list:Police commissioners,judges,prosecutors could be dragged to witness box

Lawyers acting for the former drug kingpin have put on notice dozens of legal figures and police who rose to prominence during Melbourne’s gangland war.

  • byDavid Estcourt
‘Ridiculous’ to suggest police deliberately avoided legal advice on informer Gobbo

‘Ridiculous’ to suggest police deliberately avoided legal advice on informer Gobbo

A police handler of Nicola Gobbo has told a court police knew there was a real risk their use of a lawyer as a source would come under extreme scrutiny.

  • byDavid Estcourt
PSO who shot man in Melbourne CBD had a gun – but no Taser

PSO who shot man in Melbourne CBD had a gun – but no Taser

The protective service officer fired two shots at man – hitting him in the abdomen – who was allegedly chasing his colleague with a broken bottle near Flinders Street Station.

  • byAlex Crowe
Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel

Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel

In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial,fleeing to Greece,his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.

  • byDavid Estcourt