An abuse survivor says she could not have survived her gruelling fight for justice without the presence of a court support dog – and demand for therapy canines is growing.
Survivor and campaigner Stewart Carter – who watched the man who abused him walk free from court – is calling on the state government to back the state opposition’s bill.
A nurse who was mown down and left for dead says she has irreversible brain damage.
James Swan Palakamannil sobbed as he recalled to a courtroom the night his wife took her life and those of their two young girls.
Courts are often accused of being out of touch with the community,so there’s an argument for Erin Patterson facing justice on her home patch. But her case has a long way to go.
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.
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.
James Leonard Fairhall murdered Noeline Dalzell after arriving at the family home in breach of safety orders.
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.
Two and a half years after the death of Noah Souvatzis,an emergency department doctor says he is kept up at night by unacceptable patient waiting times.
Paul Bumford told a coroner he was on his first locum shift at Wangaratta hospital when he treated Noah Souvatzis and should have escalated his care to a more senior doctor.