Crime
Author of Hawthorn racism report charged with fraud
Phil Egan, who authored an incendiary report into alleged racism at the Hawthorn Football Club, has been slapped with dozens of fraud charges over allegations he siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from an Aboriginal co-op.
- by Cameron Houston and Peter Ryan
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Moonee Ponds
Four in hospital, man charged after strangers stabbed in Moonee Ponds
Police say they were called to Puckle Street after reports an “agitated man” had assaulted people, and one witness reported a pen was used in the attack.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Organised crime
Plot to steal body of gangland boss’ sister sparks revenge fears
A broken lift foiled an apparent attempt to steal the body of Notorious Crime Family boss George Marrogi’s sister, with the thieves instead making off with items from her coffin.
- by Chris Vedelago
‘If you turn off the hose again, you bastards’: Man jailed for 30 years over Mordialloc double murder
Before gunning down two of his neighbours in 2022, Rodney Lee, 74, had threatened to kill them over a dispute involving the communal garden at their bayside apartment complex.
- by Karen Sweeney
‘The Punisher’ could get $160,000 payout after losing court case
A judge is calling on the attorney-general to make a voluntary payment to ex-bikie Suleiman ‘Sam’ Abdulrahim after finding that his re-arrest in 2019 was lawful.
- by Erin Pearson
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Naked City
A young paramedic was first at the scene. It was a double murder by a notorious hitman
“I often wonder how those kids are going. They were very lucky. Did he show them mercy or did he not know they were in the bedroom?”
- by John Silvester
‘We’re still hunted’: Ned Kelly family descendants lose legal bid for cultural protections
Joanne Griffiths, a fourth-generation descendant of Ned and Dan Kelly’s parents, John and Ellen Kelly, said the decision was the latest setback in clashes with Victoria’s legal system that has punished the family for more than a hundred years.
- by David Estcourt
Father joined road rage driver to chase stolen car with his son inside
Massoud Massoud was arguing with another motorist in Dandenong when his car and child were taken, causing the feuding drivers to drop their disagreement and give chase.
- by Gillian Lantouris and Lachlan Abbott
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Melbourne
Pair charged with murder after body discovered in Chadstone
Police said a man’s body, which is yet to be formally identified, was found on Friday near the Glen Waverley train line in Chadstone, after a significant search.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Alex Crowe
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Naked City
A serious gangster who’d ordered a hit on an undercover cop wanted a meeting. Who was I to argue?
The million-dollar reward could be handy superannuation for someone who has kept their mouth shut for four decades.
- by John Silvester
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Organised crime
Man linked to torched supermarket charged over road rage hammer fight
Hasan Gunes allegedly confronted a former Comanchero bikie over an ongoing feud, claiming he had raped his sister according to a witness statement to police.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott