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Driver’s wife last to be told about his death in Wallan derailment
Jenny Kennedy had seen the news about the train crash and knew in her gut that something was wrong – but it was more than four hours before she was told her husband had been killed.
- by Emily Woods
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Last ditch legal action to stop public housing towers knockdowns
The filing in the Supreme Court is an escalation in a class-action lawsuit, with fears the government may begin moving residents out of the towers before the matter is heard in court.
- by Rachael Dexter
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.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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.
- by David Estcourt
Company fined $1.3 million after contractor killed by forklift
The family of Michael Tsahrelias hopes the tragedy will spur others to think before taking risks in the workplace.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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Crime
Underworld figure attacked with rock in prison won’t receive compo
The Victorian government has rejected a suggestion from a Supreme Court judge that it should pay compensation to underworld figure and boxer Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim after his parole was revoked because he was the suspected target in three shootings.
- by David Estcourt
Mushroom lunch survivor reveals tragic milestones in emotional address
Pastor Ian Wilkinson spoke to his Gippsland congregation, urging people to persevere through tragedy in his first public comments since his recovery.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Court stands for visionary magistrate who sat into lunch and escaped Russell Street bombing
In nearly four decades on the bench, Bob Kumar proved himself to be a compassionate innovator with a remarkable ability to connect with those appearing before him.
- by Erin Pearson
‘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.
- by David Estcourt
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Veteran Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry resigns after shock fight with prosecutors
Lasry unexpectedly resigned following a complaint from Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions over the trial of the Eastern Freeway case, in which four police officers died.
- by Erin Pearson, Chris Vedelago and Simone Fox Koob
Frenchman jailed for scaling Melbourne high-rise
A magistrate told Anthony Andolfo there were “plenty of mountains in the world to climb”, after releasing him to time already served in jail for his 56-storey ascent.
- by Lachlan Abbott