Courts
Former Cricket Australia staffer charged with sexually touching two men
CA’s former head of communications Tim Whittaker appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court charged with sexually touching two men without their consent in 2016 and 2019.
- by Andrew Wu
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Magistrate blocks police attempt to rewrite ‘barely plain English’ charge against BLM activists
Poorly worded charges could see the prosecution against two women who organised a Black Lives Matter rally during lockdown thrown out after a magistrate refused a police request to amend charges against the protesters.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Erratic’ and illiterate: L-plater who killed grandmother had IQ of young child
An inquest into the death of a Melbourne grandmother who was hit by a car found no issues with Victoria’s licensing system despite questions about how the illiterate driver was issued a learner’s licence.
- by Caroline Schelle
Court orders Darebin council to stop removing Labor MP’s billboards in Northcote
Labor MP Kat Theophanous claims the removal of her promotional material was politically motivated and driven by the Greens, while her father, former Labor minister Theo Theophanous, was filmed arguing with Liberal volunteers.
- by David Estcourt and Rachel Eddie
‘No animal deserves to suffer’: Melbourne pet owner fined over bulldog neglect
A pet owner in Melbourne’s southeast has been banned from owning a dog for three years after neglecting a British bulldog so badly it had to be euthanised.
- by Mibenge Nsenduluka
Cosmetic doctor and Cleo bachelor contender suspended after assault charges
Melbourne cosmetic doctor and former Cleo bachelor of the year nominee Dr Richard Young will face court next week on assault charges involving a woman.
- by Cameron Houston
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Victoria
Woman discovered videos of partner raping her as she slept, court told
Suspecting her fiance was cheating on her, a Melbourne woman logged into his email account and instead found videos of him raping her as she slept.
- by Karen Sweeney
Tribunal overturns VEC ban on teal how-to-vote cards
Justice Michelle Quigley found she was “not satisfied that on all of the material that the card is likely to mislead or deceive” voters.
- by David Estcourt and Clay Lucas
Former Mr Universe Calum von Moger avoids road rage conviction to allow return to US
The Australian will be able to return to America, where he works as an actor and has a son, after avoiding conviction for a road rage incident in which he used a knife to stab the tyre of a car.
- by Erin Pearson
Father tells of devastation after finding wife and children dead before being handcuffed
He may never know what led his wife to murder their children and take her own life, but when police arrived on the scene, a shocked and speechless Tomislav was immediately treated with suspicion.
- by David Estcourt
Targeted fruiterer had no links to crime, murder trial told
Melbourne fruiterer Paul Virgona, gunned down as he drove to work, had no connection to any criminal association or anything in his past that explained why he was targeted and killed, a jury has been told.
- by Erin Pearson