Courts
Ex-wife of CFMEU boss John Setka has conspiracy to murder charges dropped
Police have withdrawn serious charges against Emma Walters, the former wife of union heavyweight John Setka, after earlier accusing her of plotting to kill the CFMEU Victorian secretary.
- by Erin Pearson
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Doctor’s $300,000 bid for lost earnings from watchdog who moved in after wife’s death
A doctor who cut his wife’s throat with a kitchen knife in a failed bid to save her life took the medical regulator to court for failing to sign off on him resuming practice.
- by David Estcourt
The heart-wrenching reality of a father gunned down by mistake
The wife of Melbourne dad Paul Virgona sobbed outside the Supreme Court after two bikies who killed her husband were sentenced to decades in prison. Crucial questions remain unanswered.
- by Erin Pearson
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Victorian Parliament
Former Liberal MP accused of online harassment by female party member
Bernie Finn has vowed to fight “nonsense” allegations of online harassment made by a prominent former member of the party.
- by Annika Smethurst
Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in house fire
Three brothers have remembered their mother, Maree Vermont, who was found dead inside her house in Goldie in central Victoria.
- by Adam Hegarty, Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
Convicted murderer Adrian Basham fighting to keep house he killed his wife in
Basham told a court via videolink on Tuesday that he needs to sell the Cowes property to help pay his legal bills.
- by Erin Pearson
Two international cricketers joined a suburban T20 league. Now they are going to court
It may not rival the lucrative IPL, but the Aussie Cricket League has high hopes of carving out a place in the Twenty20 cricketing landscape in suburban Melbourne. The competition’s bat sponsor is now in a court row with two Pakistan cricketers.
- by Tom Cowie
Plane crash victims’ families sue Gippsland company from Sweden
In 2019, a plane carrying eight skydivers crashed about 30 minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. It was Sweden’s worst air accident in 30 years.
- by Tom Cowie
Doctor referred to prosecutors over wife’s death fights suspension of medical registration
A Melbourne sleep physician has labelled a coronial investigation into his wife’s death “dubious” as his bid for a stay on the decision to suspend his registration failed.
- by Emily Woods
Council staffer intimidated by people shouting conspiracy theories, court hears
The Yarra Ranges Shire staff member described how people in the public gallery claimed he was part of a conspiracy to lock up Monbulk residents.
- by Rachael Dexter
Brother of shootout duo charged with stabbing four people
Specialist investigators have been called in to probe a man accused of stabbing four strangers in Moonee Ponds as his family links are revealed.
- by Erin Pearson