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Any homicide investigator will tell you that while lightning can strike twice, you certainly want to go and have a look at the scorch marks.
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Victoria Police
Fight against organised crime faltering as police struggle to recruit informers
Drug trafficking, extortion and murder investigations are being impeded by a lack of new informers willing to provide intelligence to Victoria Police after the Lawyer X scandal.
- by Chris Vedelago
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
Drone search led to likely discovery of Maryam Hamka’s body, family says
Police believe they have recovered the remains of the 36-year-old who was last seen in Brunswick in 2021. Her former partner has pleaded not guilty to murder and is awaiting trial.
- by Chris Vedelago and Erin Pearson
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South Yarra
Gangland war fears as bikie gunned down in ‘targeted’ South Yarra attack
Notorious bikie Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar has been shot dead in a laneway off Chapel Street, where he had been linked to recent extortion attempts on nightclubs.
- by Alex Crowe, Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
Jewish students threatened with a knife and vilified on Melbourne bus
Police are investigating after a group of students were chased from a bus in Elsternwick by a man with a knife who yelled antisemitic abuse.
- by Cameron Houston
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Victoria
Homicide squad probes woman’s death at home in Melbourne’s west
A man in a critical condition is under police guard in hospital after a fatal incident in Hoppers Crossing.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Marta Pascual Juanola and Alex Crowe
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
Murderer, drug baron, ex-bikie: Who is George Marrogi?
The jailed Notorious Crime Family chief is a target for rival Middle Eastern gangs, believed to be behind the theft from the coffin of his sister Meshilin, whose body they apparently tried to steal.
- by Staff reporters
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