Victoria Police
Analysis
Death cap case
Deadly mushrooms, mysteries and the curious cops
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.
- by John Silvester
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Victoria police officer facing more than 80 child sex charges, extradition sought
The sergeant was arrested in Queensland and investigators are seeking his extradition back to Victoria.
- by Alex Crowe
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Crime
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
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Education
Students accused of sharing pornographic images at girls’ school
A school in Melbourne’s south-east has made a complaint to police following the distribution of explicit images during school hours.
- by Alex Crowe
Police seek CCTV footage from tip as poisonous mushroom investigation rolls on
The footage sought by police investigating the deaths of three people shows the number plates of vehicles driving in and out of the South Gippsland tip where a food dehydrator was found.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Alex Crowe
Police test food dehydrator found at tip after deadly mushroom meal
Tests are being done to see if the appliance is linked to the deaths of three people who ate poisonous mushrooms.
- by John Silvester, Marta Pascual Juanola and Angus Livingston
Gippsland home searched after third death from poison mushroom meal
The homicide squad has been called in after Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson and his wife, Heather, along with her sister and brother-in-law, became ill after a meal.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Death cap case
Two dead, two in hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms in Gippsland
Two women have died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms at a lunch in Leongatha late last month.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
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Crime
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
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Nazis Next Door
‘Heil Ben’: Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell praises war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith
A suburban Melbourne RSL was tricked into hosting a National Socialist Network event, which has attracted the attention of counter-terror police.
- by David Estcourt
Opinion
Naked City
Bikies murdered Paul Virgona on the EastLink in a case of mistaken identity. Two local police held the key to solving the case
Paul Virgona’s family had a special place at a Victoria Police awards event, where officers who had risked their lives in a high-speed chase were honoured.
- by John Silvester