AFL legend dubs alleged home invaders 'cockatoos' AFL premiership coach Mick Malthouse has recounted the moment he caught three men allegedly trying to break into his home and was stabbed while letting them go. AAP · Jul 20
Mother offers forgiveness, hope to her son's killers A heartbroken mother does not hold any anger towards the men who shot dead her son during a bungled home invasion. AAP · Jun 29
Accused allegedly confessed guilt after stabbing murder A man accused of stabbing a man to death and seriously injuring another has claimed he was acting in self-defence, a Supreme Court jury has been told. AAP · Feb 25
Defence lawyers question historical rape DNA evidence Lawyers for a man accused of raping an elderly woman in the early 1980s have questioned the strength of DNA evidence used to charge him four decades later. AAP · Oct 17, 2025
Mother-killer facing a maximum eight years behind bars A man who killed his mother after an argument in her home is facing a maximum prison term of eight years behind bars after accepting a sentence indication. AAP · Feb 10, 2025
Mother fled family home almost 10 years before killing A man has been accused of hitting his wife with a hammer and stomping on her almost a decade before he killed her in an allegedly "brutal and vicious" attack. AAP · Jul 31, 2024
Stranger who killed man at home was 'confused': lawyer Gene Cadell Griffiths was in a confused state when he killed a Victorian man in his own home, his lawyer has told a pre-sentence hearing. AAP · Apr 14, 2023
Samantha Guillerme pleads guilty to manslaughter of Jarrad Lovison A 26-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Latrobe Valley man Jarrad Lovison, who was found in bushland five weeks after his disappearance. ABC News · Dec 19, 2022
Vic man guilty of murdering his mum Melbourne man Thomas Bednar has been found guilty of the murder of his mum Judy Bednar in her home in May 2021. AAP · Nov 29, 2022
Vendetta led to Melb mum's murder: lawyer Melbourne mum Judy Bednar was killed because of a vendetta against her son, who is standing trial for murder, his lawyer has told the Victorian Supreme Court. AAP · Nov 25, 2022
Alternative murder suspect 'preposterous' A defence barrister's claim that there's an alternative suspect to the murder of Melbourne mum Judy Bednar is preposterous, prosecutors say. AAP · Nov 24, 2022
Defence suspect knew details of mum's body The man defence lawyers say killed a Melbourne mum knew details of where her body was found, but he says he overheard police talking through a doorbell camera. AAP · Nov 17, 2022
Lawyer says son 'framed' for mum's murder Melbourne man Thomas Bednar was framed for the killing of his mum Judy, 78, and there's a viable alternative suspect, his lawyers have told his murder trial. AAP · Nov 16, 2022
Manslaughter trial after man's brain bleed A Melbourne man's death from a brain bleed days after a confrontation with another man is too remote to sustain a manslaughter conviction, a lawyer has argued. AAP · Oct 3, 2022
Irish Mirror · Mar 6, 2022 'Tell me how my two brothers died at Tuam mother and baby home' A birth and death certificate for Anna’s brother John Desmond shows he was born healthy and almost 9lbs in weight, but at 13 months he was described as “emaciated”