Tennis coach who preyed on young students jailed A regional tennis coach will spend 12 months behind bars after admitting he sexually assaulted seven young female students. AAP · Aug 27, 2025
Melbourne Nightclub Groper Avoids Jail Time Over ‘Brazen’ Attacks Describing the actions as "brazen", the judge cited low re-offending risk in sparing him jail. Pedestrian.tv · May 5, 2025
Club groper dodges jail after attacks caught on CCTV A man who groped and kissed 18 women at a nightclub has been ordered to complete 180 hours of community work after being spared jail time. AAP · May 5, 2025
Energy Australia pushes for no conviction over fire Power giant Energy Australia is seeking to avoid a conviction after admitting it breached health and safety laws when a fire broke out at one of its plants. AAP · Mar 12, 2025
'Autopilot' hit-run driver sentenced to nine months A Tesla driver who hit a pedestrian at a tram stop falsely claimed for years her car was on autopilot mode before pleading guilty days before trial. AAP · May 10, 2024
Convicted child abuser's sentence slashed on appeal A Victorian man jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl he met at a rollerskating rink has had his prison sentence reduced on appeal. AAP · Apr 30, 2024
Rubber company fined $450k over worker's death A rubber company has been fined $450,000 after one of its workers was killed while operating machinery in Melbourne's southeast. AAP · Apr 19, 2024
Distracted driver jailed for killing cyclist in crash A woman will likely spend six months behind bars after admitting she was distracted on her phone when she ran down and killed a cyclist. AAP · Apr 10, 2024
Dating site conman jailed for fleecing $180k from women A judge has described a fraudster as callous while sentencing the 74-year-old to jail for swindling women on a dating site to the tune of more than $180,000. AAP · Nov 30, 2023
Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m A defunct chemical waste recycling company has been hit with $2.98 million in fines after a warehouse fire burned a worker and forced schools to close. The New Daily · Jun 23, 2023
Horse training company Saloon Park sentenced after death of apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge A horse training company has been convicted and fined $350,000 in a Melbourne court over the 2019 death of 22-year-old Mikaela Claridge. ABC News · May 5, 2023
Horse training company Saloon Park Pty Ltd in court over death of jockey Mikaela Claridge The family of an apprentice jockey who died at a Victorian racecourse say the grief of her loss is no easier to manage than when she died two years ago. ABC News · Apr 21, 2023
Melbourne crime kingpin George Marrogi and girlfriend Antonietta Mannella jailed over multi-million-dollar drug scheme George Marrogi ran a multi-million-dollar drug syndicate from inside a maximum security prison — conduct a judge described as "outrageous" when handing down a 22-year jail term. ABC News · Feb 24, 2023
Man jailed over South Melbourne factory blaze Jayden Tune has been jailed for up to four years for setting his landlord's South Melbourne warehouse on fire, causing more than $3 million damage. AAP · Feb 15, 2023
ABC News · Jan 24, 2023 George Marrogi and girlfriend Antonietta Mannella plead guilty to running drug syndicate from jail The court heard George Marrogi's girlfriend impersonated his law firm's receptionist and spoke in code to arrange the importation of $55 million worth of meth and heroin from Thailand.
ABC News · Aug 19, 2022 Ballarat garbage truck driver jailed over crash that killed 61yo grandmother Angela Loader Jonathon Douglas Wilson's lawyer told the court his client had not "failed to look", but had "failed to see". The victim's children say the tragic accident has left a "massive hole" in their lives.