Police & Courts
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Mildura ‘not immune’ to illicit tobacco
LOCAL cigarette vendors who have concerns about security following a spate of arson attacks at tobacco stores in metropolitan Melbourne and some regional centres have…
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Police seek assault witnesses
AN assault in the Mildura CBD on April 7 is being investigated by police. It is believed the alleged offender attended Bowrings Lane about 12.30am…
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Malaysian national fails in visa bid
A MALAYSIAN national living in Mildura has failed in a bid to remain in Australia despite claims he is in fear of loan sharks harming…
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Paul Cohrs murdered mother, jury finds
FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs will face a pre-sentence hearing later this year after a jury took less than three hours on Monday…
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Cohrs found guilty
UPDATED May 27 5:45pm A SUPREME Court jury has found former Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs guilty of murdering his mother in October 2018.…
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Cohrs’ 35 steps to murder, court told
FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs took 35 steps in his plan to shoot dead his mother and brother that provide “powerful indicators” he…
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Evidence in Cohrs trial concludes
TWO psychiatrists formed differing opinions about whether accused murderer Paul Cohrs knew it was wrong when he shot and killed his mother in the kitchen…
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Wages theft ends in jail
A WOMAN who stole almost $900,000 from a family-run business and spent a large portion of the funds on online gaming will spend at least…
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Cohrs had ‘no option’ but to kill mother and brother, court told
A PSYCHIATRIST has told the Paul Cohrs murder trial that the accused man was unable to reason that it was wrong to shoot dead his…
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Mum feared being shot, Cohrs trial told
YEARS before great-grandmother Bette Cohrs-Schulz was shot and killed in the kitchen of her Red Cliffs home she confided to a friend that she was…
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‘Major concern’ over assault accused
A MAN accused of carrying out a sustained attack on his former partner which resulted in fractures and bruising across her body claimed the woman…
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Cohrs pleads mental impairment
FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs has admitted to the shooting deaths of his mother and brother more than five years ago, but claims…