Police & Courts
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Mental health treatment delayed: coroner
A FORMER Mildura man who died when he fell from the ledge of a cliff in the Blue Mountains in 2020 was unable to access…
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Man sentenced to four years in jail for home invasion in Mildura
A MAN who was armed with a machete and baseball bat during a “terrifying” home invasion in Mildura in 2022 has been sentenced to four…
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Deportation awaits attempted armed robber
A MAN jailed after he threatened two women with a meat cleaver in a bungled armed robbery attempt is likely to be deported upon his…
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Courts tight-lipped on escape attempt
A SPOKESPERSON for Court Services Victoria has said the organisation is unable to share details over a security breach, when a man leapt from the…
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Police seek South Australian man
A SOUTH Australian man wanted by police may have travelled into Victoria. Police are seeking public assistance to locate 44-year-old Allan Hopkins who is wanted…
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Senior ‘bashed with own stick’
A PAIR accused of bashing an elderly man with an iron bar and his own walking stick before stealing items from his Mildura home have…
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Injured man refused bail
A HABITUAL methamphetamine user with an obsession with firearms broke an arm when he fell from a roof while trying to flee police, a court…
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Hoons display ‘idiotic’ driving
TWO hoon drivers on probationary licenses who performed burnouts in a court at Koorlong in front of an audience have been warned that onlookers could…
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Woman behind bars after bail breech
A MILDURA woman released on bail in early April is back behind bars after a magistrate found she is a danger to the community. Fifty-three-year-old…
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Theft of grass ‘a low scavenger act’
A MAN who stole four metres of freshly-laid grass intended to beautify Mildura’s riverfront in a “low, scavenger act” has said he did it as…
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Community order over blaze, erratic behaviour
A MAN who used leaf litter and palm tree fronds to set fire to the Robinvale Hotel, which had been gutted by fire in 2015,…
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Man bailed on ‘serious’ charges
A MAN accused of twice performing a sex act at the front of a woman’s house while in full view of a security camera has…