Police & Courts

THE Supreme Court of Appeal has been told a two-year alcohol exclusion order will be more difficult on family violence perpetrator Jake Frecker due to…

A YOUNG man who groomed under-age girls and asked them for explicit photos and videos has avoided jail due to an intellectual disability and immaturity.…

A GRANDMOTHER has been fined $1000 and spent a night in custody for assaults against her ex-partner, which included threatening him with a knife while…

A LEARNER driver says she had no one to take her to work and on one occasion was “taking the car for a lap” when…

A MAN says he “panicked” when he “found” a firearm, ammunition, a thousand-dollar medical kit and a speedway trophy in his yard, dumped them in…

A SEASONAL worker who illegally took Murray Cod from the Murray River and sold it for up to $30 a kilogram has been fined and…

POLICE are asking for anyone who witnessed a serious assault at the weekend to come forward. Officers said a man was assaulted in the early…

ROBINVALE police are asking for public assistance following a serious assault. Police said about 7pm last Sunday a male youth was seriously assaulted in the…

A MAGISTRATE has warned a repeat drug-driver that if laws soon change, she will face imprisonment for a currently non-jailable offence. Magistrate Steven Raleigh said…

FIRE crews had to be called when an alleged family violence perpetrator became wedged under a kitchen sink while hiding from police. At the time,…

A TEENAGER has been sentenced to two weeks’ jail after stealing a car and committing a burglary at a Mildura business. Earlier this month the…

ROBINVALE police are concerned about vigilantes after a teenager was struck on the head in a vicious, unprovoked attack on Sunday. Acting Senior Sergeant Craig…