Police & Courts
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Burglar pleads guilty to theft of more than $5000 in fine wine
A BURGLAR with expensive taste has stolen more than $5000 worth of wine from a Mildura bottle shop. Liam Flannigan pleaded guilty to charges including…
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Sunraysia man facing stalking charges fails bid for bail
A SUNRAYSIA man who allegedly verbally abused staff at two real estate agencies has failed at a second bid for bail. The 40-year-old’s defence counsel…
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Sunraysia couple remanded in custody over alleged SA border breach
A COLIGNAN couple will remain in custody in Adelaide as police allege they illegally entered South Australia. Geoffrey Barnes, 55, and Bernadette Reed, 51, were arrested in…
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Burglar returns to scene of Mildura break-in
A BURGLAR will spend the next six weeks in jail after trying to break into the same property twice in two days. Before Mildura Magistrates’…
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Former altar boy gets $650,000 in damages over priest’s abuse
A FORMER altar boy who was abused by a Catholic priest at Ouyen in the 1970s has been awarded $650,000 in damages. The Supreme Court…
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Police find pills and fireworks in car
POLICE made an explosive discovery of 50 firecrackers, 11 fireworks and more than 450 pills in the back of a car. Vincent Grandenetti, also known…
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Nine months in jail for ‘burglar’
A MAN who committed an aggravated burglary in front of three children and was then pursued by the victim and his family has been sentenced…
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Time of essence in elderly farmer’s case
LOCAL farmers and the former Chief Veterinary Officer of Victoria are expected to be among witnesses called to give evidence about an investigation into an…
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Mildura man armed with screwdriver demands wallet
A MILDURA man who was armed with a screwdriver when he demanded a man delivering catalogues hand over his wallet, just months after being released…
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Things get a little hot for man and his sausage
A MAN who caused a building to be evacuated after lighting a pile of rubbish on fire, says he just wanted to cook a sausage.…
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Mildura man threatens ‘I’m going to burn her house down with her in it’
A MILDURA man says it was his own stupidity that resulted in him threatening to burn down the house of his ex-partner with her in…
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Mildura man kidnapped and drugged mother, court told
A MILDURA man will go to trial following allegations by his mother that he kidnapped, pulled a gun on her and drugged her. The man,…













