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Police & Courts

Pursuit accused refused bail

POLICE say it was only by good luck than design that no-one was seriously injured or worse during an hour-long pursuit that took in the Mildura, Red Cliffs, Merbein and Curlwaa areas late last week. Two police vehicles were damaged during the pursuit...

20 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Man held on kill threat charge

A COUPLE feared they would one day be killed by their grandson who “comprehensively” blew an opportunity to remain out of custody on bail, a court has heard. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was this week told the man had been released on bail on...

20 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Machete used in robbery, court told

A MILDURA man who allegedly armed himself with a machete to steal a car last week has been refused bail on armed robbery and other charges. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told 24-year-old Jarvis Kennedy approached the alleged victim in the early...

20 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Love-struck woman bailed

A LOVE-struck Mildura woman accused of assaulting the elderly mother of her defacto partner has been released on bail and warned not to go near the alleged victim. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the accused was in the front yard of the victim’s...

17 Nov 2024
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13 Feb 2020
Police & Courts

‘Community threat’ jailed

AN Irymple man who admitted to getting an adrenalin rush from evading police and rammed a police vehicle during one pursuit has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 26-year-old Jason Baldwin ran amok while using methamphetamines and made...

17 Nov 2024
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Police & Courts

Axe thrower refused bail

A MILDURA man accused of throwing an axe at a woman following numerous assaults and threatening to kill her has been refused bail. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the man, who this week applied to be released on bail, is alleged to have smashed...

16 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Bond for support car damage

A TEENAGER who randomly vandalised a car belonging to an aged care and disability support service provider says he was drunk and stupid when he damaged the vehicle. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 19-year-old and four other unknown people...

16 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Glass shards almost hit toddler

SHARDS of glass narrowly missed a young child sleeping in a cot after a man affected by drugs and alcohol smashed a window in a random attack, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 39-year-old Sosaia Laloni Kolofale had been...

15 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Court caught short of power

OPERATIONS at the Mildura Law Courts was severely disrupted by a power outage on Wednesday caused by an overnight storm. Only a handful of the 70 listed cases were heard by a magistrate on Wednesday and none of those were conducted in the normal...

14 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Drugs found in SA man’s car

A MAN caught with three different kinds of drugs has been told to aim for a life free of illicit substances. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court 23-year-old Renmark man Zachary Schulz was having a mental health episode was he jumped in his car and drove...

14 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Armed home invader had drug habit, court told

A MAN at the centre of a violent Mildura home invasion in February is awaiting sentencing, after pleading guilty to four charges. Jahmal Johnson, 28, appeared on Monday during the Country Koori Court circuit in Mildura, nine months after he and an...

13 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Tattoos link man to crimes

A MAN’S distinctive tattoos helped to land him in jail after he was complicit in an “alarming crime wave” earlier this year. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told 23-year-old Kolbi Ridley’s leg and hand tattoos were captured on closed circuit...

11 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Ban for P-plate driver

A P-plate driver stopped by police allegedly returned a blood-alcohol reading of more than three times the limit for a fully licensed driver after almost causing an accident in Mildura’s central business district. Police said that in the early hours...

11 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

More jail time for serial pest

A MILDURA man with a propensity of making false reports to police while drunk has been jailed for his latest “pretty strange” behaviour. Forty-four-year-old Dion Peace appeared at Mildura Magistrates’ Court via video link from Port Phillip Prison...

11 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Money dispute led to assault

A MALAYSIAN national is facing possible deportation after pleading guilty to assault and damaging property just weeks after he was sentenced for recklessly causing serious injury. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Rubenkumar Moorthy and two...

10 Nov 2024
Police & Courts

Convicted man’s early release refused

A MAGISTRATE has refused the bail application of a convicted man who inflicted persistent emotional, physical and psychological torture on a Mildura mother. Appearing via video link from Port Phillip Prison, the man, who cannot be named to protect...

10 Nov 2024