Police & Courts

A POLICE operation at Sunraysia post offices has resulted in a man being charged with four counts of attempting to possess cannabis. Matthew Walding pleaded…

A MAN says he had taken drugs and not slept for 10 days before he severely assaulted his pregnant partner in a “terrifying” incident that…

ALLEGED killer Paul Cohrs wants the taxpayer to fund his defence over the shooting death of his 82-year-old mother. Mr Cohrs told a Supreme Court…

CRIME in Mildura dropped a massive 11.5 per cent for the year to December, bumping the city out of the top five crime hot spots…

A MAN has fronted court after a favour for a friend ended with him rolling his car into a cemetery. Haig Folvig pleaded guilty to…

A RED Cliffs man was left with a fractured cheek and nose after a brutal assault by his former housemate. Bradley Kelly, 41, fronted the…

A GRANDFATHER has avoided jail time over an aggravated burglary and assault with a baseball bat. On Thursday, before the Koori County Court, the man…

A FOURTEEN-year-old boy has faced a children’s court after going for a joy ride in a forklift and driving a stolen car from Mildura to…

A MILDURA man says he lost his job, along with his licence, after hitting a tree while drink driving at almost 3.5 times the legal…

A WOMAN has been released on a six-month good behaviour bond after falsely claiming lost property advertised in a Mildura buy, swap and sell Facebook…

A SOLICITOR told a court the public has no interest in seeing an older Aboriginal man prosecuted or used as a deterrent to others. Soon…

POLICE are appealing for public assistance after an incident involving an elderly man in Merbein. Investigators were told the 79-year-old man was stepping on to…