Police & Courts
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Magistrate takes hard line on family violence
A WOMAN has been warned that family violence committed by either men, or women, will not be tolerated after she was placed on a 12-month…
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Woman served court warning
A YOUNG Mildura mother has been warned she faces longer terms of imprisonment unless she stops breaching intervention orders against her former partner. The 24-year-old…
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Cohrs seeks to avoid ‘crushing’ sentence
A SUPREME Court judge has been urged not to hand convicted killer Paul Cohrs a “crushing” sentence for the murder of his elderly mother at…
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Pair charged over alleged $20m fraud
TWO men will face Mildura Magistrates’ Court next week following a lengthy police investigation into an alleged $20 million fraud scam. Police from the Financial…
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Man jailed over child-abuse material
A REGISTERED sex offender who was caught with child-abuse material on his mobile phone has blamed his attraction to young girls on his methamphetamine use.…
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Shotgun fired in city confrontation
A WOMAN accused of being complicit in a daylight “ambush” when a firearm was discharged in a Mildura street while onlookers watched on has been…
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Jewellery heist accused remanded
A MILDURA man accused of stealing about $100,000 worth of jewellery from a remote property at Scotia, north-west of Mildura, has been remanded in custody.…
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‘Addicted’ man jailed for attacks on ex
A MAN who became “addicted” to his former partner and tried to cling to their relationship after she wanted it to end has been jailed…
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Bail bid fails again for accused repeat offender
A WOMAN who had previously been released from custody on 10 counts of bail has had her recent third bid for freedom rejected after a…
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Knife found after alleged killings, court
A KNIFE was found around the corner from a crime scene, almost a decade after Adelaide woman Phyllis Harrison was stabbed to death in her…
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Assault attempt on girl walking to school
A MERBEIN man who threw a punch at a young girl as she walked to school, and claimed he was shadow boxing and didn’t mean…
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Trial begins for alleged serial killer
By Abe Maddison / AAP A MILDURA man accused of three South Australian cold-case murders targeted vulnerable people and killed each of them violently and…
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