Police & Courts

  • Mildura ‘not immune’ to illicit tobacco

    Mildura ‘not immune’ to illicit tobacco

    LOCAL cigarette vendors who have concerns about security following a spate of arson attacks at tobacco stores in metropolitan Melbourne and some regional centres have…

  • Police seek assault witnesses

    Police seek assault witnesses

    AN assault in the Mildura CBD on April 7 is being investigated by police. It is believed the alleged offender attended Bowrings Lane about 12.30am…

  • Malaysian national fails in visa bid

    Malaysian national fails in visa bid

    A MALAYSIAN national living in Mildura has failed in a bid to remain in Australia despite claims he is in fear of loan sharks harming…

  • Paul Cohrs murdered mother, jury finds

    Paul Cohrs murdered mother, jury finds

    FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs will face a pre-sentence hearing later this year after a jury took less than three hours on Monday…

  • Cohrs found guilty

    Cohrs found guilty

    UPDATED May 27 5:45pm A SUPREME Court jury has found former Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs guilty of murdering his mother in October 2018.…

  • Cohrs’ 35 steps to murder, court told

    Cohrs’ 35 steps to murder, court told

    FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs took 35 steps in his plan to shoot dead his mother and brother that provide “powerful indicators” he…

  • Evidence in Cohrs trial concludes

    Evidence in Cohrs trial concludes

    TWO psychiatrists formed differing opinions about whether accused murderer Paul Cohrs knew it was wrong when he shot and killed his mother in the kitchen…

  • Wages theft ends in jail

    Wages theft ends in jail

    A WOMAN who stole almost $900,000 from a family-run business and spent a large portion of the funds on online gaming will spend at least…

  • Cohrs had ‘no option’ but to kill mother and brother, court told

    Cohrs had ‘no option’ but to kill mother and brother, court told

    A PSYCHIATRIST has told the Paul Cohrs murder trial that the accused man was unable to reason that it was wrong to shoot dead his…

  • Mum feared being shot, Cohrs trial told

    Mum feared being shot, Cohrs trial told

    YEARS before great-grandmother Bette Cohrs-Schulz was shot and killed in the kitchen of her Red Cliffs home she confided to a friend that she was…

  • ‘Major concern’ over assault accused

    ‘Major concern’ over assault accused

    A MAN accused of carrying out a sustained attack on his former partner which resulted in fractures and bruising across her body claimed the woman…

  • Cohrs pleads mental impairment

    Cohrs pleads mental impairment

    FORMER Wentworth Shire deputy mayor Paul Cohrs has admitted to the shooting deaths of his mother and brother more than five years ago, but claims…

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