Police & Courts
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Handguns, drugs found in Mildura police raids
FIVE Mildura men face serious firearms and drug-trafficking charges after police raided local properties this week. Four handguns were among illicit items allegedly seized by…
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Man fined for attacking retail staff
A MILDURA man with an extensive criminal history has admitted that he attacked two retail staff in separate incidents because one “had a bit of…
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Indigenous man’s death preventable, Coroner finds
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image and name of a person who has passed away. MILDURA Base…
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‘Cold, calculated’ serial rapist jailed for 29 years
A SERIAL rapist who attacked one of his multiple victims in a Mildura motel room will spend more than two decades in jail for his…
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Death-crash driver ‘burdened for life’
A MAN who suffered a serious life-long brain injury when he crashed a car into a power pole, killing one of his mates and seriously…
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Police appeals: Search for missing teen, man wanted over warrants
POLICE are asking for the public’s help to find 16-year-old Emmanuel. He was was last seen on Ambleside Crescent, Mildura, at 5pm on May 5.…
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Cohrs’ fitness for trial to be decided next month
ACCUSED killer Paul Cohrs will return to court next month to face a determination on whether he is now fit to stand trial for the…
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Drug arrest, property damage in Robinvale
POLICE have arrested a man in relation to drug possession and are also seeking witnesses to the destruction of property in Robinvale last week. About…
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Drink-drive victim’s family reveals grim toll
A COLIGNAN man was more than four times the legal blood alcohol limit when he crashed his car into a power pole at Red Cliffs…
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Motorcyclist wasn’t ‘spooked’ before fatal crash, inquest told
THERE was no evidence that a motorcyclist was “spooked” by police presence before he accelerated at speed and was killed in an accident in 2020,…
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‘Controlling’ man jailed
A MILDURA man with “such a bad history” of breaching intervention orders has been jailed, after he repeatedly made contact with a former partner in…
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Home invasion case on hold for mental status assessment
A MAN who armed himself with a machete during a violent Mildura home invasion will have his intellectual status assessed before sentencing. The County Court…