Police & Courts
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Crime recovers from COVID
CRIME jumped sharply in Mildura last year as reported incidents returned to levels close to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest data from the Crime…
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Road blitz nets speeders
A SINGLE drink-driver was detected on Mildura roads over the long weekend as part of a Victorian Police road safety campaign. Sixteen people were also…
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Mallee mum guilty of husband’s murder
WALPEUP mother of three Rebecca Payne has been found guilty of murdering her 68-year-old husband, Noel Payne. The jury deliberated for less than five hours…
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Driver’s beer video before Bria crash
A MOTORIST’S alcohol consumption and use of a mobile phone were “primary contributory factors” that led to a head-on collision in which he and young…
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Mildura man arrested in Melbourne
A MILDURA man has been arrested in outer Melbourne after police discovered a car displaying stolen registration plates. The man was arrested and charged by Doncaster…
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High-risk driving a long weekend target
POLICE say they are determined to turn around a “shocking” start to the year on the roads with a statewide enforcement effort during the long…
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Murder accused’s biscuit was ‘just to put him to sleep’
A WOMAN accused of murdering her husband at Walpeup says she went into “instant panic mode” after she realised that a biscuit she laced with…
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Plea for trailer crash clues
POLICE are asking for public assistance to track down the driver responsible for a hit-and-run incident on Fifteenth Street, Mildura. It is believed that an…
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Arsonist hits San Mateo takeaway shop
A DELIBERATELY lit fire has forced a business on San Mateo Avenue to close. Davo’s General Store and Takeaway’s rear air conditioner was set ablaze and…
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Doubts on cause of death
FORENSIC experts were unable to determine whether a Walpeup man was dead or alive when his wife put him in a chest freezer and sealed…
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Guilty plea over Manangatang murder
AN Albury man has pleaded guilty to murder and recklessly causing injury following an incident in Manangatang in March last year. Dael Newman, 41, appeared…
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Murder accused abused by ‘very nasty’ husband
A WALPEUP woman was physically abused by her husband on a weekly basis “over the most petty things” before she drugged him and put him…
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