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Will fight over $23m estate of fashion great Perri Cutten
The celebrated designer’s longtime partner has launched court action claiming he was not adequately provided for in Cutten’s will.
- Fiona Byrne
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Ex-CFMEU official’s ‘demolition company’ a front for secret bikie clubhouse, police fear
An accused building industry extortionist has been banned from associating with a bikie employee after police suggested Joel Leavitt’s company was a front for the Bandidos.
- Erin Pearson
Man jailed for 16 years for stabbing wife to death in front of children
The man attacked his wife in their Melton South backyard in September 2023, months after the couple and their five children relocated from New Zealand.
- Tara Cosoleto
Predatory police officer exploited family violence victims for sex
A former Victorian police officer is facing time behind bars for exploiting his position to contact a string of women for sex.
- Erin Pearson
‘Very aggressive’: The rise and fall of Antony Catalano
There have long been whispers about the businessman’s character in media and property circles, but they were drowned out by a catchier story about a rainmaking entrepreneur.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
Lawyer crashes car en route to library after smoking joint
A Melbourne lawyer was convicted and fined $1500 after pleading guilty to a raft of drug and driving offences and also faces the prospect of being banned from practising law.
- Erin Pearson
Bikie-linked ex-CFMEU official submits possibly doctored bail documents
The only person alleged blackmailer Joel Leavitt is permitted to travel with under his bail conditions is a suspected Bandidos motorcycle gang chapter president, a court has heard.
- Erin Pearson
Slain elderly man found with dozens of injuries
A 49-year-old man has been charged with murder after the body of a man in his 80s was found on Monday morning off the Henty Highway at Jung, near Horsham.
- Caroline Schelle
Four charged over fatal Prahran blaze
Four people have now been charged over an alleged arson attack in Chapel Street last year which resulted in the death of a 52-year-old man.
- Alexander Darling
Socialite acquitted of $1.7m tax avoidance after a year in jail
Former Channel 7 newsreader turned property developer Simone Semmens has been acquitted of all 10 dishonesty charges for evading $1.73 million in tax, but only after spending 14 months in prison.
- Cameron Houston