Mernda
Girl, 16, charged with assaulting police after Mernda train station hero stabbing
The 16-year-old is the fifth person charged following the death of good Samaritan Aidan Becker.
- Angus Delaney
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Underneath a rail corridor, a mother shares the last words her son heard
About 3000 people gathered on Friday night to mourn 22-year-old Aidan Becker: the man who lost his life while trying to save a young stranger.
- Cassandra Morgan
Schoolboy’s family promises to hold saviour’s bravery forever in their hearts
Aidan Becker lost his life defending an innocent schoolboy, but the teen’s family say they will forever honour his sacrifice.
- Isabel McMillan and Cassandra Morgan
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Fatal attack at train station ‘heartbreakingly predictable’, says mother of past victim
Police have charged a fourth teen with murdering Aidan Becker. His death has rekindled memories for another parent, whose son was twice held at knifepoint at the same spot last year.
- Isabel McMillan, Marta Pascual Juanola and Alexander Darling
Good Samaritan killed at train station remembered as hero with a kind soul
Aidan Becker was killed while intervening as a group allegedly tried to rob a schoolboy, police say. His friends remembered him as kind and optimistic.
- Angus Delaney and Marta Pascual Juanola
Good Samaritan killed in ‘cowardly, shocking’ attack while trying to protect schoolboy
Police have provided an update on the killing of a man in Mernda, with three teens facing murder charges.
- Nicole Precel and Isabel McMillan
Northern suburbs hospital is finally opening, but two others are still waiting
A seven-year promise to build small hospitals across Greater Melbourne is one step closer to being fulfilled, but questions remain for residents in Pakenham and Point Cook.
- Broede Carmody
City of Whittlesea: What your candidates said
Voters in Whittlesea will choose xx people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.
- Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
End of the train line: Life on Melbourne’s fringe
Shiny new build homes surround the station and then give way abruptly to green paddocks with cows grazing in them.
- Cara Waters
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- Courts
‘It’s outrageous’: Devastated mum of Celeste Manno furious as daughter’s killer avoids life sentence
Outside court, Celeste Manno’s mother, Aggie Di Mauro, said the system failed her daughter three-and-a-half years ago, and had failed her again on Thursday. “Today’s outcome proves just how flawed the justice system is,” she said.
- Simone Fox Koob