The career criminal who is at the centre of a political storm after his visa cancellation was overturned pleaded for mercy by telling a psychologist that he was traumatised after cradling bloodied gangland crime lord Tony Mokbel in his arms in jail until paramedics arrived. Kevin Farrugia, who remains inContinue Reading
An investigation is under way into the death of a man at a prison in Melbourne’s west overnight after a fire broke out in one of the cells. Police were told the 22-year-old was found unconscious shortly before 9pm after a fire at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall. DespiteContinue Reading
Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson has been forced into a protected unit at a women’s maximum security prison along with pedophile rapist Malka Leifer as fears mount for the mother of two’s safety. Ms Patterson, 49, has spent four months behind bars at Ravenhall’s Dame Phyllis Frost Centre after sheContinue Reading
There are few figures in our country’s dark past that have the ability to make stomachs turn and hairs stand on end quite like serial killer Ivan Milat. The gruesome murders of seven young hitchhiking backpackers, found in the Belanglo State Forest between 1989 to 1992, was one of theContinue Reading
An Aboriginal man has died while in custody at a rural prison, only a year after a separate prisoner was found dead in the same jail’s kitchen. The Indigenous man, 41, was found unresponsive inside his cell by staff at Albany Regional Prison shortly after 1pm on Thursday. Prison staffContinue Reading
A man has emphatically admitted in a Perth court to killing a fellow prisoner before he could have his day in court on child sex charges. Evan James Martin, 43, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court via video link from Casuarina Prison on Wednesday to enter a plea on aContinue Reading
Prosecutors have called on a court to find paedophile principal Malka Leifer feigned mental illness in Israel in an attempt to avoid extradition. The former respected leader in Melbourne’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community returned before the County Court of Victoria on Thursday for the second day of a pre-sentence hearing. LeiferContinue Reading
Six guards at a maximum-security prison for Perth’s youth have been injured in a massive riot, which began after a child hit an officer with a makeshift weapon and stole her keys. The juvenile detainees were being held in Unit 18 youth detention facility within Casuarina Prison about 4pm SaturdayContinue Reading