A mother of four has been charged with fraud, with police alleging she faked her cancer diagnosis. Tara Enoka posted a video online in which she allegedly claimed she had breast and cervical cancer. The video has now been removed. Police will allege that Ms Enoka pocketed $37,000 after settingContinue Reading
A Victorian man has been arrested after allegedly breaching parole conditions and removing a monitoring device. Michael Ashlin, 40, was arrested on Thursday in the regional town of Glenaladale “without incident” following a manhunt, according to Victoria Police. “He will now be interviewed by police,” a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.Continue Reading
Police have concluded a fresh search for missing mum Samantha Murphy in the Ballarat area. Ms Murphy was going for a run in Ballarat East on February 4 when she vanished. Her body has not been located. Patrick Orren Stephenson has been charged with Ms Murphy’s murder. He is yetContinue Reading
Another repugnant account of high school girls being ranked with designations such as “unrapeable” and “abduction material” has emerged. This latest instance concerns girls from Foxwell State Secondary College in Coomera, on the Gold Coast. Unknown controllers of an Instagram account out the teenage girls into categories such as “abductionContinue Reading
Detectives have called off their search of the area in Buninyong as part of their investigation into missing mum Samantha Murphy after a possible phone was discovered. However, an Australian criminal expert fears the phone could be damaged to the point it us rendered useless. Police revealed “items of interest”Continue Reading
Three teenagers have been seriously injured after being hit by a ute in Melbourne. Emergency crews responded after reports of the school students being hit by a black Mitsubishi Triton ute about 3pm on Friday. A teenage girl is in a serious but stable condition after being taken to theContinue Reading
A window has been smashed at a major university as furious pro-Palestine sentiment continues to ramp up across Australia’s tertiary institutions. Protesters descended on the Boeing centre at the University of Queensland on Thursday, denouncing the university’s ties to the US aerospace giant and weapons manufacturer for its alleged supportContinue Reading
The father of a teen girl assaulted in a brutal group bashing at one of Australia’s premier tourist destinations has spoken out, calling for those responsible to be “punished”. The father, speaking to the Today program, said he was angry after watching video of his 16-year-old daughter set upon byContinue Reading
Homicide investigators are looking to speak with the husband of alleged murder victim Chaithanya “Swetha” Madhagani following the gruesome discovery of her body in a wheelie bin in remote Victoria. The police confirmed on Thursday afternoon they had formally identified Ms Madhagani and wanted to speak with her 38-year-old husbandContinue Reading
The husband of a young mother whose body was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin on an isolated road in Victoria flew to India with their son and handed him to in-laws before disappearing, according to Indian police. It comes as a former homicide detective says Ashok Raj Varikuppala shouldContinue Reading