Crime
An offer of forgiveness and a ‘tsunami’ of grief laid bare by Erin Patterson’s victims
Prosecutors want mushroom cook Patterson to die in jail for her premeditated murder of three lunch guests. But one of her victims extended an unlikely olive branch.
- Erin Pearson
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A hair straightener, a fan and lots of wool. Inside Erin Patterson’s prison cell
A portrait of the mushroom lunch killer’s life behind bars reveals her isolation, the small courtyard where she can see daylight and her unit block mates.
- Erin Pearson
Alleged vandal in Scream mask charged over synagogue graffiti
A 37-year-old man has been charged over a spate of graffiti attacks on a South Yarra synagogue.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Perspective
- Mushroom trial
Erin Patterson’s children hover offstage, haunted by her crimes
The poisoner’s two children have been granted the small mercy of remaining physically absent from the courtroom tumult.
- Tony Wright
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- Road safety
Watch: SUV captured on CCTV, moments after Coburg hit-run on cyclist
Police are hoping to speak to the driver of a white SUV that was captured on CCTV footage in Melbourne’s inner north moments after a cyclist was struck in a fatal hit-and-run.
- Gemma Grant
Kelly heard screams from the cell next door in a jail where self-harm has been frighteningly high
The latest prison data shows inmates at the state’s maximum security women’s jail have hurt themselves at double the rate of two years earlier.
- Lachlan Abbott
Man charged with ex-partner’s murder allegedly attacks female prison officer
Prem Kumar allegedly rendered the officer unconscious at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.
- Cassandra Morgan
Accused arsonist lived under a bridge, ‘thought synagogue was a home’
Angelo Loras, 34, applied to be released on bail on Friday despite having no fixed address, nor any family or employment in Victoria.
- Emily Woods
Two arrests, millions seized: How the tobacco wars played out in a Melbourne takeaway shop
Police say a tip-off about cash drops at a Somerton shop uncovered an $83 million money laundering operation with links to tobacco kingpin Kaz Hamad.
- Cassandra Morgan
Bail for doctor accused of spying on hundreds of women in hospital toilets
A trainee doctor accused of secretly filming women using toilets at major Melbourne hospitals has been granted bail. In court, his father vowed to take him on long walks and hikes.
- Erin Pearson