Crime
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Melbourne gangland
Sydney man charged with murder of Melbourne gangland figure Gavin Preston
Jaeden Tito, 22, was not known to police before he was arrested without incident in an early morning raid in south-west Sydney.
- by Chris Vedelago and Lachlan Abbott
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Tobacco shop set ablaze in another suspicious fire in Melbourne’s north
It is the second time the Hadfield tobacconist has been targeted as police probe a string of arson attacks linked to gang wars over the illicit tobacco trade and related extortion rackets.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Police investigate death of man found in school greenhouse
The body of the young man was discovered by a staff member opening the gates of Lyndale Secondary College in Melbourne’s south-east.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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Victoria
Fire tears through boxing gym linked to ex-Mongol Sam Abdulrahim
Police are investigating whether a blaze at a Brunswick gym connected to professional kickboxer Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim was deliberately lit.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Cameron Houston and Lachlan Abbott
Tim Mathieson laughed when confronted over sexual assault before apologising, court hears
Julia Gillard’s former partner was convicted and fined after admitting to sucking the nipple of a friend after she fell asleep on a couch.
- by David Estcourt
‘Back-to-back bullets’: Families caught in spate of drive-by shootings
Baryalai Rahmanzai was sleeping next to his pregnant wife when their Dandenong home was sprayed with bullets. Now he feels less safe in Melbourne than in Afghanistan.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston
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Mick Gatto
Bitter feud with Mick Gatto sparks gun find, but no charges
Restaurateur Jamal Mohammad allegedly made a series of threats on TikTok against underworld figure Gatto, who responded with his own biting diatribe, but now police are involved.
- by Cameron Houston
No footage of final moments before police shooting of Stanley Turvey
There may be “tactical reasons” why the final moments of a man shot dead by police after a multi-day two-state manhunt weren’t captured on camera, a coroner has been told.
- by Karen Sweeney
Nearly 30 arson attacks linked to tobacco turf war as police probe latest firebombing
The residents of a Glenroy apartment building were evacuated after arsonists firebombed another tobacco shop early on Monday.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Gunmen on the run as shopping centre killing linked to gangs in tobacco war
A man gunned down in a Craigieburn car park on Saturday has been identified and police have announced a new taskforce to investigate the illicit tobacco trade.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Robyn Grace