Police & Courts
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Kissing bail bid denied
AN Afghan national bailed early this month on sex assault charges against three alleged victims, including a two-year-old girl, is back behind bars after further…
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Man left police traumatised
A MOTORIST who left a policeman traumatised after he sped through a random breath testing station at Merbein South in a stolen vehicle narrowly missing…
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‘High-risk’ boy bailed
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy dubbed a “high-risk individual” alleged to have been among a group of youths involved in an aggravated home invasion on an 85-year-old…
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Lock up these holidays
POLICE have urged residents across the wider Mildura region to lock their homes over coming weeks, as many people head away over the Easter and…
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Theft spree lands man in jail
A MILDURA man who preyed on local retailers to help fund a drug addiction has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Gerard Johnson stole…
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‘I’ve sh** myself”: fine for faecal fling
A MAN who assaulted a worker at a local supermarket where he had been banned and threw his own faeces at a Good Samaritan who…
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Police urge a trouble-free Easter
MILDURA police say local licensed venues are doing their bit to provide a safe and welcoming environment and are now inviting visitors and residents during…
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Meth addict blows bail
A MILDURA woman given “a big chance” when granted bail last Friday has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment after she committed further offending…
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Police target home/car break-ins
MILDURA police have arrested more than 15 people over the past two months as part of an ongoing crackdown on home and car break-ins. Detectives…
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Boy bailed over home invasions
“HIGHLY-organised” youths as young as 10 years of age have been targeting weak and vulnerable people during a series of home invasions across Mildura, a…
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Teen arrested by MAFS star
A MILDURA teenager has been detained by a former Married At First Sight contestant after he was allegedly armed with a machete in Melbourne. Tim…
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Woman given ‘chance’ on bail
A MILDURA woman recently released from prison has whined that it was “not really necessary” for a magistrate to keep her behind bars after she…