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Daniel Hope went to jail a teenager. He’s coming out a ‘monster’

“His last words to me last Saturday were:‘The system has made me the person I am today.’ I have thought long and hard about that.”

  • Erin Pearson

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Police outside the scene where two men,a woman and a teenage boy were found dead.

Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later,four people were dead

A coroner has found the four friends died of an overdose of nitazines,synthetic opioids 100 times stronger than heroin.

  • Erin Pearson
Funeral director Peter Tziotzis and Janet Langford arrive at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

State of Melbourne funeral home ‘disgraceful,appalling’,experts tell court

The embalmer at a funeral home at the centre of a defamation case has rejected suggestions her preparation room was below standard after a court was shown images of bodies stacked on trays.

  • Erin Pearson
Former Purana taskforce chief detective Jim O’Brien (centre) outside court in 2012.

Police officers involved in ‘criminal enterprise’ in Lawyer X scandal unmasked

Two police officers found by a court to be part of a “joint criminal enterprise” with Lawyer X to manipulate the justice system and put drug kingpin Tony Mokbel behind bars have lost a legal battle to keep their identities secret.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola andErin Pearson
Erin Patterson leaves Melbourne Supreme Court.

Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson appears in court

Patterson has appeared at the Supreme Court of Victoria for a hearing ahead of her upcoming murder trial.

  • Erin Pearson
From left to right,Andrea Madigan,Lisa Murphy and Sarah Franklin.

Coffee dispute fight ends in death while customers pay for drinks and food

Lisa Murphy had coffee thrown on her before a wild fracas on the floor of a 7-Eleven left her screaming that she couldn’t breathe.

  • Erin Pearson
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Pilot Grant Johns.

Jetstar pilot stood down from flying after assault charge

Grant Johns,39,has vowed to contest allegations against him.

  • Erin Pearson andChris Zappone
Funeral director Peter Tziotzis arrives at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Funeral director didn’t look at body for five weeks,court told

Peter Tziotzis admitted he would not have seen the body until weeks after the woman’s death,but denied the error was an attempt to mislead.

  • Erin Pearson
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Undertaker Peter Tziotzis fronts grave robber defamation trial

When Teresa Moraitis had her daughter’s body exhumed from its place of burial,she says she never imagined she’d find her unclothed and missing her gold jewellery.

  • Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel leaves court on Friday.

‘Tony started the underworld’:The original gangland crime boss who survived and,eventually,beat the system

Gone from the streets but clearly not forgotten,news of Tony Mokbel’s release spread like wildfire throughout Melbourne’s underworld. But the reaction might not be what you think.

  • Chris Vedelago,Erin Pearson andMarta Pascual Juanola