We have no trouble catching youth offenders – but can’t find the key to stop them
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Naked City

We have no trouble catching youth offenders – but can’t find the key to stop them

Taking away the social media “likes” would be a good starting point to negating youth crime.

  • byJohn Silvester

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New salvo fired in battle between judges and state’s top prosecutor

New salvo fired in battle between judges and state’s top prosecutor

Legal figures say the worsening tensions between the Director of Public Prosecutions and the state’s judiciary are now toxic and unsustainable.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
Veteran Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry resigns after shock fight with prosecutors
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Veteran Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry resigns after shock fight with prosecutors

Lasry unexpectedly resigned following a complaint from Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions over the trial of the Eastern Freeway case,in which four police officers died.

  • byErin Pearson,Chris Vedelago andSimone Fox Koob
Transport manager jailed for reckless conduct before crash that killed four police
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Courts

Transport manager jailed for reckless conduct before crash that killed four police

Cris Large was found guilty of failing to follow health and safety standards while working at the trucking company at the centre of the 2020 crash on the Eastern Freeway,when four police officers were killed.

  • byEsther Linder
Police seek Richard Pusey over court order breaches

Police seek Richard Pusey over court order breaches

Richard Pusey,the Porsche driver who was jailed for filming dying police officers after a crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway in 2020,is wanted for contravening a court order.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Charge against trucking boss in Eastern Freeway tragedy to return to court in appeal ruling

Charge against trucking boss in Eastern Freeway tragedy to return to court in appeal ruling

He will face court on allegations he knew Mohinder Singh,the truck driver he supervised,was unfit to drive,but allowed him on the road.

  • bySimone Fox Koob,Amelia Adams andLaura Sparkes
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Porsche driver Richard Pusey found guilty over offensive photos

Porsche driver Richard Pusey found guilty over offensive photos

Images from the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police officers in April 2020 were attached to a November 2021 complaint sent by Pusey to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

  • byKaren Sweeney
Eastern freeway crash deaths:Trucking boss manslaughter charges dropped on eve of trial

Eastern freeway crash deaths:Trucking boss manslaughter charges dropped on eve of trial

Manslaughter charges laid against trucking company boss Simiona Tuteru following the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four Victorian police officers have been dropped on the eve of his Supreme Court trial.

  • byErin Pearson
Killer truck driver’s jail term cut by 3½ years in exchange for evidence against ex-boss

Killer truck driver’s jail term cut by 3½ years in exchange for evidence against ex-boss

The truck driver who killed four police officers in a road crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway had his jail term cut by 3½ years after agreeing to give evidence against his former boss at trial.

  • byAdam Cooper
Truckie appeals 22-year sentence for killing four police officers in crash

Truckie appeals 22-year sentence for killing four police officers in crash

Mohinder Singh’s barrister says the judge failed to consider Singh’s psychological conditions and vulnerability and imposed a non-parole period that was overly long.

  • byAdam Cooper
‘Pusey law’ could result in people being jailed unfairly
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Law

‘Pusey law’ could result in people being jailed unfairly

The families of the four officers killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy had their grief exacerbated by the appalling behaviour of Richard Pusey. But legislation should be clear and not subject to the vagaries of public outcry or opinion.

  • byTania Wolff