A police handler of Nicola Gobbo has told a court police knew there was a real risk their use of a lawyer as a source would come under extreme scrutiny.
The protective service officer fired two shots at man – hitting him in the abdomen – who was allegedly chasing his colleague with a broken bottle near Flinders Street Station.
In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial,fleeing to Greece,his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.
Victoria Police have launched a takedown of firebrand columnist Andrew Bolt after he aired “nonsensical” claims that a man was arrested on Australia Day for wearing the national flag.
Officers fell “profoundly short” of the minimum standards expected after an undercover agent posing as an extremist engaged with a 13-year-old online,a Melbourne magistrate has found.
Police have admitted the information had been provided to the jailed murderer in a digital redacted form,but the prisoner was able to retrieve the redacted text.
The man will face court for three sexual assault offences alleged to have happened over several years.
A woman who was arrested for drug trafficking is suing Victoria Police after discovering an investigator allegedly forged evidence that connected her to the crime. Her lawyers claim the officer’s conduct was “egregious and offensive”.
Victoria Police allege two officers made false statements after evidence emerged challenging their claim a man had driven off with a policeman’s arm and torso still inside his car.
Confidential correspondence released under FOI shows police officers are using deportation as an alternative to the courts,in what experts say undermines the presumption of innocence for non-citizens.
Police said they were confronted by an armed Stanley Turvey at a home in Shepparton as they attempted to apprehend him.