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‘Predatory’ rapist lured backpacker on Gumtree
A father of six who lured, imprisoned and repeatedly raped a foreign backpacker for six hours in a Keysborough motel room has been jailed. Alimadad…
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Arsonist brags of destruction
A gloating arsonist has bragged and filmed video of his “handiwork” that destroyed a Lyndhurst car restorer’s shed, tools and cars, the County Court has…
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Beaten and robbed in Springvale street
A man has been punched in the head during a robbery by two male assailants in Osborne Avenue, Springvale. The 26-year-old dropped his mobile phone…
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Masterplan ’advances to Go’
Greater Dandenong Council has been blasted for spending money like a “game of Monopoly” by fast-tracking the demolition of Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park.…
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Woman attacked in violent bag robbery
A 19-year-old woman has been attacked and robbed while walking in Dandenong North early on 19 February. She was tripped from behind by a man…
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Mechanics’ garage ram-raided
A male has broken into a Springvale mechanic’s workshop during a ramraid on Monday 25 February. A dark-coloured Mazda without number plates rammed the Booloora…
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Caterer ’horrified’ by listeria death
A Dandenong South commercial caterer says it is “horrified” after being closed down during an investigation into a fatal outbreak of listeriosis. An elderly woman…
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Burglar in the bedroom
A 49-year-old woman has been woken by an intruder in her bedroom in her Dandenong home early on Sunday 24 February. In waking, she appeared…
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Two face Thunder match-fix charges
Dandenong Thunder soccer club has denied wrongdoing after being embroiled in a police investigation into match fixing. In a statement to members on 26 February,…
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Hall shutdown averted
A safety issue at John Pandazopoulos Hall has been swiftly fixed by Casey Council, averting a threatened shutdown of the hall. After a month of…
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Final four locked in
It took until the second last round of the home-and-away season, but the finalists to fight for the DDCA Turf 1 premiership are finally locked…
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Listeria traced to Dandenong South
Health authorities have closed commercial caterer I Cook Foods while they investigate a listeriosis death. An elderly woman died in an eastern suburbs private hospital…
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