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An alleged conwoman has fronted court accused of deceptive conduct, and has been prohibited from stalking or attempting to locate a “protected person”.

An alleged con artist has withdrawn an application for bail after police hit her with another 13 charges....

An alleged con artist accused of deceiving family violence and child sexual abuse support services has withdrawn an...

Alleged con artist Samantha Azzopardi has withdrawn an application for bail after police hit her with anoth...

Two Victoria Police officers were found guilty of unlawful assault for punching and hosing down a disabled pensioner have had their appeals thrown out in court. Senior constables Brad McLeod and Florian Hilgart were found guilty last year of a collective four charges of unlawful assault against a Greek Australian disability pensioner with a hose, using capsicum spray and punching the pensioner outside his Preston home in September 2017. The police members were conducting a welfare check on the ...

Advertisement A disability pensioner who was pinned down and arrested by six police officers outside his home sent a text message before the confrontation that he would give police a reason to shoot him, a court has heard. An image from CCTV showing police restraining John outside his Preston home in 2017. A magistrate found that while John was on the ground being restrained he was struck on the leg with a baton, punched in the stomach, had his head stood on and had capsicum spray used on him f...

Two police officers found guilty of assaulting a disability pensioner outside his home during a welfare check maintain they were involved in a lawful arrest.