Stuart Bateson News Today

Lawyers acting for the former drug kingpin have put on notice dozens of legal figures and police who rose to prominence during Melbourne’s gangland war.

When notorious seven-time killer Andrew Veniamin was on the verge of losing his cool, it was Kerley who marched up to restrain him.

The latest Mebourne gangland news, articles and analysis from the WAtoday

Victorian Police Commander Stuart Bateson, 54, was secretly in the middle of a four year affair with a junior officer when this picture with his wife Milka was taken in 2017.

Shifty McGrath claimed to police in 2003 while he was trying to cut a deal that the huge bounty was offered to make Mick Gatto the next to die, not long before Lewis Moran was shot dead.

The latest Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission news, articles and analysis from the The Age

Advertisement A decorated senior police officer faces being struck off the force after being found guilty of leaking sensitive information about a secret corruption probe. Magistrate Simon Zebrowski described Commander Stuart Bateson’s denials as “unconvincing” and “clunky” after Melbourne Magistrates Court heard he gave a junior policewoman advance warning of a secret Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission investigation. Stuart Bateson arrives at the Magistrates’ Court....