Chocolate, clothing helped police identify EastLink murder accused, court told
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Two bags of clothing and a partly eaten chocolate bar helped police identify two men they believe murdered grocer Paul Virgona as he drove along the EastLink tollway, a court has heard.
Police and prosecutors allege Josh Rider and Aaron Ong used a semi-automatic handgun to fire 11 shots from a stolen Mercedes-Benz that drove alongside Mr Virgona’s van in Donvale about 2.15am on November 9, 2019.
Paul Virgona was shot dead while driving along EastLink.
Mr Virgona, 46, was hit at least seven times, lost control of his van and died at the scene. The father of two had been on his way to buy produce for work.
Mongols bikies ambushed fruiterer as he drove to work and fired 11 shots into his van, court hears
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03:19 EDT, 7 March 2021
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Fears right wing groups breeding out of Melbourne could try on a Capitol Hill-style riot are growing amid an escalation in right-wing activity.
On Monday, police nabbed two men linked to a far right group over a shocking incident that saw a security guard allegedly bashed on a city street.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria and in the heart of Melbourne
Detectives from Victoria Police s Counter Terrorism Command arrested Thomas Sewell, the leader of the National Socialist Network. He is pictured giving Channel 9 reporter Seb Costello the Nazi salute
10:08 EDT, 1 March 2021
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Commonwealth prosecutors will seek to appeal a court s decision to grant bail to a young Melbourne woman accused of communicating with and assisting ISIS terrorists.
She is alleged to have collected nearly 1,000 images of ISIS propaganda, including pictures of dead people and beheadings, on her phone before her arrest last year.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also allegedly professed her love for and promised to join a man who left Australia to fight for ISIS while under age and living at her parent s home.
Now aged 23, the woman was granted bail in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday as she faces three charges including associating with and providing assistance to ISIS fighters.
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