Melbourne Magistrate s Court on January 27. Photo: Zane Alcorn
About 60 people gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 27 to support Refugee Action Collective member Chris Breen, who is on trial for “inciting” people to participate in a car cavalcade to support detained refugees.
The cavalcade on April 10 went past the Mantra Hotel where 65 refugees were detained. Thirty participants were fined $1652 each, a total of nearly $50,000. Most are planning to challenge the fines.
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Breen was arrested before the cavalcade began and held for nine hours. The incitement charge relates to his creation of a Facebook event advertising the car cavalcade.
âI stabbed himâ: Teenâs alleged post-killing brag A teen accused of murdering Solomone Taufeulungaki bragged about it days later to prove himself to the Brotherhood gang, a court has heard.
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Subscriber only A teen accused of murdering schoolboy Solomone Taufeulungaki bragged about it days later saying he stabbed him to prove himself to the Brotherhood gang, a court has heard. I killed Solomone. I stabbed him. I will take it for the team. I will go down for his murder, the youth, who cannot be named due to his age, allegedly said. The shocking details emerged as Rose Walker - the partner of Taataa Tafa who is one of the 11 people charged over the June 16 murder in Deer Park - gave evidence in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Man allegedly raped woman while she was sleeping A woman allegedly woke up to a sick act and the accused rapist has faced court.
Crime by Frances Vinall A woman allegedly woke up to someone performing oral sex on her . Benjamin Esler, 37, is charged with rape over the alleged offence on April 13, 2019. At a committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, his lawyer Amelia Beech said he argued the oral sex was consensual and he ardently denies putting his penis inside her vagina . The alleged victim had recently moved to Melbourne and the night of the alleged rape was the first time she had met Mr Esler.
Crime by Caroline Schelle 15th Jan 2021 11:54 AM Porsche driver Richard Pusey is set to fight allegations he put a noose around a woman s neck and imprisoned her against her will, a court has been told. The 42-year-old broker is back behind bars after being hit with eight charges while on bail for separate charges relating to the horror Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police officers in April last year. He is facing charges of false imprisonment, make threats to kill, reckless conduct by placing a noose around the neck of the woman and assault in relation to a separate December 27 incident.