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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Jail over domestic violence

THE victim of serious domestic violence says she has come to accept her former partner will one day kill her once he is released from a four-month term of imprisonment for recklessly causing injury to her. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court the woman had...

5 hours ago

Police & Courts

Shoplifter jailed ... again, after no more options

A METH user has been jailed for repeatedly stealing from shops after a magistrate lamented he had run out of other options of punishment. Thirty-five-year-old Lisa Stone admitted numerous thefts from Mildura’s Coles supermarket soon after her release...

14 May 2025

News

‘Despicable’ messages lead man to jail

A MAN who bombarded his former partner with more than 100 messages in days including “appalling” and “despicable” language and images from cameras he installed in the woman’s bedroom has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the...

14 May 2025

Police & Courts

Graffiti charges pending

POLICE expect to charge a man after separate graffiti attacks in Red Cliffs this year. Police have interviewed a 57-year-old Red Cliffs man who is expected to be summonsed to court at a later date. The graffiti took place on February 7 on the stage at...

13 May 2025

News

Calls to help search for missing teen

POLICE are searching for a missing teenage boy who they believe may be in the Mildura area. Seventeen-year-old Douglas was last seen on May 2 after travelling with family to Melbourne. Police believe Douglas may be in the Mildura, Bundoora or...

12 May 2025

Police & Courts

Jail warning over violence towards women

A MILDURA man who threatened to chop up his partner and bury her in a shallow grave before he was caught by police with a hunting knife near her residence has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the couple had a tumultuous relationship...

12 May 2025

Farming and Environment

About turn on Mallee farm values

MALLEE farmland values have recorded the first decline in a decade with sale volumes reaching an all time low in 2024. According to the Bendigo Bank Agribusiness Australian Farmland Values report, the Mallee region recorded a modest 1.2 per cent...

11 May 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for baseball bat attack linked to drugs

A MILDURA man who used a baseball bat to inflict a “brutal” assault on a man he suspected of supplying drugs to his partner has been jailed. Forty-five-year-old Lincoln Floyd stormed into the man’s Deakin Avenue address through an unlocked door at...

11 May 2025

Police & Courts

Teen sobs as she awaits sentence

A MAGISTRATE has warned a teenager to “stop blubbering” and grow up after he foreshadowed remanding her in custody over her involvement in a series of car thefts, an affray where knives and a tomahawk were produced and making threats to kill her own...

10 May 2025

Police & Courts

Bond for teen after family incident

A TEENAGER who verbally abused his mother and punched his sister when she came to the woman’s aid has been told that not committing violence against women is the “one biggest rule in life”.A Children’s Court heard the 17-year-old had been visiting...

09 May 2025

Police & Courts

Shop thefts land man in jail

A MAN who came to Australia in the hope of a better life is now behind bars on property damage, multiple counts of theft and other matters. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Ajit Kunwar arrived in Australia from Nepal in 2017 and spent the first...

09 May 2025

Police & Courts

Homeless man jailed

A MAGISTRATE has acknowledged he faced a “difficult situation” in sentencing a homeless man who stole goods from multiple stores to support himself. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Trevor Graham Grembecki had suffered mental and physical health...

09 May 2025