Police and Courts
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Teenager assaulted while jogging
A TEENAGER was assaulted by a group of four youths in Swan Hill earlier this month. Police were told the boy was jogging when he…
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High-risk driving a long weekend target
POLICE say they are determined to turn around a “shocking” start to the year on the roads with a state-wide enforcement effort during the long…
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Police Beat
Livestock shock POLICE are investigating the alleged theft of livestock from a Meatian property last month. Twenty-six merino ewe lambs went missing from the property…
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Guilty plea over Manangatang murder
AN Albury man has pleaded guilty to murder and recklessly causing injury following an incident in Manangatang in March last year. Dael Newman, 41, appeared…
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Police Beat
Where’s my car? A MAN stole a friend’s car and drove to Melbourne while he was organising a bus fare for him on Sunday, police…
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Samantha Fraser’s father calm after horror of murder trial
HIS daughter’s monstrous killer had just been jailed for life, yet Trevor Fraser was composed. With eloquence and a silent pause in answering each confronting…
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Judge tells court of ‘terror’ of Samantha Fraser’s last minutes
FORMER Swan Hill woman Samantha Fraser’s “last conscious moments would have passed in terror”, a judge told the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Monday. Justice…
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Killer to be sentenced
THE man convicted of the brutal slaying of former Swan Hill woman Samantha Fraser will be sentenced on Monday. Adrian Basham, 46, was found guilty…
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Learner caught driving on drugs – no supervision, no L-plates
SWAN Hill police are alarmed at the number of drivers caught with illicit drugs in their system recently, including a learner without a supervising driver.…
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Man in Swan Hill siege
SWAN Hill police negotiated with a man who refused to leave his Swan Hill home late Sunday night. Officers were called to conduct a welfare…
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