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A Victorian man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for killing an e-scooter rider in a deliberate and calculated act of violence that shocked the Geelong community. The Supreme Court of Victoria handed down a sentence of 10 years and six months imprisonment, with a requirement that the driver serve at least seven years before being eligible for parole after 11 January 2026. His victim, 31-year-old Bryce Trower, died in December 2023 after being struck by a ute at about 6.40 pm on Foster Road in Norlane, in Melbourne’s Geelong region.
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On Monday, 12 January 2026, Victorian police arrested and charged a 54-year-old man in connection with a series of burglaries and property-related crimes across Melbourne suburbs including Carlton, Kensington, Fitzroy North, and Princess Hill. The arrest followed weeks of active investigation after multiple incidents ranging from aggravated burglary and theft to obtaining property by deception and criminal damage.
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In the early hours of Wednesday, 21 January 2026, a disturbing incident shook a normally quiet Melbourne street. An 18-year-old woman returning home from a night out was allegedly confronted and stabbed outside her family home on Miller Grove in Kew.
Victoria Police say the woman was attacked around 1 a.m. by a man known to her, who was waiting in the dark outside her driveway. She suffered multiple stab wounds and was taken to hospital with injuries initially believed to be life-threatening, but her condition has since stabilised.
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On Monday, 12 January 2026, Victorian police arrested and charged a 54-year-old man in connection with a series of burglaries and property-related crimes across Melbourne suburbs including Carlton, Kensington, Fitzroy North, and Princess Hill. The arrest followed weeks of active investigation after multiple incidents ranging from aggravated burglary and theft to obtaining property by deception and criminal damage.
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A new poll has confirmed what many Australians have quietly been feeling for months:
our sense of neighbourhood safety is slipping — and fast.
According to recent polling, 45% of Victorians feel less safe in their neighbourhoods than they did last year, the worst decline in the nation. Nearly two in five say they would move somewhere safer if they could.
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On Sunday afternoon in Ascot Vale, a man lost his life after a tragic stabbing at a busy intersection. Within minutes, a community was shaken, families were changed forever, and two teenagers found themselves facing charges that will alter the trajectory of their lives.
Police confirmed that a 16-year-old boy has now been charged with murder. Another young man, just 18, was charged a day earlier with multiple offences including intentionally causing injury. Detectives say they are not looking for anyone else.
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The death of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Somerset has shaken communities far beyond Weston-super-Mare.
A quiet neighbourhood.
An ordinary evening.
A child who should have been safe.
Stories like this are confronting because they break a belief many of us hold tightly — that danger is distant, rare, or reserved for “someone else - somewhere else.” When tragedy happens close to home, it forces an uncomfortable truth into focus: safety is never guaranteed by familiarity alone.
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A Leelou Perspective on Safety, Trust, and the Silent Risks We Don’t Talk About Enough
Another Melbourne woman has had her life shattered — this time inside a home, surrounded by people she trusted.
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Sometimes the stories that shake us most are the ones that feel impossible to understand.
The murders of Min Cho, her husband Steven, and an innocent child in Western Sydney have left an entire community heartbroken — and a family shattered beyond repair.
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On an ordinary Monday afternoon — daylight, families walking nearby, students heading home — a 17-year-old boy in Sydney’s north-west lost his life.
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Melbourne is known for its quiet, leafy suburbs — places where families feel secure, where night-time walks feel safe, and where danger feels distant.
But a recent 20-minute rampage across Camberwell, Mont Albert and Surrey Hills proved something uncomfortable:
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For millions of travellers, Bali represents freedom — beaches, culture, nightlife, and unforgettable memories.
But for one young backpacker and more than twenty others, a recent trip turned into a nightmare.