Victoria

A violent man who strangled a young woman and then staged her death as a suicide has been acquitted of rape.

A man remains missing after allegedly being shot and bundled into his attacker's car, following an argument at a semi-rural property.

Dau Akueng should have been chasing his basketball dreams. Almost a year after the 15-year-old was allegedly slain in a machete attack, his family shares the life they imagined for him and the future they lost.

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's appeal hearing will continue for a second day, with the prosecution set to argue her sentence was manifestly inadequate.

Victoria’s youth knife crisis is deepening, with the number of child offenders involved in stabbings jumping 30 per cent in just one year.

A teenager has been lambasted for cowardly and inhumane behaviour as he was jailed for killing his friend and maiming another months earlier.

A hitman responsible for four ‘dreadful’ execution murders is fighting for his parole approval to proceed after nearly four decades behind bars.

Alleged gangland crime boss Fadi Haddara is fighting for life after being shot in Melbourne’s west on Sunday night. 

‘At that point my father broke down ... that’s a bloke who has been farming for 55-odd years and seen a fair bit of crap in his time.’

A man who denies raping a 16-year-old girl at a regional house party is facing trial in the County Court, with messages between the pair detailed to a jury.

‘It really leaves us in a position of what do you trust anymore on the internet?’

The aspiring young musician is being remembered as a ‘talented and much-loved young man.’

Police have arrested five teenagers following accusations they ambushed and assaulted men after they were lured to meet them on dating apps and social media.

Wild footage has emerged after a giant pothole damaged dozens of cars, leaving drivers stranded in wild winter weather. 

Locals are hoping a local grocery store owner's death following an alleged attack by youths can be a catalyst for change.

A tree has suddenly crashed onto a car at a popular ski resort, leaving one man dead and a woman with life-threatening injuries.

‘Just a non-stop wave of people coming along and swarming into the house.’

It’s feared a $134k statue dedicated to former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews would become an icon for all the wrong reasons.