The Latest Breaking News from David Glynn

A killer who threw a teacher's body inside a green waste bin in "an extremely callous act" has refused to get on a bus to face his victim's loved ones in court.

Underworld kingpin Tony Mokbel claims police, prosecutors and barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo tainted his drug-trafficking convictions.

The family of an 18-year-old who was hunted down by three men and then stabbed to death have expressed their heartbreak over the young man's death.

A court has heard Walpeup man Noel Payne was violent and abusive towards his wife and another woman who lived at his property before he was murdered in 2020. His wife Rebecca Payne is to be sentenced for his murder.

A woman who hurled abuse at her dying ex-partner and two men who helped inflict fatal wounds have faced a Melbourne court after being convicted of murder.

Rebecca Payne, whose partner's body was found in a freezer in 2020, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is being tried for murder in the Victorian Supreme Court.

A woman has faced the first day of a murder trial where prosecutors allege she drugged her husband, wrapped him in a blanket and stuffed him into a freezer.

Five people charged over the fatal stabbing of Ricky Rowlands in a street brawl during one of Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdowns are facing a trial by jury.