Overview
- Victims in the Moore Park sexual-assault prosecution gave in-person testimony for the first time, and the man accused of those attacks broke down in court as he heard their accounts.
- A female friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon has started giving evidence in his double murder trial and told the court she was with him in a white van when he allegedly tried to dump two bodies.
- Reporting describes Lamarre-Condon as an alleged ex-police officer, and the new witness testimony introduces direct links that prosecutors will likely use to place him at key moments.
- In Melbourne's north-east, a family butcher in Ivanhoe was ransacked in an overnight heist with an estimated $8,000 of meat stolen, and police are investigating the loss and damage to the small business.
- All three matters remain active and developing, with witness testimony now central to how juries and investigators will assess evidence and with potential consequences for victims, the accused and the local community.