Teen arrested after hit-run death
Police have arrested a Craigieburn man following a hit-and-run in Campbellfield last Tuesday night. Police said a Werribee man, 19, was running on Amcor Way when he was struck by a car travelling in the same direction just before midnight. The driver of the car, also 19, was arrested the next day and was helping police with their inquiries. Police urged anyone with information
to call Crime Stoppers on
1800 333 000.
Man charged with boy’s murder
A Glenroy man has been charged with
the murder of a three-year-old boy.
Police said Brok Hughes, 25, was the boyfriend of the child’s mother. The toddler was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries on May 9. Police applied for an interim intervention order to prevent
the man from seeing the woman’s
two other children, aged under 10.
Hughes was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court next month.
Laughs raise funds
Reservoir comedian Josh Earl was joined by Denise Scott, Jimeoin, Ronny Chieng, Tina Del Twist and Dave Callan at a charity gala in Kensington at the weekend. Saturday’s Learn To Live comedy event raised money for health clinics and sustainable water projects in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Donations can still be made at
www.learntoliveglobal.org.
