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Bryan Hoadley

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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Bryan Hoadley

    Street magician faces court after Ballan company scammed out of $165k (opens the original)

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    A broke street magician helped scam a Ballan company out of $165,492.24 by receiving ill-gotten money into his bank account and exchanging it for gold bullion, a court has heard. Braydon Taylor, 24, pleaded guilty in the County Court of Victoria in Ballarat on October 1, 2026, to a charge of recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime. The court heard that, in late 2024 and early 2025, Taylor was earning income via live performances as a street magician, but was in dire financial circumstances

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Bryan Hoadley

    'Terrible day': man's nose broken during unprovoked, broad daylight attack (opens the original)

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    A defence lawyer says their client had been having a "terrible day" when he punched a stranger in the face in an unprovoked attack during broad daylight. Clintan Walker, 42, faced the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on October 1, 2026, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of recklessly causing injury. The court heard that on April 8, 2026, the victim saw Walker yelling and hitting the bonnet of a car on High Street at Beaufort. Later that day, the victim saw Walker behind the wheel of a red Holden Co

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Bryan Hoadley

    'Throats ripped out': seven goats killed by dogs in harrowing massacre (opens the original)

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    A magistrate says for the owners to hear their seven goats "screaming in distress and fear while they were having their throats ripped out" must have been "harrowing", after they were killed by two unsupervised dogs at a rural property near Ballarat. The dogs' owner, Aaron Hird, faced the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on October 1, 2026, after failing to adequately contain his two American bulldogs cross Staffordshire terriers at a friend's property. The court heard that in January 2026, the 48-ye

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Bryan Hoadley

    Repeat drink-driver avoids prison despite having 'foot in the jail door' (opens the original)

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    A repeat drink-driver who crashed into the back of a car after downing 1.5 litres of port has avoided prison time, despite a magistrate warning him that he has "one foot in the jail door". Daryl Clee, 41, was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on September 30, 2026, after earlier pleading guilty to charges of drink-driving and dangerous driving. At the earlier proceeding, the court heard that on the evening of April 4, 2025, two witnesses were driving on Sturt Street in Alfredton when

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Bryan Hoadley

    Victim needed 18 stitches in her face after 'brutal' rifle attack, court hears (opens the original)

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    A man has been sentenced to several years in prison for a "brutal attack" with the butt of a rifle that left a victim needing 18 stitches in her face. Christopher Hui Tong, 52, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on September 30, 2026, after a Ballarat jury found him guilty of discharging a firearm with reckless disregard for safety and intentionally causing injury, but not guilty of making a threat to kill. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of prohibited possession of a firearm. When

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