AM Edition: Rape, trafficking, bank rob bery: Geelong’s biggest 2024 court cases

Email From love triangles settled with meat tenderisers to bank robberies, commercial drug trafficking and rape trials, it was a busy year in Geelong’s courts. Here are some of the cases that stood out.

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