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• Wild brother wants protection over Geelong gang rape case

  

  The Geelong park where police say four men approached the girl and her friend.The accused ringleader of an alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong has pleaded for protection while he's held in custody.Brothers Kevin Andrew Wild, 28, and Allan Mark Wild, 29, along with two other men from the same family, are facing rape and abduction charges following the alleged attack.The two brothers appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday for a brief filing hearing, where a lawyer for..

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• Geelong V/Line train delays cause chaos for morning commuters | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  GEELONG Mayor Darryn Lyons has hit out at V/line after services between Geelong and Melbourne came under fire this week.Tensions were high on Thursday when commuters were stuck on a Geelong-bound V/Line service for almost 3½ hours.Cr Lyons said it was not acceptable.“We were promised a faster, more reliable train service and what we have is far from that, and it’s not good enough,” he said this morningSNAPSHOT DATA REVEALS OVERCROWDING ON GEELONG TRAINSServices were delayed for several hours aft..

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• Rowan Wild released on bail over alleged gang rape of schoolgirl in...

  

  Rowan Wild leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court with his mother after being released on bail on Thursday.Photo: Justin McManusOne of the four men from the same family charged over the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong has been released on bail, while the immediate fate of one of his co-accused won't be known until next week.Rowan Gavin Wild, 27, and relatives Brodie Wild, 20, Allan Mark Wild, 29, and Kevin Andrew Wild, 28, are each charged with one count of rape and one of abd..

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• Geelong’s new Norm brings healthy message to the city | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Norm, from Life. Be In It, celebrated the group moving its national headquarters to Geelong. L to R Wendy Payne, Robert Palmer, Norm, Glenda Ford and Mary Yuddenham. Picture Karen DoddREMEMBER  Norm,  the  70s  slob and antihero of Australia’s Life. Be In It campaign?Well, he’s back. He’s moving to Geelong, and he has a new message for today’s generation of couch potatoes.“Get off your backside,” is, in essence, his mantra.Ahead of his 40th birthday later this month, the everyman mascot made a g..

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• Geelong Cats boss Brian Cook wants top-four finish next season | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Geelong CEO Brian Cook at this year’s Carji Greaves Medal. Picture: Hamish BlairGEELONG is embracing the hype surrounding next season, declaring a top-four finish as its expectation after an active off-season.The Cats are banking on a swift return to the AFL’s pointy end after a bold recruiting spree and a rejig of their coaching department.Chief executive Brian Cook admitted the club fell short of its on-field pass mark this year after missing the finals for the first time in almost a decade.GE..

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• Geelong court: Gatecrash thugs plead guilty to attack on 17-year-old at Jan Juc party | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Fraser Guifoyle pleaded guilty recklessly causing serious injury.THREE drunken thugs who gatecrashed a party and attacked a youth in an “act of wanton, unprovoked viciousness”, have walked free from court on community correction orders.The 17-year-old victim suffered life-threatening injuries including a fractured larynx and torn trachea.He was hospitalised for five days with doctors telling his family the teen was lucky not to have died.Fraser Guilfoyle, 19, of Torquay Blvd, Jan Juc, who pleade..

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  Old Geelong Gaol has a reputation for being quite a formidable location. A team of five ghost hunters who investigate haunted locations across Australia chose ...

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• Geelong’s floating Christmas tree returns to Corio Bay | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Santa (not The Real One) welcomes Geelong’s Floating Christmas Tree.IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Geelong with the floating Christmas tree set to light up at 9.15pm.Those going down to view the Christmas tree can lounge on the newly laid lawn area on the foreshore opposite the Christmas tree.Christmas activities start at 6:30pm.“Geelong’s Floating Christmas tree has a dazzling new light show, contemporary music plus a smoke machine,” Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons said.“The tree wil..

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• Geelong electric-pop artist Evangeline making waves | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Evangeline is an electronic musician in Geelong. Picture: Mitch BearBECOMING a pop star is something Evangeline has always dreamed of, learning to sing and play the piano from a very young age. After many years of hard work it looks as though everything is coming together for the singer/songwriter who is about to return to Los Angeles for a recording session with some of the industry’s big names.“I was five when I first asked my parents to help me find a performing arts school, but really it pro..

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• Geelong Court: Mum guilty of embezzling will take baby to jail | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  A SINGLE mother sentenced to more than three years’ jail for stealing almost $300,000 from her employers will take her 13-month-old baby to jail with her, a court has heard.Sharon Pool, 42, of Bellarine Highway, Newcomb, pleaded guilty in the County Court in Geelong on Thursday to four rolled-up counts of theft totalling $296,699.52.Her crimes had devastated her employers, Orant Jugurr, trading as Moolap Concrete Products, for whom she performed secretarial work, ­including bookkeeping, wage pay..

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