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Young Geelong rape victim's friend seen running for help in exclusive CCTV vision - 9news

It's the crime that has shocked both hardened police officers and the Australian public: a 14-year-old girl kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted by a gang of men.In a Geelong park at around 4am on Sunday, the teenage girl was with a male friend following a house party.Four men approached the pair. They then assaulted the young man, before violently sexually assaulting the teenage girl. In exclusive CCTV vision obtained byA Current Affair, the girl's male friend can be seen running up an alleyway near the park - as he raises the alarm that his friend is in desperate need of help.Police allege the girl was then sexually assaulted, before being taken to a nearby home and attacke..
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Geelong V/Line trains crowded according to snapshot data | Geelong Advertiser

MORE than half of V/Line’s peak Geelong trains were fully packed out for the month of August, new figures show.V/Line’s snapshot data for the month revealed seven of its 12 morning services on the Geelong line between 6am to 8am were full to capacity.The figures, which only record up to 100 per cent capacity, showed the same amount of evening services departing from Melbourne between 4pm to 6.30pm were also full.Even the two largest trains with 455 seats, the 6.30am from South Geelong and the 6.49pm from Marshall, were crowded.Not surprisingly, the smallest train with just 222 seats which was the 7.14am from South Geelong, was also full to capacity.The South Geelong train was 100 per cent fu..
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Geelong premiership hero Mathew Stokes officially calls an end to career

No fuss or fanfare: Mathew Stokes.Photo: Getty ImagesGeelong two-time premiership winner Mathew Stokes will end his AFL career in the same way he played it – without fuss or fanfare.The 30-year-old has officially made up his mind to retire and will turn his attention to life after football which could involve ramping up his role as a leader in the indigenous community.Stokes "retired" as a Geelong player before the final round of the 2015 home-and-away season after the club told him he would be delisted.The skilful midfielder had left the door slightly ajar for a possible fresh start somewhere else in 2016 but qualified that option by saying his "arm would really have to be twisted" to convi..
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Fishing boat sinks off Geelong

A disused commercial fishing trawler has sunk near Geelong and spilled fuel into the bay.The boat began to sink on Thursday morning at a dock at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and it is now half submerged in four-metre-deep water.The boat has been docked at the wharf for more than a year.A few hundred litres of diesel and oil has leached out of the trawler into Corio Bay, but an onshore wind has kept most of it contained to the inner harbour.The Oil Response Company of Australia is currently working to clean up the spill.'The owner is very distraught, but these things happen with old ships and she has just given up,' harbour master Captain Dilip Abraham told AAP on Thursday.'She j..
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Geelong’s Jameka set to peak on Oaks Day | Geelong Advertiser

Geelong’s Jameka set to peak on Oaks Dayby:Ryan Reynolds Horse RacingFrom:Geelong AdvertiserNovember 05, 20159:28AMThe Ciaron Maher trained Jameka will run in Oaks Day. Picture: Colleen Petch.Source:News Corp AustraliaLOCAL breeder Bill Cockram is confident Jameka is set to peak in today’s Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington.The talented filly, a $3.75 favourite for the race, is part-owned by Cockram.He said the feedback from trainer Ciaron Maher was that Jameka could not be in any better condition going into the 2500m classic.“We’re really looking forward to it. She’s been working really well,” he said. “Ciaron has put a couple of hard runs into her since her last run in the Vase, which you alwa..
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Geelong Lady Supercats recruit former international Natalie Hughes | Geelong Advertiser

Geelong Lady Supercats recruit former international Natalie Hughesby:NICK WADE SEABLFrom:Geelong AdvertiserNovember 05, 20151:00AMNatalie Stafford, pictured playing for Great Britain, has signed with the Lady Supercats.Source:News LimitedTHE Geelong Lady Supercats have received an injection of Olympic firepower, securing former Great Britain team member Natalie Hughes.Hughes, who has also represented the Opals as a dual Australian and British citizen, also carved out a distinguished career with Dandenong and the Sydney Flames in the WNBL.The 38-year-old’s arrival comes as the Supercats confirmed import Eric Gaff would return for the men’s side next season, as both a player and as a newly app..
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Geelong court: Norlane woman stabbed to death during fight over $50, court told | Geelong Advertiser

Tyrelle Evertsen-Mostert was stabbed to death. .Source:SuppliedA YOUNG Norlane mum was stabbed to death during a fight over $50, a court has heard.Tyrelle Evertsen-Mostert 31, died on the bedroom floor of her home in Ibis Ct, Norlane on November 9, 2014.Her partner, Jason Gentle also suffered a knife wound to his hand and another male present was allegedly punched unconscious during the incident.Alicia Schiller, 25, and Luke Berg, 28, appeared in Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with murder.Mr Gentle told a committal hearing that Ms Schiller and Mr Berg had been staying with them for about two weeks because they had nowhere else to go.He said that, on the day of her death, Ms ..
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Marshall man dies while working on a Geelong property | Geelong Advertiser

Marshall man dies while working on a Geelong propertyby:ERIN PEARSON POLICEFrom:Geelong AdvertiserNovember 05, 20158:51AMAN ELDERLY Marshall man has died after being electrocuted while working on a Moorabool property.Police said the 76-year-old was working with others at a private address on Geelong-Ballan Rd when he was found slumped over a fence shortly before 1.30pm Wednesday.Sergeant Adam Radley said CPR was performed but the man was unable to be saved.“He was found unconscious and not breathing,” Sgt Radley said.“An electrical fault is suspected to be the cause of death.“He was working on a property fixing some plumbing.”WorkSafe investigators attended the scene yesterday afternoon.“We ..
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Geelong gang-rape: Police receive numerous calls to help identify attackers

Victorian police have received numerous calls from the public as detectives are still looking for a gang of four drunken men who allegedly raped teenage girl in Geelong.According to Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Walsh, detectives have knocked more than 100 doors near the crime scene to get any information about the gang of attackers.“We received many calls nominating people, parties and incidents in the area, and from that our investigators are following up some inquiries,”AAP quotedSergeant Walsh as saying on Thursday. “At the moment, it's like a needle in the haystack. We are doing our best to find out how relevant each piece of information is.”Police believe the attackers are locals but..
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Shane Warne bowls over New York

Weather: Geelong 16 °C - 25 °C . Rain. ... killed over $50, court told · Geelong council shake-up looms · Smallest council engages in big way ... Dogs of Geelong.
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