| Case | Cr | Ci | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy bought a second-hand vehicle from a car dealer. The car broke down less than a week later and the dealer promised that repairs would be made when Darcy returned the car. Two weeks later when the car broke down again, Darcy’s own mechanic found that the previous repairs had not been carried out correctly. | Breach of contract | ||
| Zachariah is 13 years old and stole a Mars Bar from Kmart after telling his friends that the store doesn’t care about shoplifting. | Theft | ||
| Darren was driving a truck around a corner at a speed of 130 kilometres per hour. As he drifted off to sleep, he drove into the back of a parked car, instantly killing the driver. | Culpable driving | ||
| Anish was caught on a train without a valid Myki ticket. | Travel without ticket | ||
| Jordan was drunk and had a fight with his girlfriend outside a restaurant. He kicked and punched an Audi parked nearby, causing damage to the car. | Criminal damage | ||
| Daina is a plastic surgeon who claims that comments written about her by a former patient on an online plastic surgery forum have harmed her reputation and have caused her to feel physically ill. | Defamation | ||
| Anthony snatched a handbag from an elderly woman’s hands and ran away with it. | Robbery | ||
| Craig pointed a gun at Juliana, terrifying her. He then explained to her that the gun was a replica, and he was only playing a joke. | Assault | ||
| Ama was teasing his flatmate, Marco. Marco reacted by hitting him over the head with a heavy frying pan. Ama died later that night in hospital. | Manslaughter | ||
| Freya was injured when a flight attendant spilt a tray of drinks on a passenger sitting next to her while flying from Melbourne to Auckland. As the passenger reacted to the spillage, his left hand accidentally contacted Freya’s face, causing eye damage. | Negligence | ||
| Deepa used a fake ID to get into a nightclub. | Fake ID | ||
| Errin transported $750 000 cash into Victoria, then wired it out of Australia to China on behalf of a crime syndicate. | Money laundering |
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