Police and Emergencies

  • Woman forced to testify at inquest

    A CORONER has forced a woman to testify after she accused her former friends of killing Colac hermit Hugh Wilson.

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  • Another attack on Colac shrine

    VANDALS have defaced Colac’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance for a third time this year.

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  • Thieves take joy out of Christmas

    THIEVES have stolen more than $12,000 worth of goods from two Colac homes in the lead-up to Christmas.

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  • Woman lucky to escape injury

    A WOMAN was lucky to walk away without serious injury after she rolled her car near Camperdown.

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  • Unlicensed rider dies on unregistered bike

    AN unlicensed motorcyclist died after losing control of his unregistered bike south of Colac.

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  • Town mourns logging accident victim

    THE Birregurra community is mourning the death of forestry worker Michael Kennedy, who died after a falling tree struck him near Gellibrand.

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  • Driver caught on phone twice in hour

    POLICE caught a Colac district woman using her mobile phone while driving twice in an hour.

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  • Hugh Wilson inquest resumes Monday

    A CORONIAL inquest into the death of Colac’s Hugh Wilson more than three decades ago will resume on Monday.

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