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Greek Man Faces Charges of Killing His Stepson

Eight years ago, Gary Adams left his home on his BMX bicycle. He was 17 years-old and living with his mother and stepfather, John Xypolotis, in Hughesdale, Victoria. Gary vanished in December 2003. He left behind his backpack, which he carried everywhere he went, and a half-eaten meal in his bedroom. The teenager did not [...]

Young Man Found Guilty of Expatriate’s Murder at Nightclub

Phillip Halipilias was a young Greek living in Australia who dreamt of becoming a famous DJ.  Callum Joseph Keys is also a young man living in Australia, who no longer has any dreams to look forward to. On May 2, 2009 both boys attended the nightclub “Pit,” which is on the first floor of Alexandra [...]

Greek-Australian Gangland Assassin to Spend 27 Years in Jail

Greek-Australian Evangelos Goussis was sentenced to 27 years in jail for the murders of two victims of the Melbourne gangland killings. The former boxer will stay in prison for at least 27 years after he lost his final appeal. Goussis was found guilty by a jury for the murder of underworld figures Lewis Caine and [...]

65-year-old Man Charged with Murder Over Tomato Patch Dispute

An apparent dispute over a tomato patch has resulted in 65-year-old Pericles Papadopoulos being charged with the murder of Andonios Mirtsopoulos in the Melbourne Magistrates Court last Friday. Papadopoulos surrendered himself to police after he had murdered Mirtsopoulos in the backyard of his Thompson Street house in Clayton. According to his lawyer, Grace Morgan, this [...]

Family of Doujon Zammit Assists Other Families in Mourning

When Doujon Zammit was murdered in Greece in 2008, his parents said they were told by Australian officials that they would have received more help if he had been charged with a crime. After fighting for justice to see his killer convicted, his parents Oliver and Rosemary, from Sydney’s west, want other families to receive [...]

42-Year-Old Father Murdered in Melbourne

The dead body of a Greek-Australian man was found last week in a house in Springvale, Melbourne. According to the police, the body belongs allegedly to a 42-year-old father of two, who was killed in Bundoora before his killer transported the body to the latter residence in Springvale. Last week, homicide detectives charged 31-yar-old Damien [...]