
Jessica Howard
Journalist at The Standard (Warrnambool)
Journalist @WboolStandard. Mainly court. Views are mine. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
standard.net.au | Jessica Howard
A Melbourne man has pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates' Court to distributing child abuse material on dating application Bumble. Pictures file, UnsplashA man sent "extremely descriptive" and "depraved" messages pertaining to child abuse material to two female victims he matched with on a dating app.
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1 week ago |
standard.net.au | Jessica Howard
Former youth umpire Robert 'Locky' Eccles is on trial in the Melbourne County Court. File picturesThere are five essential issues with the prosecution case against accused child sex offender Robert 'Locky' Eccles, his defence lawyer claims.
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2 weeks ago |
standard.net.au | Jessica Howard
Robert 'Locky' Eccles. File pictureA jury will soon retire to consider if a south-west Indigenous elder and former youth umpire sexually abused a teenage boy more than a decade ago.
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2 weeks ago |
standard.net.au | Jessica Howard
Drink-driver blows almost three times the legal limit after fleeing crash sceneA drink-driver blew almost three times the legal limit after fleeing the scene of a single-car crash at Penshurst.
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2 weeks ago |
standard.net.au | Jessica Howard
A man has pleaded guilty in Hamilton Magistrates' Court to taking protected wildlife habitat from a nearby plantation. File pictureA Casterton man who sells firewood on social media is facing a jail sentence after taking red gum marked as protected wildlife habitat from a private property.
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A drunk P-plater crashed into a sign, vomited and was urged not to drive in the hours before a head-on crash that killed a Portland man in 2022. https://t.co/e3BboGlgOI @WboolStandard

Max Boggs was 18 when he moved from Northern Ireland to Cobrico to develop his agriculture skills. Just weeks into his trip his family made the heart-breaking drive to Dublin airport to pick up his body. https://t.co/UztKRzbqen @WboolStandard

A volunteer firefighter was first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed his wife and stepdaughter on Christmas Eve at Mount Richmond nearly three years ago. Today the offending driver was jailed. @WboolStandard https://t.co/j2U1IwuK62