Author: BaysideNews

AN investigation into an alleged stabbing at Mordialloc Pier is continuing. Police allege that two groups of young people began brawling on the Mordialloc Pier at about 5.45pm on 18 October. An 18-year-old sustained deep lacerations to his wrists during the incident. The 18-year-old Rowville man then ran to the Woolworths supermarket on Main Street, where emergency services were called. He was taken to hospital with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries”, a Victoria Police statement read. Shortly afterwards, police arrested three teenagers in relation to an alleged affray in the supermarket. In a statement, police said they will “investigate if this…

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A P-plater is expected to lose his license and will face a magistrate after allegedly travelling more than 200km/h and evading officers in Carrum Downs yesterday evening. Somerville Highway Patrol officers were on patrol when they allegedly detected the BMW 230i travelling at 224km/h in the 100km/h zone on EastLink just after 8pm. Officers activated their lights and sirens in an attempt to intercept the vehicle, before it allegedly took off and continued to travel at a fast rate of speed. Police this morning arrested an 18-year-old Clyde North man after presenting to a police station. He was interviewed and…

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THE sounds of saxophone will fill the air at Kingston City Hall next month during a free concert. Eight-piece band JAZZPARTY will perform a free concert at the hall on 15 November. The Melbourne band is led by vocalist Loretta Miller and saxophonist Darcy McNulty. The free concert will also feature local musicians Claire Mac and pHinioUS, and DJ Vince Peach from PBS’s Soul Time. The show begins at 2pm, 15 November, and concludes at around 4.30pm. It will take place at Kingston City Hall, 985 Nepean Highway in Moorabbin. For more information visit kingstonarts.com.au. Picture: Supplied

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By Harrison Borthwick SEVENTEEN-year-old Mornington Peninsula resident and boxer Belle Spicer will be representing Australia at the Youth Olympic Games in November. The 2026 Youth Olympic Games will take place between 31 October and 13 November in Dakar, Senegal. Spicer qualified for the games by winning two fights at a qualifying event in Canberra earlier this year, before competing at the World Futures Cup in Thailand. Spicer finished in the top ten at the tournament and after some waiting, received a call from the International Olympic Committee confirming her spot on the Australian Youth Olympic team. Spicer is the only…

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Police have charged five people as part of an investigation into a series of thefts in the Cranbourne area in the first three weeks of October. Officers executed a search warrant at a property on Lyall Street in Cranbourne on Wednesday 21 October, arresting and charging three men and two women. The warrants follow an investigation by Cranbourne uniform police into more than twenty-five alleged shop thefts and vehicle crimes, with more than $10,000 worth of goods stolen from the Cranbourne, Clyde, Hampton Park, and Narre Warren areas. Police located and seized: The group have been charged with: A 34-year-old…

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