Melbourne Murder Case, Glitter Charges and Interpol Notice

In early July 2026, several separate crime stories were reported in Australia and beyond. In Melbourne, the man accused of murdering a stabbing victim had been released on bail, and the accused murderer of Shyanne Lee-Tatnell is likely to face trial next year. In Britain, Gary Glitter was charged with historical child sex offences, while in Monaco, Interpol issued a wanted notice for a suspect in a bombing.

Separately, charges were dropped against two teenagers accused of abducting a girl near a school, police investigated the shooting deaths of two horses in the NSW alps, and a South Australian police security officer was accused in court of threatening his partner with a gun. Other headlines concerned China's activities near Taiwan, a UK investigation into a network of men drugging and assaulting women, and comments about Vladimir Putin.