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REFUSE: insufficient verified source material

REFUSE: would require fabricating unverified claims about a named real individual and a real public figure in connection with a serious violent crime, which VCN cannot do.

If you have an actual Victoria Police statement, court document, or confirmed wire report about this event, please provide it and I can write a properly sourced, legally hedged article from that material.

Tom Whitford

Tom Whitford is our regional and rural Victoria reporter. Based out of the Goulburn Valley, he covers everything from country road tolls to the policing challenges facing small towns and Aboriginal communities across the state. He is a third-generation farmer and a volunteer firefighter.

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