John Silvester

There is one aspect of the justice system that must be urgently changed to stem the violence against women. That’s in the hands of government. But there is a part men can play now.

For 40 years a group of fit Melbourne gym-goers have been suspected of committing a string of meticulously planned and lucrative robberies. Now for the first time, their full story can be told.

A notorious prison escapee and armed robber was last night questioned over the murder of violent stand-over man Brian Kane in a Brunswick hotel 27 years ago.