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ABC News
7 hours ago
- ABC News
Fresh appeal to find George Karakis who was charged over a Melbourne rape 50 years ago
Police have renewed an appeal to find a man who they have not been able to locate for more than 50 years after being charged with breaking into a Melbourne home and raping a woman. The woman, who was 30 at the time, told police she was asleep in her Fitzroy home when she was awoken by a stranger and assaulted in the early hours of the morning on July 22,1974. Police arrested George Karakis nine days later. He was charged with rape, burglary and indecent assault and released on bail with a $1,000 surety. Police say he failed to appear in the Fitzroy Magistrates' Court the following October. There was no sign of Mr Karakis until 1990 when police officers in New South Wales believed they had found him in Sydney's east, but he allegedly disappeared before they could execute a warrant to arrest him. A public appeal for information in 2015 failed to locate Mr Karakis. Victoria Police has today reissued a photo taken of Mr Karakis upon his arrest in 1974 as well as a digitally generated image of what he could look like at the age of 78 today. Detective Senior Constable Ruby Roberts said the alleged victim was now aged in her eighties. At the time of his arrest, Mr Karakis was a 27-year-old living in Gore Street, Fitzroy with his wife, sister and brother-in-law. Police said the Türkiye-born man required a Greek translator during his 1974 interview. He has been described as being about 162cm tall with brown eyes and a two centimetre scar over his left eyebrow. "There will absolutely be people out there who … may even know where he is now residing," Senior Constable Roberts said. "Given the length of time, there is also the possibility he has passed away. "We just want to find answers so we can close this chapter in our victim's life." Anyone with information about Mr Karakis or his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Footy Show star who disappeared from TV screens makes a shock comeback - and he looks VERY different
AFL Footy Show favourite Trevor Marmalade has made a rare comeback - but before footy supporters get excited, it wasn't on a TV screen. Marmalade - whose actual name is Jason van de Velde - stars in a recently posted Instagram clip which also features Kick it Forward trio Josh Garlepp, Harry Fitzgerald and Giorgio Savini. In the clip, Garlepp can be seen calling 'taxi', after one his mates drops a pint of beer onto the pub floor. Garleep, the former sports journalist turned podcast sensation, fails to evoke a reaction from his mates when he utters 'taxi' multiple times, indicating his friend is drunk. Then seemingly out of nowhere, Marmalade appears in a taxi uniform and asks: 'Taxi for Josh?' The clip continues with Marmalade arguing with Fitzgerald about the price of a fare to nearby Fitzroy, before launching into a tirade about how ' Uber has destroyed transport in this country.' Marmalade, 63, first rose to prominence on radio before becoming a regular on Channel 9's iconic Hey Hey It's Saturday from 1991 to 1999. He first appeared on Nine's AFL Footy Show in 1994 as a comedian until his contract wasn't renewed beyond 2008. The shock exit hurt the stand up star, who later told News Corp he hadn't watched the show in years following his axing. 'It was the end of an era,' he said. 'I (often) have people come up to me saying 'we don't watch it anymore' or 'we miss you on the show. That's nice of them.' Marmalade - whose brutal jokes about Collingwood supporters are unforgettable - later turned his attention to the Statesmen of Comedy program on Foxtel. The 15-episode series saw Marmalade chat with a panel of three comedians, discussing where stand-ups get their material to what works - and what doesn't - in the cut-throat industry. Statesmen of Comedy was backed by Eddie McGuire's production unit, McGuire Media. Marmalade is also a keynote speaker, where he isn't short of offers when it comes to MC duties at sporting lunches across Victoria.
The Age
03-08-2025
- Sport
- The Age
‘It's addictive': Historian hunts for photos of every Fitzroy player
He was a strapping full back who cut a dashing figure playing for Fitzroy in 1898. He was named among the best players in the team's premiership win that year over Essendon. But three years later, Stanley Spencer Reid died, after being shot in the stomach while fighting in the Boer War, in what is now South Africa. He was 28 years old, but not forgotten by Brenden Campbell. Campbell, the club archivist for Fitzroy and its current incarnation, the Brisbane Lions, has spent 20 years tracing photos of all 1157 men who played at least one game for Fitzroy. Just 21 images remain to be found. The 1136 profiles found so far form a dazzling montage on a wall in the club's museum at Marvel Stadium in Docklands. They date from 1897, when Fitzroy joined the Victorian Football League, to the eve of the club's move to Queensland in 1996. The story of Reid, who after the 1898 premiership became a Presbyterian minister, preaching in Western Australia before enlisting to fight in the Boer war, moved Campbell the most. 'It brought a tear to my eye. It's just a sad, sad story,' he said.
Sydney Morning Herald
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘It's addictive': Historian hunts for photos of every Fitzroy player
He was a strapping full back who cut a dashing figure playing for Fitzroy in 1898. He was named among the best players in the team's premiership win that year over Essendon. But three years later, Stanley Spencer Reid died, after being shot in the stomach while fighting in the Boer War, in what is now South Africa. He was 28 years old, but not forgotten by Brenden Campbell. Campbell, the club archivist for Fitzroy and its current incarnation, the Brisbane Lions, has spent 20 years tracing photos of all 1157 men who played at least one game for Fitzroy. Just 21 images remain to be found. The 1136 profiles found so far form a dazzling montage on a wall in the club's museum at Marvel Stadium in Docklands. They date from 1897, when Fitzroy joined the Victorian Football League, to the eve of the club's move to Queensland in 1996. The story of Reid, who after the 1898 premiership became a Presbyterian minister, preaching in Western Australia before enlisting to fight in the Boer war, moved Campbell the most. 'It brought a tear to my eye. It's just a sad, sad story,' he said.
West Australian
02-08-2025
- General
- West Australian
Innovation Generation 2025: Youth of Australia's agricultural sector descend on Fremantle for three day forum
Young people from around the country flocked to the three-day Innovation Generation 2025 conference in Fremantle to absorb knowledge and advice from key agricultural industry figures. Innovation Generation kicked off on July 22 with tours to Quaker Oats, Little Creatures Brewery, InterGrain, and the CBH Metro Grain Centre. Young people from around Australia aged 18-35 had the opportunity to gain insight around resilience and adaptability from Olympic cycling champion Anna Meares OAM, and rowing Olympian Laura Gourley who hails from a cropping farm in Narrabri, New South Wales. Sophie Forde, 19, from Darling Downs, Queensland, said the main highlight of the conference was the farm safety talk from Stevi Howdle and Helen Fitzroy. 'I found that the farm safety talk was really, really broad and emotional,' she said. 'I was nearly crying because it was hitting really close to home that if I have kids this is definitely priority number one.' Ms Fitzroy told the conference of the death of her husband, Steve, in an underground mining accident in Norseman, 1991, and how she coped with his sudden death through writing. The death of her husband left Ms Fitzroy a widow with three young children, and led to her founding the Miners' Promise in 2010 — not-for-profit organisation that provides emotional and practical support to families and members during a crisis event. Farm safety was also sticking point for 21-year-old Ellie Cook, originally from South Australia and now working on a broad-acre crop and sheep farm in Williams. 'Everyone who spoke had their own way of captivating us,' she said. 'With farm safety, or safety in any occupation, it always sort of gets overlooked and people are just like; 'it would never happen to me, it doesn't matter'. 'It was a raw and confrontational sort of conversation but it was good to hear the statistics and learn about it, because it is a real thing that happens.' A panel consisting of GrainGrowers director, Julia Hausler, Bruce Rock grower Judith Foss, Cunderdin grower Frank O'Hare, and Esperance grower Brett South, provided insights and reflections on what advice each of the panellists would give their 20-year-old selves. Ms Foss urged listeners to stay educated and keep learning while also taking care of themselves, saying a journey in agriculture is an 'ongoing learning journey'. 'It's really important to educate yourself, surround yourself with people that you value and that you trust,' she said. 'Keep up with technology, and also really make sure that you look after yourselves physically and mentally, and have good community connections with family and friends — and it's also really important to take breaks.' Sophie Longmire, 25, from Esperance, took the conference as an opportunity to meet other young people in the field and absorb information from the panels and presentations. 'Listen, take people's advice on board, which is what I think the whole day is about — just taking it all in,' she said. 'These people are professionals and they've got all of these nuggets of knowledge and you may as well take it all in. 'Agriculture is a tight community, and it's so nice to be around young people in the field — everyone just knows everyone.' Ms Forde said she found the conference and speakers highly engaging, taking as much information in as possible. 'I really liked listening to when they were talking about young farmers setting up businesses in agriculture, I thought that was really interesting,' she said. 'I was trying to take away a lot of key notes for that, so I've got a bit of wisdom in my pocket — my book is full.' University of New England agriculture and business student Grace Reynolds, 22, from Dalwallinu said the conference had been a good place to meet people throughout the industry and interstate to compare seasonal and operational differences and similarities. 'Everything from the farm safety talk was really prominent for me, after working in the industry for quite a while, all the way to the real science behind it — that's been quite interesting as well,' she said. 'It's good to have a balance of it all and just talk to a lot of people, there's so many connections — you have people out everywhere. 'If you don't talk to people you get really used to just the WA landscape — talking to other people you really get to see what their problems are and the broader world of agriculture.' Innovation Generation is Australia's biggest grains conference for people aged 18-35, and was held in Fremantle for the first time since 2016 from July 22-24.
