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Law & Order: The Fashion Capital – Update!

10:33AM Clem Bastow | In the criminal justice system, Newton-family-based offenses, particularly those involving bag-snatching and priceless family memories, are considered especially heinous. In Chadstone, The Fashion Capital, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad, known as the Patti Newton vigilante taskforce. These are their stories. DUNG DUNG!! Two people will face a Melbourne court today charged with the theft of valuable jewellery belonging to entertainer Patti Newton. … Benjamin Thorpe, 32, and Rachel Ward, 34, both of Hampton East, have been charged with theft and possessing the proceeds of crime. They were remanded to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court today. Just goes to show, when you’re Australian entertainment industry royalty and you can throw a Police press conference and get it shown on every news bulletin in the state, you’re probably likely to enjoy a higher success rate than those of us whose bags get nicked without being touched by the hand of God, i.e., Bert. More »

Patti Newton In ‘Law & Order: The Fashion Capital’

9:02AM Clem Bastow | Well, it seems you learn something every day. Here I was thinking all that happened at Chadstone Shopping Centre (aka “The Fashion Capital”) was amazing bargains and, occasionally, Trinny and Susannah accosting suburban mums to tell them their shiny shell suit could perhaps do with a style update – when it seems that, in fact, the place is a hotbed of CRIME!! At least, that’s what you might think after hearing Patti Newton’s impassioned pleas for the return of her handbag, nicked by a bag thief while she was shopping at Chaddie. Ms Newton told reporters today she had gone to a bank at the Chadstone Shopping centre, in the city’s southeast, on May 16 where she withdrew cash as well as taking jewellery from a cash box that belonged to her mother. She said while she and her daughter Lauren were having coffee they noticed a man and a woman paying particular attention to them. Police say the woman, described as Caucasian and of average build and height, aged between 35 and 50, started a commotion with staff and while attention was drawn to the row, her male companion stole Ms Newton’s bag. “I am very angry that somebody has those things because they mean so very much to me,” Ms Newton said. For shame, organised criminals of the outer suburbs! Who wants to place bets on the robbers actually turning out to be Matthew Newton and Gracie Otto, making an edgy short independent film but without telling Ma Newton she’s in it, to, like, keep it gritty and “real”? More »