AM Edition: Filthy, smashed, bloodstain ed: Nightmare Geelong squatters’ den

Email From pristine to perilous: A once-impressive Charlemont mansion is now a vandalised shell, fuelling fears among new homeowners as thefts and break-ins plague the area. See the before and after.

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AM Edition Filthy, smashed, bloodstained: Nightmare Geelong squatters’ den From pristine to perilous: A once-impressive Charlemont mansion is now a vandalised shell, fuelling fears among new homeowners as thefts and break-ins plague the area. See the befo... READ MORE   Booted out: Trouble at another pub for Cats great Enright and co The embattled owners of a CBD pub have been kicked out of their own establishment a week after the business went insolvent. The eviction follows major money trouble at another venu... READ MORE   Is a rooster cooped up in Geelong CBD? There are those that say Geelong’s CBD is nothing to crow about, but try telling that to the rooster that has apparently taken up residence somewhere in the city’s central laneways READ MORE   ‘Concerned’ parents, staff call for bollards outside Leopold daycare Two car accidents have occurred just metres from a Leopold childcare centre, within just 24 hours. Now the centre is petitioning for safety barriers. READ MORE   Five in play as dream builders sniff the potential of 1950s home Five bidders raise a hand for a 1950s Newtown home that sold for $70,000 above reserve, led by two purchasers seeking a project. Builders were in the mix at other Newtown homes. READ MORE   Jackman’s new flame steps out after Deb’s ‘betrayal’ jab Hugh Jackman’s new flame Sutton Foster has broken cover days after Deborra-Lee Furness issued a scathing statement about her “traumatic journey of betrayal” while filing for divorc... READ MORE   ‘I knew he was a man’: JK Rowling lauds Olympic leak Author JK Rowling has applauded leaked results showing Olympic gold medallist Imane Khelif is a biological male and said females “won’t be battered to death in the ring by men”. READ MORE   Madonna ‘didn’t care about that’: Diddy’s assistant cross-examined Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant went to work for the queen of pop after quitting the music mogul as shock testimony kicks off the fourth week of the sex-trafficking trial. READ MORE   Newsletters Today's Paper +Rewards Want to change how you receive these emails? Manage your newsletter preferences or unsubscribe from this newsletter. Sent by the Geelong Advertiser, PO Box 14999 Melbourne, VIC 8001 Australia.