SIMON Overland had been Assistant Commissioner for just four months when vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott was murdered. The aftershocks rocked his police force, and two governments. Once Upon A ...

Melbourne (AFP) - An Australian man admitted on Wednesday that he killed a male prostitute who styled himself as a "vampire", saying he did so to avenge a woman who was allegedly raped and had part of ...

The outspoken niece of a slain sex worker and self-confessed vampire who captured national attention has faced a Grafton court. Here’s what happened. Candace Chartres-Abbott, 33, was acting suspicious ...

TWO former police detectives could be charged in the murder of "vampire" gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott if more evidence comes to light, a court was told today. Detective Sergeant Steven Cuxson, the ...

Defence barrister James McQuillan, arguing that a murder charge against his 41-year-old client should be thrown out, told the Melbourne Magistrates Court no jury would be able to convict on the ...

A STAR witness and admitted hitman told a jury today he could not recall being asked specifically to murder self-described vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott. The prosecution alleges the hitman ...

MELBOURNE (AFP) - An Australian man admitted on Wednesday that he killed a male prostitute who styled himself as a "vampire", saying he did so to avenge a woman who was allegedly raped and had part of ...

To his neighbours Shane Chartres-Abbott was a clean-cut young man who kept unusual hours. But the 28-year-old led a secret life as a prostitute, selling himself for up to $300 an hour. As a prostitute ...

ONE of the men accused of murdering vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott was overheard saying he would not "take the rap", a court has heard. Warren Shea, 42, Evangelos Goussis, 46, and Mark Perry, 46 ...

A man accused of murdering a self-described vampire gigolo in Melbourne a decade ago has faced court. Mark Adrian Perry, 45, has been charged over the murder of Shane Chartres-Abbott in Reservoir, in ...

In 2003, when Shane Chartres-Abbott was facing charges for raping and assaulting a woman in Australia, the 28-year-old put forth a patently absurd defense: he was a centuries-old vampire who craved ...