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‘A nightmare’: Former WA MP James Hayward has child sex abuse charges dropped
Former Nationals MP James Hayward — who was serving almost three years in jail for child sex abuse until his conviction was quashed — has had the charges against him sensationally dropped.
- Jesinta Burton
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Perth man sentenced over love triangle ‘frenzied’ stabbing of partner’s ex
The 41-year-old stabbed his girlfriend’s ex partner seven times in the neck and chest through the window of his car, saying he was ‘upset’ over the death of their pet chihuahua.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Family’s grief as driver in crash that killed Nick Campo pleads guilty
The sister of a teenage footballer who died in a high-speed car crash said the guilty plea was a “step in the right direction for justice for Nick”.
- Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Perth woman on trial for murdering boyfriend claimed he ‘stabbed himself’
Lauren Vivian Brown, 28, was verbally and physically abusive to her partner, rigger James Sheehy, prosecutors told a Supreme Court jury on Tuesday.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘I saw Cassius get hit,’ witness tells murder trial
The sight of Indigenous teenager Cassis Turvey being bashed with a pole, bleeding and crying in pain is something a witness says he lives with every day.
- Aaron Bunch
Floreat parents who starved daughter claim prison sentence a ‘miscarriage of justice’
The couple who were jailed last month after a jury found them guilty of infantalizing their teenage daughter and starving her to the point of malnutrition are appealing their sentence.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Cassius Turvey ‘hit with stick’ as witness tells court of death fear
Cassius, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased, knocked to the ground and “deliberately struck to the head” in 2022.
- Aaron Bunch
More than $100,000 raised for Dalkeith crash Uber driver
Muhammad Usman, 25, was in a coma for days after the incident after suffering two broken legs, and a broken arm. He remains in hospital with his injuries requiring several surgeries.
- Heather McNeill
Bleeding boy kept saying he was fine, murder trial told
A bloodied and crying Indigenous teenager told his mates he wasn’t badly injured after he was allegedly attacked by a man with a metal pole, a murder trial has been told.
- Aaron Bunch
Exiled Perth Children’s Court magistrate loses appeal in relocation row
An exiled Perth magistrate who unsuccessfully pursued a lawsuit against the state government over her forced relocation from the Children’s Court has lost her appeal bid.
- Jesinta Burton
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