Crime
‘We told you he would murder us’: Police failed to stop Floreat murders
An internal report has found police took insufficient action before Mark Bombara killed two women, despite multiple warnings, with the state’s most senior officer acknowledging system failure.
- Claire Ottaviano
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Perth man gets nearly 30 years’ jail for raping 12 women
Adam Lusk, 46, drugged and raped the women between April 2020 and January 2022.
- Holly Thompson and Andrew Du
Perth girl at the centre of starvation trial attends court to support parents
The girl, who is now almost 21 years old, arrived at court on the day her parents were due to be sentenced over years of neglect that almost killed her.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Horizontal Falls skipper, boat company fined over horrific crash
Edward Whisson was the master of Falls Express, a tour boat with 25 passengers on board in May 2022, when it hit rocks at the popular tourist destination. On Thursday he and the company he worked for were fined over the incident.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Police officers ‘face job losses’ over handling of Floreat killer’s DV complaints: report
A damning final report into the murders of a mother and daughter in their Floreat home allegedly claims police failed to take domestic violence concerns from the killer’s family seriously.
- Holly Thompson
Perth doctor banned after sexually harassing employee
For nearly two years Akinyemi Freeman repeatedly made sexual advances towards the woman, telling her ‘I don’t give up easily’.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Sailor who raped 14-year-old Perth girl has sentence increased on appeal
The Navy recruit claimed he was lonely after being posted to WA and forced to stay during COVID, leading him to seek casual sex with women online.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Parent your kids’: WA’s top cop has a message for the families of neo-Nazi boys
Three West Australian men were arrested in Adelaide after taking part in an organised neo-Nazi rally on Australia Day.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
WA elderly woman accused of murdering aged care home roommate
A WA woman, 75, has been charged with murder over the death of an 88-year-old woman she was sharing a room with at an aged care home.
- Heather McNeill
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‘Over 100km/h over the speed limit’: Perth learner driver’s expensive start to long weekend
A 17-year-old and a 24-year-old have been arrested and charged by police in separate incidents where they were caught driving at speeds of more than 100km/h in a worrying start to the long weekend.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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