WA courts
Geraldton woman gave birth in secret, partner put baby in the freezer
The court heard the woman concealed the pregnancy from her partner, and quietly gave birth in their lounge while he slept.
- Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
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Esperance mum fled WA after faking children’s medical disorders, court told
Sarah Kelly was arrested and charged by police after doctors realised there was nothing wrong with her four children, despite one of them being fed through a nasal gastric tube.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Parents of accused rider in fatal Edgewater crash have ‘absolutely no control’ over him, court told
The teenager allegedly crashed an off-road electric motorcycle into a pedestrian in Perth’s north on Saturday afternoon.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Deeply tragic’: Perth bus driver avoids jail for fatal crash outside RAC Arena
A Transperth bus driver who hit and killed 45-year-old father Praveen Matcha as he crossed the road outside RAC Arena last month has narrowly avoided spending time in jail.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Willetton man accused of trying to fraudulently transfer $1 million into his bank account
Benjamin Paul Travia was denied bail after he was charged with more than 70 counts of fraud, accused of setting up lines of credit to three separate companies.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Former Australian women’s indoor hockey coach admits to kissing teenage girl
Lauren Austin, 39, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday where she pleaded guilty to kissing a girl who was in her care.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth man claims health staff bungle cost him his lower leg
The 48-year-old is suing the hospital and his GP after he went into septic shock and lost his right leg below the knee.
- Hannah Murphy and Hamish Hastie
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Jury warned of ‘graphic’ evidence in GP’s child sex abuse trial
Douglas William McCarthy denies claims that he paid 14 and 15-year-old girls for sex, but prosecutors told a court he filmed the interactions, which will be played to a jury during his trial.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Man jailed over ‘traumatic’ Bunnings fart spray prank
Instead of “lightening the mood”, the incident forced the hardware store to close and customers to be subjected to “humiliating” decontamination showers outside hospital.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Bus driver who hit and killed man outside RAC Arena will plead guilty
The 37-year-old driver will be sentenced next week over the incident that, in front of horrified onlookers, killed a man described as “the light in every room”.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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