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Burton appeared in Perth’s District Court.

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.

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Esperance mum Sarah Jayne Kelly will be sentenced after pleading guilty to causing her children harm. Her offending relates to a raft of illnesses she faked and claimed the children were afflicted by.

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
WA Police examine an electric off-road motorbike involved in a fatal crash in Edgewater on Saturday, July 26, 2025.

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.

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The Transperth driver was charged with two counts of careless driving after one man died and another person was injured while he was behind the wheel.

‘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
Benjamin Paul Travia, 39.

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
Lauren Austin, 39, has been charged with sexual assault of a child.

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
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A Senate inquiry last year found there were still “persistent issues” with AHPRA’s administration of registrations and notifications.

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
Douglas McCarthy faces dozens of child sex abuse charges.

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
Paul Hart walking through Bunnings in Northam, spraying ‘Satan’s Spit’ into the air.

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
The Transperth driver was charged with two counts of careless driving after one man died and another person was injured while he was behind the wheel.

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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