Perth gym owner jailed after faking own death to claim insurance payout
Karen Salkilld, 43, used her ex-partner’s name to lodge the claim, which declared she had died in a car crash in Broome in 2023.
- by Michael Stamp
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Violent WA tobacco shop robbery a fake, police claim
Police arrested two people on August 28 and charged both with creating false beliefs and several other drug and stealing offences.
- by Michael Stamp
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Crime
Popular UK YouTuber granted bail over Perth rap show rape allegations
Andres ‘Yung Filly’ Barrientos will be forced to remain in WA while he fights the charges, and cannot communicate with his millions of followers via social media about the case.
- by Holly Thompson, Chelsea Bowden and Michael Stamp
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Police
WA Police officer bitten in chaotic confrontation
The state’s police union says it is time for the force to be properly recognised in an ongoing pay fight, as assaults reach a 15-year-high.
- by Michael Stamp
Two men found with young girl in van charged
A warning to keep aware of what your kids are doing on social media after a young girl was picked up by two men she was speaking with online and sexually assaulted.
- by Michael Stamp
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Police
Insurance fraud fail: Southern suburbs woman pleads guilty after faking own death
Karen Salkilld was arrested in March after lodging an insurance claim in her partner’s name claiming she was killed in a car accident in Broome.
- by Michael Stamp
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Crime
Perth brother of exiled crime kingpin behind bars
Maytham Hamad, 29, appeared in court on Tuesday.
- by Michael Stamp
Byford killing in front of child ‘dreadful domestic violence case’: premier
A 33-year-old man stands accused of bludgeoning his mother to death on Sunday evening in her Byford home, leaving a child witness to call police as she died.
- by Heather McNeill and Michael Stamp
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Tragedy
Floreat mother and daughter murdered by Mark Bombara
Jennifer Petelczyc, 59, and her youngest daughter Gretl, 18, were senselessly murdered on Friday after becoming the unexpected victims in the marriage breakdown of a family friend which ended in a gunman storming their house.
- by Holly Thompson, Heather McNeill, Michael Stamp and Amber Wilkinson
Belmont councillor accused of indecently assaulting clients during driving tests
A City of Belmont councillor has been accused of indecently assaulting three women while conducting driving assessments.
- by Michael Stamp
Community rallies around girl left orphaned after parents drown in Peel estuary
A Perth community is rallying around a 13-year-old girl left orphaned after her parents drowned while fishing in an estuary south of Mandurah.
- by Michael Stamp
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