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Instagram model Grace Piscopo accused of lying to protect ex-boyfriend accused of murder
The 28-year-old teared up on the witness stand as prosecutors accused her of lying about the whereabouts of Andre Rebelo on the morning his mother died.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth Instagram star takes the stand in ex-boyfriend’s murder trial
The last witness to be called in Andre Rebelo’s murder trial was revealed to be his famous ex-girlfriend and mother of their son, Grace Piscopo.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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‘Love you, see you’: Rebelo details final conversation with mum on day she died
Andre Rebelo is accused of killing his mum to claim more than a million dollars in life insurance policies he took out in her name a week before she died.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Andre Rebelo claims his mum asked for help with insurance policies weeks before her death
The 28-year-old told the court he saw his mum on the morning that she died but did not kill her.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘They’re trying to frame you for murder’: Secret recordings between Andre Rebelo and Grace Piscopo
Audio recordings from police listening devices placed in the home of Andre Rebelo and his Instagram-famous girlfriend Grace Piscopo have been played to the jury in his murder trial.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Tyrrell disappearance
Tyrrell foster mother says boy’s skeleton will be found ‘in 40 years’, phone tap reveals
The woman also said she doesn’t know why she didn’t immediately call triple zero when three-year-old William disappeared.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’: Andre Rebelo’s denials to police played to jury in murder trial
In 2020, Rebelo sat down with two police officers to answer questions about fake email accounts, forged documents, a fake will, and life insurance policies in his mother’s name – and denied any knowledge of them.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Unbelievable suggestion’: Perth father accused of starving daughter takes stand in neglect trial
A man accused of failing to properly care for his teenage daughter, allowing her to develop severe malnutrition, has told a court the girl ate whatever she wanted.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Instagram model’s Beaconsfield home bugged as police probed alleged murder
The lengths police went to in trying to catch out accused killer Andre Rebelo were revealed in court on Tuesday as part of the 28-year-old’s murder trial.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Woman confronts foster mother outside William Tyrrell inquest
The deputy state coroner issued a stern warning after a woman describing herself as a “concerned taxpayer” yelled at the missing child’s foster mother outside the hearing.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Andre Rebelo ‘had no reason to be involved’ in mum’s estate, older brother tells court
Julian Rebelo has told a jury in his brother Andre’s murder trial that he was the executor of his mother’s will, but Andre tried to get involved in her affairs after her death.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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