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Rick Thorburn was arrested in September 2016 and charged with Tiahleigh’s murder, 11 months after she disappeared.

Child killer Rick Thorburn found dead in cell

Thorburn, also a convicted child rapist, was serving a life sentence at Woodford Correctional Centre for murdering his 12-year-old foster daughter a decade ago.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Ilona Ambrus, who had terminal cancer, arrived at her property to find it destroyed by fire. There is a warrant out of her husband.

As Ilona battled terminal cancer, her husband allegedly set their home on fire

A warrant is out for Craig Leith’s arrest after police charged him with arson and he was convicted in absence of domestic violence offences.

  • Amber Schultz
Former assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias, chicken kebab shop owner Hussein Faraj and the logo for their NuCoin.

‘Worthless tokens’: The crypto coin, a chicken kebab shop and the missing millions

Serial fraudster and former assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias and his long-term associate Hussein Faraj are being investigated over their crypto-company.

  • Kate McClymont
Unlike banks and casinos, real estate agents don’t have to do due diligence checks on customers or report suspicious transactions.

Organised crime and armoured cars of cash: The dirty money pushing up Australian house prices

They looked like any other couple at the auction. But the Russians had a secret.

  • Sherryn Groch
Jaden Martinovich has pleaded guilty to murder over the stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy in North Perth.

‘Acting like gangsters’: Life sentence for Perth man who murdered teenager

He was trying to palm off bath salts for drugs when the teen he was attempting to hoodwink stole his car. What followed has left him jailed for life.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Index for Bondi attack feature

At 3.33pm the bloody rampage began. By 3.39pm six innocent people lay dead or dying

The Westfield massacre unfolded so quickly, most victims didn’t see their attacker coming. Twelve months later, the grief is still deep and raw.

  • Jordan Baker and Perry Duffin
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The boys involved in the alleged assault were from Aveley Secondary College.

School refuses to tell dad whether alleged coward punch student has been expelled

The father of a 14-year-old boy allegedly coward punched at an Ellenbrook Shopping Centre says he is disappointed the school that both boys attend has failed to tell him whether the alleged attacker has been expelled.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Police arrive at the scene to disperse the crowd outside Manly Wharf.

Extensive criminal history of man jailed over mass Manly brawl

Royce Jensen, 21, was part of a group who spat at diners trying to keep dozens of youths out of a restaurant as families fled and left their meals behind.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Courtney Morley-Clarke was stabbed and killed by a 13-year-old neighbour, known only as SLD, in 2001. He was released last year and has breached court-ordered supervision multiple times, a court has heard.

Australia’s youngest killer arrested just weeks after prison release

The man served more than 20 years for the murder of a three-year-old girl when he was 13. He is in custody once more.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The assault occurred at Victoria Park.

Perth woman who randomly punched toddler jailed for ‘disturbing’ assault

Pamela-Raye Jetta was sentenced on Thursday over two bizarre assaults, one on an elderly woman and one on a baby.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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