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Man murdered, dumped in Botany was in ‘sophisticated’ drug operation
Police, who arrested Rex Chen in a drug sting operation two years ago, are hunting foreign hitmen over the murders of Chen and his wife.
- by Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
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Perth women confront their abuser after court finds him guilty of drugging, raping them
Adam Lusk assaulted 12 women and girls over a two-year period, often filming himself raping them while they were unconscious.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
UK YouTuber Yung Filly admits speeding through High Wycombe while on bail
The famous British rapper had been granted bail over the alleged sexual assault of a woman following his concert in Hillarys in September.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Lies, drugs, rape: Perth dentist’s pattern of sexual abuse laid bare
Farzam Mehrabi lied about his age and his height to his Tinder dates. He also lied about his predilection for violent sex with young women who had been unwittingly drugged.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth dentist who drugged, strangled and raped Tinder dates jailed for 15 years
Farzam Mehrabi, 34, spiked the drinks of six women over a two-month period in 2022, intending to take advantage of them in the bedroom of his parents’ Shelley home.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Coles worker allegedly sexually assaulted teen at Bondi Westfield
The accused, who is on a student visa, allegedly attacked a 15-year-old girl in full view of CCTV cameras at the busy shopping mall.
- by Perry Duffin
Police uncover Nazi iconography, trip mine, grenades in Perth raids
A German anti-tank projectile was intercepted while en route from Kazakhstan to Perth, leading to WA Police and Border Force to two homes in Perth’s north-east.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Dalkeith schoolboy ran ‘significant drug enterprise’ from his bedroom
The 16-year-old created gummy bears laced with cannabis that he sold to his schoolmates, but police came knocking after two children were hospitalised.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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The $33m Sydney block and the supersized price tag
A prime parcel of land near Sydney’s planned second airport is at the centre of a landmark court fight.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Three Australian soldiers charged with drug trafficking offences
Investigators intercepted cash sent through the mail which the three men allegedly intended to use to purchase and resell cocaine at a profit.
- by Angus Dalton
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Courts watered down AVO against husband before he ‘speared wife to death’
Details have emerged about a Sydney mother of five’s final months before she was allegedly killed by her abusive husband.
- by Perry Duffin
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