Law
Police hunt alleged Mandurah road rage attackers after man and woman run over
The pair were involved in a minor traffic crash that escalated and ended when they were allegedly run over by the driver of the other car.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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‘You’re an idiot’: Judge lashes bikie’s sister in sending her to jail
The sister of an exiled Comanchero bikie was yesterday sent to prison for 15 months for her part in laundering in almost a million dollars of dirty cash.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA foster mother knocked out, then burnt, seven-year-old who refused to do dishes
The horrifying story of a child no-one wanted – and what he suffered at the hands of those who took him in.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Victoria’s youth crime rises to the highest level since 2010
Overall crime in Victoria increased by nearly 10 per cent in the past year, with the latest data showing children are increasingly involved in robberies, car thefts and assaults.
- by Hannah Kennelly
Repeat domestic violence offender jailed for life over Nollamara stabbing
Christopher Dimer tried to convince a jury a knife that was holding up a curtain had fallen and impaled his partner of four years, killing her.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
Perth teens had crow bars, pepper spray in homophobic bashings
The boys will appear before Perth Children’s Court on Thursday charged over the assault of two men in their 30s that had been lured via an online app.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage
The 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to threatening fellow students and staff with a box cutter at the prestigious public school in Perth’s western suburbs.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Courts
Elderly WA couple’s five-year fight ends in eviction from their home
Beryl and Ray Taylor poured their life savings into a lease-for-life scheme near Mandurah. Now they are about to be homeless.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids
Mat Radelic, 45, denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive
The 17-year-old driver of the ute that crashed in North Lake, killing his mate, has been charged with manslaughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide
A WA Police officer is believed to have taken his own life overnight in a Perth facility, with an investigation now under way.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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