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Man charged with murder over Midland stabbing
The 18-year-old faced court on Saturday after police investigated the death of a man his 30s outside a home in Perth’s east on Thursday evening.
- Rebecca Peppiatt and Rachael Clifford
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Two bodies found in inner Sydney terrace
The bodies of two men were discovered in the dilapidated Surry Hills house, with police saying they could have been there for weeks.
- Perry Duffin
Alleged Perth investment fraudster accused of contacting witnesses in ‘Ponzi scheme’ case
Michael Dunjey appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Friday after being slapped with 33 charges after an investigation into his allegedly fraudulent $149 million investment scheme.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Police commissioner calls for tougher penalties after sentencing over Anthony Woods’ death
Col Blanch attended Reagan Chown’s sentencing on Thursday, afterwards saying he thought those who killed police officers should face a mandatory murder charge.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Activists who let off ‘stench gas’ at Woodside’s Perth HQ narrowly avoid jail
A District Court judge said just because their actions were altruistic, it did not mean they should not be held to account.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth businessman guilty in $3 million bikie money laundering scheme
A 65-year-old businessman who laundered millions of dollars worth of dirty cash for WA bikies has been found guilty after a five-week trial.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Thugs, drugs and absent mothers: Behind the ‘monsters’ who killed Cassius Turvey
Mechelle Turvey branded them monsters for brutally and violently killing her son. But the truth was much more complex, said the judge who handed them life sentences on Friday.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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Lee was attacked as a nine-year-old. She’s finally free to tell her story
A legal loophole protected the man who abused a young girl. She was even asked to front his legal fees.
- Amber Schultz
Bikie boss’ death in Perth police cell to be probed at three-day inquest
Jamie Ginn, 50, died in custody in October 2023 on the same day he had been arrested. At the time, police said he had died from what they believed was a medical episode.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘My son was racially targeted’: Cassius Turvey’s mother confronts killers in court
Mechelle Turvey told a Perth court her son’s death was “racially motivated” and any other explanation would leave “many Australians scratching their heads”.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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