Courts
‘I saw Cassius get hit,’ witness tells murder trial
The sight of Indigenous teenager Cassis Turvey being bashed with a pole, bleeding and crying in pain is something a witness says he lives with every day.
- Aaron Bunch
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Floreat parents who starved daughter claim prison sentence a ‘miscarriage of justice’
The couple who were jailed last month after a jury found them guilty of infantalizing their teenage daughter and starving her to the point of malnutrition are appealing their sentence.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Cassius Turvey ‘hit with stick’ as witness tells court of death fear
Cassius, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased, knocked to the ground and “deliberately struck to the head” in 2022.
- Aaron Bunch
More than $100,000 raised for Dalkeith crash Uber driver
Muhammad Usman, 25, was in a coma for days after the incident after suffering two broken legs, and a broken arm. He remains in hospital with his injuries requiring several surgeries.
- Heather McNeill
Bleeding boy kept saying he was fine, murder trial told
A bloodied and crying Indigenous teenager told his mates he wasn’t badly injured after he was allegedly attacked by a man with a metal pole, a murder trial has been told.
- Aaron Bunch
Exiled Perth Children’s Court magistrate loses appeal in relocation row
An exiled Perth magistrate who unsuccessfully pursued a lawsuit against the state government over her forced relocation from the Children’s Court has lost her appeal bid.
- Jesinta Burton
Perth man who murdered pregnant nurse jailed for life
Hassan Jabbie denied brutally murdering Janet Dweh inside her Dayton home, but a jury found him guilty due to overwhelming evidence.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Cassius Turvey’s final day detailed in court
The trial of four people accused of murdering Perth teenager Cassius Turvey has begun hearing evidence of the day he was fatally attacked with a trolley pole in October 2022.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth obstetrician refused bail on manslaughter charges over Dalkeith crash
Rhys Bellinge, 45, is accused of crashing his Jaguar into an Uber in Dalkeith around 10pm on Sunday, killing Elizabeth Pearce and critically injuring her driver.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth woman accused of poisoning was over-worked, controlled by husband, court told
Bozena Knapinski is accused of endangering her now ex-husband by secretly pouring toxic doses of selenium into his water bottles when he was not looking.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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