Courts
Ellenbrook predator found guilty of sexual assault on sleeping girl
A man who broke into a home in Ellenbrook in 2021 and sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl has been found guilty after failing to argue he was too mentally impaired to be held accountable for his crime.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Louise Rennie
Latest
Analysis
Defamation
Villain or victim? Reynolds, Higgins and the ‘tale’ that divides them
Brittany Higgins’ tearful interview over her alleged rape aired in 2021 was watched by more than half-a-million people – including Linda Reynolds, seeing her political downfall in real time.
- by Jesinta Burton
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
‘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
UPDATED
Crime
Perth man charged with running over police officer
A 37-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences after running over a police officer when he was stopped on Friday evening in Perth’s east.
- by Holly Thompson
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
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
Dog dies, Osborne Park vet suspended after prescription error cover-up
When Lucy’s owners took her to the vet with a sore leg, they didn’t expect her to die nine days later – or for the vet to try to cover up the error that caused it.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Crime
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
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/perth-courts-60h