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The girl’s parents outside court last month.

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

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Perth suburbs crime statistics main image, police generic, WA Police. Picture: WAtoday
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Which Perth suburb had the most crime in 2024?

WAtoday has examined crime statistics for 2024 and compiled a per capita snapshot of which suburbs suffered the most crime last year, revealing some surprises.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
CCTV footage of Cassius Turvey on a school bus just moments before he was fatally attacked shortly after getting off the bus.

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
Janet Dweh was bludgeoned to death in her Dayton home.

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 died after he was bahed in Middle Swan in October 2022.

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
Dalkeith crash, Dr Rhys Bellinge, Elizabeth Pearce. Picture: Supplied

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
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Bozena Knapinski is accused of poisoning her husband.

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
Four people are on trial in the Supreme Court of WA over the murder of Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey.

‘Is he OK?’: Cassius Turvey murder trial told of similar teen attack

A woman accused of murdering an Indigenous teen sent messages inquiring about the welfare of another boy allegedly beaten up by two of her co-accused, a court has been told.

  • Aaron Bunch
Janet Dweh was allegedly murdered by Hassan Jabbie inside her Dayton home.

Perth man who murdered pregnant lover was exposed to horrors as a child refugee, court told

Hassan Jabbie was found guilty by a jury of killing Janet Dweh, whose body was found in her Dayton home in October 2021.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Rhys Bellinge has been charged with manslaughter.

Prosecutors ‘concerned for wife’ after discovering more footage of Perth obstetrician

A decision on bail for the man from one of Perth’s richest families has been again delayed by further review of his behaviour in the days before the crash.

  • Heather McNeill

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