Australian indoor women’s hockey coach stood down over child sex abuse charges
Lauren Austin, 39, appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Friday in relation to allegations that she indecently dealt with and sexually penetrated a child.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
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‘Psychosis’ made Perth man sexually assault little girl: lawyers
He admitted breaking into a stranger’s house and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl. But this Perth man is claiming he cannot be found guilty.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
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Courts
Alleged lookout guy ‘disgusted’ by horrific bashing of 73-year-old Ninette Philips
Seyed Younes Tahami, 38, is one of three men charged over the horrific attack on Ninette and Philip Simons on April 16. But in court he said he went to Ninette’s aid during the assault.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
How police narrowed a 3500-strong family tree down to just one: an alleged rapist
WA Police began with 3500 potential suspects in the 1991 sex assault. Groundbreaking technology helped them to narrow it down to one accused perpetrator.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
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Defamation
‘He won’t buy a ticket on the Titanic’: Sharaz retreats as bid to delay Reynolds’ defamation row fails
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ fiance, David Sharaz, have declared he can no longer fight WA Liberal senator Linda Reynolds’ “titanic” defamation action, as the court rejected Higgins’ bid to delay the looming trial.
- by Jesinta Burton and Ezra Holt
Scarborough rubbish truck driver fined after hitting little boy on scooter
A Perth rubbish truck driver who accidentally ran over a four-year-old who was riding his scooter down a suburban street has been fined $2500.
- by Ezra Holt
Former nurse found guilty of attempting to murder husband at Perth hospital
Wendy Ruth Sym was found guilty on Monday of attempting to murder her husband Kenneth by injecting a high dose of insulin during a hospital admission in January 2021.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
WA Police commissioner’s son admits to hooning
The son of WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has been disqualified from driving for six months after he was caught speeding more than 50km/h over the limit.
- by Heather McNeill and Ezra Holt
Jury outcome suppressed in rape trial of Perth restaurant owner
A jury’s decision relating to the charges against a Perth restaurant owner accused of sexually assaulting eight women has been suppressed by the courts on Tuesday afternoon.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Scarborough woman ‘willing participant’ in threesome: rape accused
One of two men accused of luring a woman into a public toilet and raping her has told a jury the threesome was consensual, and the woman a “willing participant”.
- by Heather McNeill and Ezra Holt
Probe launched after inmate’s death at Hakea Prison
A man has died in custody at Hakea Prison after a fire at the facility in Perth’s south-east.
- by Jesinta Burton and Ezra Holt
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