Police
An Airbnb, kidnapping, and two days of torture: How an extortion plan unravelled in Perth’s suburbs
A 68-year-old Chinese businessman was subjected to hours of torture in a Caversham Airbnb while his son frantically tried to gather millions of dollars to secure his release.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Courts
Perth mum washed knife, cut carrots as boyfriend bled out, court told
Claudia Federico was holding a large kitchen knife on the stairs of her West Perth home during an argument with her boyfriend last year. Now she’s on trial over his death.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Broome tradie guilty of cable-tying children walks free from court
Mat Radelic claimed he made a citizen’s arrest of the children, aged six, seven and eight, in March this year after finding them in a backyard swimming pool.
- by Rachael clifford and Claire Ottaviano
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- by Holly Thompson
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Perth
WA Police officer bitten in chaotic confrontation
The state’s police union says it is time for the force to be properly recognised in an ongoing pay fight, as assaults reach a 15-year-high.
- by Michael Stamp
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WA courts
Cleo Smith’s kidnapper loses appeal for shorter jail sentence
Cleo Smith’s kidnapping by the 37-year-old sparked one of the biggest police searches in Australian history and made headlines worldwide.
- by Aaron Bunch
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
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
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Crime
Perth teens had crow bars, pepper spray in homophobic bashings
The boys will appear before Perth Children’s Court on Thursday charged over the assault of two men in their 30s that had been lured via an online app.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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