Alleged ‘puppeteer’ brother of tobacco war kingpin released on bail
The brother of an alleged organised crime kingpin has been granted bail despite fears he’s a flight risk and player in a violent illicit tobacco syndicate.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Investigation launched after video shows JC’s foster mother in ‘altercation’ with police
Tensions rising all week in Geraldton over the inquest into JC’s death peaked on Friday as an ugly scene with police resulted in a woman’s injury.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Appeal denied for Perth mother who shook her baby to death
A teenage mother who murdered her baby by violently shaking her appealed her life sentence, claiming it was “manifestly excessive”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘My response appropriate’: WA officer at inquest of woman he killed
A coronial inquest into the death of 29-year-old mentally ill woman JC has revealed the police’s own Internal Affairs Unit criticised the officer’s actions.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Rachael Clifford
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Alleged Karrinyup knife attacker re-offended hours after bail: police
A teenager alleged to have stolen knives at a shopping centre and taken part in stabbing two men allegedly went on a crime spree just hours after getting bail.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Alleged Perth train robbery baffles court
Prosecutors have been at a loss to explain how a dedicated student and talented sports player wound up allegedly robbing someone at knifepoint on a Perth train.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
A police officer was found not guilty of murder. Now a coroner will examine her death
Four and a half years after her death, a coroner will this week examine how an Indigenous woman known as JC was shot dead by a Geraldton police officer.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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‘Oppressive and unjust’: WA Police slammed by CCC for wrongful arrest of 14-year-old girl
Officers were reprimanded after the heavy-handed arrest of a girl walking home from a friend’s house, but the CCC has criticised three internal investigations.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Evil twin’: Palmyra man allegedly faked WiFi networks to steal personal info
Michael Clapsis, 42, was arrested after an airline employee noticed a suspicious WiFi network during a domestic flight in April.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth man allegedly took out hit on father-in-law living in India
WA Police launched an investigation after they were contacted by Indian authorities who were looking into the attack on a 65-year-old man in Kahlon Village.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Months after his release from prison, this violent child rapist was arrested again
Stephen Neil White raped a five-year-old girl on a family camping trip in 2001. Last year the courts thought he was ready to be released into the community.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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