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Ellenbrook Secondary College was sent into lockdown on Monday

Social media fight sparked alleged stabbing at Perth high school, court told

The incident sent the high school into lockdown on Monday, with the injured teen stabbed in the arm and head.

  • Heather McNeill and Hannah Murphy

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WA Police Inspector Gary Butler speaks to media about a stabbing at Ellenbrook Secondary College (inset).

Student hospitalised after stabbing sends Ellenbrook high school into lockdown

Emergency services rushed to Ellenbrook Secondary College just after 3pm, after what police described as a targeted attack involving a group of armed youths outside the college.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt, Hamish Hastie and Hannah Murphy
Cleveland Dodd died by suicide in his cell at Unit 18, a youth detention wing of Casuarina Prison in Perth.

A coroner wants Unit 18 shut ‘urgently’. Roger Cook says it’s ‘the best solution we have at the moment’

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the “harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd’s final days at Unit 18 was some of the “saddest I have presided over”.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The man on the bonnet of the ambulance.

Kalgoorlie man arrested after headbutting, punching through ambulance windscreen

Vision captured of the incident shows the man allegedly punching through the glass of the ambulance while covered in blood and slamming his head into the windshield.

  • Holly Thompson and Heather McNeill
Luke Sekkouah has pleaded guilty to the murder of Erica Hay at her Warnbro home. Pictures: Supplied

The words of a killer: Harrowing details of Warnbro mother’s death aired in court

The house in Warnbro was a place of neglect, stained by meth use. It was in this spiralling chaos that Luke Sekkouah stabbed Erica Hay to death and set her body on fire.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Dario Normal Pacifici was jailed for two and a half years.

‘Greedy’: Murdoch Uni manager jailed for ‘strategic, persistent, corrupt behaviour’

A Murdoch University manager who funnelled more than $1 million worth of work to a company set up by his wife and his close friend will be in jail until 2027.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Jacky Chan outside Midland Magistrates Court last year.

Perth dentist struck off after being caught filming 16-year-old girl in change room

Jacky Chan was arrested after he was caught filming a teenager getting changed at Midland Gate Shopping Centre. When police searched his phone, they found videos and photos of scores of unsuspecting women.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Victim Erica Hay had four children.

Warnbro mother Erica was stabbed to death, then set on fire. Her killer claims it was self-defence

Luke Sekkouah and Erica Hay had only been in a relationship for a few months when she was killed after an argument.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Michael Clapsis admitted creating a fake Wi-Fi.

‘Double life’: Perth man who hacked into women’s personal data using ‘evil twin WiFi’ jailed

Michael Clapsis used his advanced computer skills to spy on and steal intimate images and photos of scores of unsuspecting women.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
April 25, 2025 — Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide in Australia, where she had lived since about 2002.

Battle over Virginia Giuffre’s multimillion-dollar estate lands in WA’s Supreme Court

The legal fight centres on Virginia Giuffre’s two teenage sons, her long-time Perth-based lawyer and her former housekeeper, who are all contesting who should inherit and control her estate following her sudden death in April.

  • Carla Hildebrandt

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