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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
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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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- by Daile Cross
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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
Ex-Collingwood player granted bail following deaths of two WA women
Two elderly women described as the “backbone of their community” were killed this month when their car collided with one allegedly driven by Shannon Cox.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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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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Fifty raids across Perth as alleged $10 million illegal tobacco business busted
Nine people have been arrested and charged after a joint investigation allegedly unearthed a lucrative illegal tobacco business operating in WA.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Insurance fraud fail: Southern suburbs woman pleads guilty after faking own death
Karen Salkilld was arrested in March after lodging an insurance claim in her partner’s name claiming she was killed in a car accident in Broome.
- by Michael Stamp
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