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An 18 year old man has been charged after a stabbing in Midland last week. Justin Benson Cooper

CRIMEPremiumSecond teen charged after brutal Midland stabbing

The new charges come after 18-year-old Tawhai Walker-Loughlin was charged with murder after the bloody incident on July 3. 

Rachel Fenner

Crabbe has been serving five life sentences at Acacia Prison for driving his 25-tonne truck into a crowded Uluru pub in 1983, killing five people and injuring 16 others.

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CrimePremium
The West Australian exclusive
Monster who drove truck into crowded pub to stay behind bars

New Attorney-General Tony Buti has kept one of Australia’s most notorious mass murderers behind bars, denying him parole. 

Joe Spagnolo

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumBail refused for second time

A man accused of assaulting a child during a home burglary has had his bail refused for a second time.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan denies animal cruelty and partner assault

A man has denied he held a puppy in the air by its throat before trying to stab his partner after she refused him sexual favours.

Tegan Guthrie

Ralph Matthews Cox' mother Michelle Nelson-Cox outside court.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Injustice’: Mum’s heartbreak over innocent son’s murder

The mum of a man shot dead in his bedroom in a tragic case of mistaken identity has described sitting through the killer’s seven-week long trial as feeling like ‘somebody was shooting the bullets at our heart’.

Sarah Steger

James Mawhinney.

Courts & JusticePremiumMayfair’s Mawhinney short on ‘introspection’, judge says

Judge also cites the businessman’s ‘relentless heaping of blame on others’ in a judgement that found he was associated with or involved in contraventions of the law by Mayfair companies.

Sean Smith

A woman accused of rampaging through Kalgoorlie-Boulder streets in a stolen road train has indicated she will plead guilty.

Courts & Justice PremiumRoad train rampage accused indicates pleas of guilty

The woman accused of a rampage through Kalgoorlie-Boulder streets in a stolen road train has indicated pleas of guilty in court after a home detention address was deemed unsuitable.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice Premium‘Bikie-linked’ man enters pleas to threats and ammo charges

A man police say has links to a bikie gang on the east coast who has been accused of manufacturing weapons and ammunition and threatening to kill a teenager, has entered pleas to some charges.

Tegan Guthrie

Troy Mercanti.

BikiesPremiumMercanti charged with displaying gang insignia in public

Notorious bikie Troy Mercanti has been stung again under WA’s anti-bikie laws, charged with displaying gang insignia in public.

University of Western Australia.

Courts & JusticePremiumCourt fight after freezer failure destroyed medical samples

WA’s top university is suing two contractors after more than 46,000 scientific samples from the famed Raine medical research study were destroyed by a malfunctioning freezer.

Matt Mckenzie

Keaton-Paul Wallace leaves Fremantle Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer businessman charged with stalking, breaching DV order

A former Perth businessman been arrested for allegedly pursuing another to intimidate and breaching a domestic violence restraining order.

Sarah Steger

Atlantic Vanadium has been slugging it out against Shire of Mt Magnet since 2023.

MiningCommentsPremium‘Ridiculous’: Shire fires back at AMEC after rates win

A regional WA council celebrating a Supreme Court Judge’s decision to back in a contentious rates charge has slammed the national exploration lobby’s accusation they are treating miners as ‘cash cows’.

Simone Grogan

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice Premium‘Unprovoked and cowardly’ attack on victim in theft attempt

A man was sprayed with capsicum spray and beaten in an “unprovoked and cowardly attack” which saw two men attempt to steal from him.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumDV charges dropped against man after 86 days in jail

Domestic violence allegations which saw a man in custody for 86 days have been dropped by police.

Tegan Guthrie

Puhi Clark has been fined thousands of dollars for going on a naked rampage through Northbridge

Courts & JusticeVideoCommentsWATCH: Man cops huge fine for naked Northbridge rampage

A 23-year-old man has been fined thousands of dollars for going on a naked rampage, hitting a female police officer and attempting to carjack an Uber vehicle.

Caitlin Vinci and Lucy Murray

Altogether, Mr Shanks was fined $4000 and ordered to pay an additional $6000 in costs along with losing his license for two years.

Courts and JusticePremiumRogue Perth real estate agent’s dodgy act revealed

A Banksia Grove real estate agent has been stripped of his license for two years and fined $4000 for the act.

Oliver Lane

A driver has been charged following a dangerous police chase after allegedly stealing a woman’s car from a shopping centre carpark.

CrimePremiumDriver faces charges over hijacking car, police chase

It is alleged the 44-year-old woman stole the car from a shopping centre on Albany Highway in Kelmscott before speeding away from police.

Jessica Evensen

Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumWoman stole more than $90,000 of items from various shops

A 29-year-old woman stole more than $90,000 of items from businesses in eight months across WA.

Tegan Guthrie

Prison officers check on male prisoners who temporarily occupy the usual women's section of the prison at Greenough Regional Prison.

Escape plotPremiumElite squad called in to transfer prison ‘conspirators’

WA’s crack prison anti-riot squad came to Geraldton to transfer ‘high security’ inmates in the wake of a reported hostage and escape plot being discovered inside Greenough Regional Prison.

Kate Campbell

Erin Patterson has been convicted of triple murder.

Courts & JusticeVideoCommentsNever before seen photos of mushroom killer revealed

Never before seen photos of Erin Patterson have been released, depicting the convicted triple murderer in the back of a prison transport vehicle. 

Eloise Budimlich

Allan Jason Dean Howard leaves Armadale Court on Monday morning with his lawyer. Kelsey Reid

CRIMEPremiumPICTURED: Tradie accused of scamming people across Perth

An accused con-artist tradie who allegedly stole thousands in deposits from victims and never completed renovation works across Perth has been identified. 

Caleb Runciman

The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has reached a verdict. (James Ross, Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Courts & JusticeCommentsInside the fatal mushroom lunch that left three people dead

Over 10 weeks, details of Erin Patterson’s actions in the lead up to the fatal lunch and afterwards were drawn into sharp focus as more than 50 witnesses were grilled in the witness box. 

Liam Beatty and David Johns

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan made derogatory remarks before hitting partner with rock

A man made derogatory remarks about his partner’s private parts while she collected firewood before splitting her head open with a rock. 

Tegan Guthrie