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Courts & JusticePremium‘I could easily kill you right now’

A declared high-risk serious offender who choked his daughter while telling her how “easily” he could kill her has been jailed.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & Justice PremiumBail hopes dashed for robbery accused

A man accused of robbing a man with a significant mental disability as he walked home has had his hopes of bail dashed.

Tegan Guthrie

A Ravensthorpe single mother has been jailed after offering to sell drugs.

Courts & justicePremiumSingle mum jailed after drug offers to support family

A single mother from the Esperance area has been jailed after offering to sell drugs to “support her habit and . . . support her family.”

Isabella Davis

A high-speed police chase through the Mandurah area came to a crashing end when a dangerous driver collided with two other cars on Friday morning. 

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A high-speed police chase through Mandurah came to a crashing end when a dangerous driver collided with two other cars on Friday morning.

Caleb Runciman

A 32-year-old man caught carrying more than $600,000 in cash through Perth Airport has been sentenced to more than three years jail.

CrimePremiumMan jailed for suspicious Perth Airport $618k cash haul

Australian Federal Police officers searched his luggage and found $618,360 in cash.

Caitlin Vinci

Tianna Addison Diodato-Day went on an arson spree in 2024 with co-accused Dennis James Dear targeting cemeteries in Perth’s south.

Courts & JusticePremiumSerial firebugs learn fate for Perth cemetery blazes

Two serial firebugs who set fire to several Perth cemeteries, causing nearly $3.5 million damaged, have been jailed collectively for more than eight years.

Jessica Evensen

Mr Saunders is on trial over allegations he sexually abused three young Aboriginal men in the State’s north between 2008 and 2017. 

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumJudge throws out seven abuse charges against former bishop

A WA District Court Judge has sensationally thrown out seven sex abuse charges against former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders.

Jessica Evensen

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumJail for police pursuit after stealing friend’s car

A man who stole a friend’s car because they owed him money led police on a dangerous 16-minute pursuit which ended when he reversed into a police car, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan threatens to ‘blow up’ Centrelink office while high

Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Centrelink service was plunged into lockdown after a man with ‘significant’ mental health issues told an employee he would ‘blow it up’, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.

Tegan Guthrie

Geraldton Courthouse.

Courts and crimePremiumRangeway man behind bars again, denied bail for breaching

A Rangeway man accused of a string of assault charges has been denied bail after breaching his previous bail, which saw him released from custody to care for his puppy. 

Imogen Wilson

Smokemart & GiftBox in the Geraldton suburb of Wandina and insets: CCTV images released by police of the alleged armed robber.

Courts and crimePremiumGeraldton man guilty of Wandina smoke shop armed robbery

A Geraldton man accused of the Wandina smoke shop armed robbery in May has pleaded guilty to the allegation and a string of drug charges. 

Imogen Wilson

Shell’s offshore Prelude project.

EnergyPremiumUnion attack on overseas labour part of sacked worker’s case

A union campaign targeting overseas labour hired by Monadelphous for the massive Prelude gas project has formed part of a sacked worker’s case against the engineering group in the Fair Work Commission.

Rebecca Le May

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders arrives at District Court.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumSecret vision shows moment bishop confronted over sex claims

A series of police interviews and secret surveillance footage have revealed the moments the former Bishop of Broome was confronted with serious allegations of child sexual abuse.

Hannah Cross

A western suburbs paediatrician has been accused of sexually assaulting a further seven children.

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Perth paediatrician hit with more child sex charges

A western suburbs paediatrician accused of abusing his own patients is back behind bars for allegedly breaching his bail conditions after detectives identified a further seven complainants.

Brooke Rolfe and Jessica Evensen

A former senior WA cop has avoided jail after he was caught on the job secretly recording a couple having sex and sending it to other police officers. 

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Former WA police officer caught filming couple having sex

A former WA police officer has learnt his fate after he was caught on the job secretly recording a couple having sex and sending it to other police officers. 

Jessica Evensen

The next Federal Court of Australia court date is yet to be set while a substitute statement of claim if lodged.

Commercial PropertyPremiumEx-WA property boss at centre of shocking harassment case

A handful of shocking allegations against the global property giant’s former WA boss have been removed from Federal Court proceedings, but dozens of others remain set for trial.

Rebecca Le May

City of Melville councillors Scott Green and Clive Ross.

Local governmentPremiumMajor update in Melville councillor defamation case

‘I look forward to having this matter behind me so I can focus more on serving the Melville community.’

Michael Palmer

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumMan who burgled Kambalda home apologises to community

A man has apologised to the “whole of the Kambalda community” after he broke into a local home and lived there for a week.

Isabella Davis

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumChild sex offender back in court for breaching conditions

A child sex offender has found himself back in court after he breached his reporting conditions by using Snapchat without telling police.

Isabella Davis

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan who ‘bluffed’, threatened to kill cop, spared jail

A Laverton man with a 38-page record and a history for breaching court orders has been given another chance on an order and spared immediate jail for “bluffing” a police officer and threatening to kill them.

Tegan Guthrie

A prisoner was fined for an indecent act towards a female prison officer.

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Indecent genital act through prison hatch earns man a fine

A prisoner who exposed his genitals to a female custodial officer through the hatch of a door in Albany Regional Prison has been dealt a fine.

Melissa Sheil

Dion Vingerhoets has been granted bail.

Courts & JusticePremiumPCH employee facing vile child sex charges granted bail

The former Perth Children’s Hospital employee charged over a vile child sex offence has been granted bail. 

Jessica Evensen

The 37-year-old man has not yet entered pleas to the charges.

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Man accused of indecently dealing with an autistic teen

A Great Southern man accused of indecently dealing with an autistic teenager, including restraining her to touch her body inappropriately, has been granted bail to remain in the community. 

Melissa Sheil

A woman has been fined and lost her license for six months for dangerous driving, obstructing police and driving above the legal blood alcohol limit.

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Fine for driver who crashed into house and kicked police

A woman has been fined for kicking an officer trying to give her a breathalyser test after she crashed her new car into a Lockyer house, later blowing almost twice the legal limit.

Melissa Sheil