Insurance fraud fail:Southern suburbs woman pleads guilty after faking own death
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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.

  • byMichael Stamp

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Perth brother of exiled crime kingpin behind bars
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Perth brother of exiled crime kingpin behind bars

Maytham Hamad,29,appeared in court on Tuesday.

  • byMichael Stamp
Byford killing in front of child ‘dreadful domestic violence case’:premier

Byford killing in front of child ‘dreadful domestic violence case’:premier

A 33-year-old man stands accused of bludgeoning his mother to death on Sunday evening in her Byford home,leaving a child witness to call police as she died.

  • byHeather McNeill andMichael Stamp
Floreat mother and daughter murdered by Mark Bombara
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Floreat mother and daughter murdered by Mark Bombara

Jennifer Petelczyc,59,and her youngest daughter Gretl,18,were senselessly murdered on Friday after becoming the unexpected victims in the marriage breakdown of a family friend which ended in a gunman storming their house.

  • byHolly Thompson,Heather McNeill,Michael Stamp andAmber Wilkinson
Belmont councillor accused of indecently assaulting clients during driving tests

Belmont councillor accused of indecently assaulting clients during driving tests

A City of Belmont councillor has been accused of indecently assaulting three women while conducting driving assessments.

  • byMichael Stamp
Community rallies around girl left orphaned after parents drown in Peel estuary

Community rallies around girl left orphaned after parents drown in Peel estuary

A Perth community is rallying around a 13-year-old girl left orphaned after her parents drowned while fishing in an estuary south of Mandurah.

  • byMichael Stamp
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Perth mother ‘stabs teen daughter’s secret boyfriend’
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Perth mother ‘stabs teen daughter’s secret boyfriend’

A Perth mother is accused of stabbing her teenage daughter’s secret boyfriend after discovering she had sneaked him into her bedroom on Tuesday night.

  • byHeather McNeill andMichael Stamp
Family,friends mourn Perth teen killed in Yanchep crash

Family,friends mourn Perth teen killed in Yanchep crash

Friends and family have gathered to mourn a 16-year-old boy killed after the ute he was travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree in Yanchep on Tuesday night.

  • byHeather McNeill andMichael Stamp
Tony Sage out as Perth Glory go into receivership
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Tony Sage out as Perth Glory go into receivership

WA businessman Tony Sage’s ownership of Perth Glory has collapsed,with the A-League club put into voluntary receivership.

  • byMichael Stamp andGareth Parker
Man charged with murder after fatal Landsdale machete attack
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Man charged with murder after fatal Landsdale machete attack

A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder after a man in his 20s was fatally attacked with a machete outside a Landsdale petrol station on Thursday.

  • byJesinta Burton,Michael Stamp andRebecca Peppiatt
Orphaned Wheatbelt crash victim,5,receives bravery award

Orphaned Wheatbelt crash victim,5,receives bravery award

Synthia Day and her two younger brothers spent 55 hours alone on the side of a regional road after surviving the crash that killed their parents.

  • byMichael Stamp