Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest

Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest

Luke Briggs,35,died from catastrophic injuries sustained during a police arrest in Hoppers Crossing last week. Police have not revealed what happened during his arrest.

  • byCameron Houston

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Officer too traumatised for questioning at inquest into WA teen prison death

Officer too traumatised for questioning at inquest into WA teen prison death

The senior officer in charge when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in custody has been excused from appearing at a high-profile inquest amid fears for his health.

  • byAaron Bunch
A white canvas shoe holds key to Cecilia Devine’s mysterious death

A white canvas shoe holds key to Cecilia Devine’s mysterious death

The family of Devine,however,claim early mistakes by NSW Police have hampered the investigation into a possible murder in the Blue Mountains.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Investigation launched after video shows JC’s foster mother in ‘altercation’ with police
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Investigation launched after video shows JC’s foster mother in ‘altercation’ with police

Tensions rising all week in Geraldton over the inquest into JC’s death peaked on Friday as an ugly scene with police resulted in a woman’s injury.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘My response appropriate’:WA officer at inquest of woman he killed

‘My response appropriate’:WA officer at inquest of woman he killed

A coronial inquest into the death of 29-year-old mentally ill woman JC has revealed the police’s own Internal Affairs Unit criticised the officer’s actions.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andRachael Clifford
A police officer was found not guilty of murder. Now a coroner will examine her death

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Months after his release from prison,this violent child rapist was arrested again
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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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘We were failed,too’:Lynn Cannon’s family devastated over Floreat murders

‘We were failed,too’:Lynn Cannon’s family devastated over Floreat murders

The sister of a Perth woman murdered by her ex-husband in 2022 claims the family of the Floreat killer was failed by police,and her family went through “the same situation”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt,Hamish Hastie andClaire Ottaviano
Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

The state’s police commissioner has flagged an internal probe into three interactions the family of Mark Bombara had with police before his explosion of violence.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie
‘We are devastated’:Mother’s incomprehensible grief after murder of two-year-old son

‘We are devastated’:Mother’s incomprehensible grief after murder of two-year-old son

The mother of a child killed by his father in Lismore says the toddler should have been able to trust the man who took his life.

  • byCatherine Naylor andSally Rawsthorne
‘This can’t happen again’:Titmuss died after ‘inappropriate’ training session

‘This can’t happen again’:Titmuss died after ‘inappropriate’ training session

A coroner has handed down his findings into the death of the former Manly rugby league player,with the Sea Eagles boss vowing it must never be repeated.

  • byAdam Pengilly