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Andre and Colleen Rebelo.

‘Cold blooded’:Andre Rebelo killed his mother to prove himself to famous girlfriend,court told

The 28-year-old killed his mother in her Bicton home in May 2020. He will be sentenced on his birthday,with lawyers expecting a life term.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Infinite Green Energy CEO Stephen Gauld.

‘Listen,Roger’:Green energy boss name-drops WA premier in bid to stave off wind-up,bogus invoice claims

The boss of hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy has attempted to stave off a wind up bid by claiming premier Roger Cook can help the company plug a multimillion-dollar debt.

  • Jesinta Burton
Police are investigating.

Cloverdale man faces court charged with setting man alight

Police were called to the suburb in the city’s east just after midnight when the two men – who were known to each other – became embroiled in an altercation.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Ricky-Lee Cound died by suicide in a prison cell three years ago.

Hakea inmates called guards,worried about their friend self-harming. Officers checked a water spill first

Ricky-Lee Cound was the first adult prisoner in WA to die in custody who had been formally diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Sally Greenham went missing in 1987.

Was this missing Geraldton woman murdered by her husband?

Sally Greenham has been on the missing persons list for nearly 40 years. But her friends,family and even the police who investigated her disappearance believe she was killed.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Accused North Perth stabber,Jaden Martinovich,18.

How a fake drug deal ended with a Perth teenager’s murder

Jaden Martinovich thought he could pass off bath salts as drugs and make himself $250. Instead,he’s facing life in jail after fatally stabbing a 17-year-old boy in a car park.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
A court sketch of Callum Davies.

‘Her innocence was cruelly taken from her’:Perth man jailed for horror Ellenbrook sexual assault

The mother of a child choked and sexually assaulted as she slept in her bedroom has tearfully described how the crime shattered her family.

  • Heather McNeill
The block at 52 Jutland Parade,Dalkeith. Inset:Rob Anderson KC with Paul McGarry (top). Nedlands councillor Andrew Mangano with high-profile defamation lawyer Sue Chrysanthou (bottom).

Trouble in paradise:How a Dalkeith verge dispute escaped millionaires’ row and wound up in court

It’s one of Perth’s most exclusive addresses,a quaint street lined by multimillion-dollar mansions with sweeping river views and perfectly manicured lawns. But a Supreme Court row over a verge has pulled back the curtain on life on Jutland Parade.

  • Jesinta Burton
Rachel Van Oyen was released from prison two days after she was sentenced.

WA mum out on bail two days after being jailed over twins’ car crash deaths

Rachel Van Oyen,32,was sentenced to two months behind bars on Wednesday over a crash that killed her seven-year-old daughters.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt