Mother jailed after she injected disabled daughter with near-fatal dose of insulin
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Mother jailed after she injected disabled daughter with near-fatal dose of insulin

A 42-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after a jury found her guilty of endangering the life of her disabled daughter,by injecting her with a near-fatal dose of insulin as a cry for help.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson

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Perth business student jailed over revenge porn threats
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Perth business student jailed over revenge porn threats

When his girlfriend broke up with him,the 27-year-old retaliated with a campaign of revenge porn threats that landed him behind bars.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
AFL star Marlion Pickett pleads not guilty to stealing more than $380,000 in Perth
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AFL star Marlion Pickett pleads not guilty to stealing more than $380,000 in Perth

The Richmond player was arrested last year in connection to a spate of commercial thefts. On Thursday,he formally denied having any involvement and will take the matter to trial.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Mum’s appeal for daughter missing in Perth for five days
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Mum’s appeal for daughter missing in Perth for five days

Police and family have appealed for information on the whereabouts of Tahlia Prior who turned 27 today but has not been seen by her family since last Friday.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘Do the right thing’:Danny Hodgson’s plea as state tries to railroad lawsuit
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‘Do the right thing’:Danny Hodgson’s plea as state tries to railroad lawsuit

The State Solicitor’s Office has lodged an application to overturn a compensation bid by one punch attack victim Danny Hodgson.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Guilty plea over severed leg on highway,hammer attack
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Guilty plea over severed leg on highway,hammer attack

A man accused of running down another man with a ute,reportedly severing his leg before attacking him with a hammer,has pleaded guilty to attempted murder.

  • byAaron Bunch
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Nick Martin’s assassin has written a book in prison,but doesn’t want the man accused of hiring him to read it
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Nick Martin’s assassin has written a book in prison,but doesn’t want the man accused of hiring him to read it

The hit man allegedly hired by Mongols bikie David Pye to assassinate Nike Martin wants the contents of an autobiography he wrote in prison to be kept secret.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’:Former Children’s Court judge
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WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’:Former Children’s Court judge

The retired judge slammed the department that oversees youth justice in WA,telling an inquest he had predicted the tragedy that came to pass last October.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Four decades later she tried to kill him
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Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Four decades later she tried to kill him

She described their marriage as “lovely” and said she loved her husband to bits. Now she’s been sentenced to nine years behind bars for attempted murder.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Dodgy Perth dealer fined a second time over illegal car trading business
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Dodgy Perth dealer fined a second time over illegal car trading business

Jacob Hamilton copped a $40,000 fine two years ago for running a car sales business in Stirling without a license. Within weeks he was back at it.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Perth nurse who tried to kill ill husband collapses after hearing sentence
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Perth nurse who tried to kill ill husband collapses after hearing sentence

Wendy Sym was suffering from carer’s burnout and had “hit the end of her tether” when she injected a lethal dose of insulin into her husband while he was in hospital.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt