John Burdon has had two manslaughter charges dropped after a witness came forward to say that he was not driving the boat at the time.
Raymond Henry Pianto was allegedly driving erratically through Bayswater on Tuesday when he ploughed into several cars and a 52-year-old construction worker.
Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter,as well as social,emotional and functional neglect.
The 28-year-old teared up on the witness stand as prosecutors accused her of lying about the whereabouts of Andre Rebelo on the morning his mother died.
The last witness to be called in Andre Rebelo’s murder trial was revealed to be his famous ex-girlfriend and mother of their son,Grace Piscopo.
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She had planned to speak in their support but never made it into the courtroom.
State prosecutors have accused Andre Rebelo of lying about the reason he went to his mother’s house on the morning she died.
The woman at the centre of a trial over the alleged malnourishment of her teenage daughter has been accused of cutting off family members who raised concerns about the girl.
Andre Rebelo is accused of killing his mum to claim more than a million dollars in life insurance policies he took out in her name a week before she died.
The 28-year-old told the court he saw his mum on the morning that she died but did not kill her.