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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As it happened:WA news on Friday,June 28

As it happened:WA news on Friday,June 28

Our live news blog is the place to be to ensure you keep up with WA news as it breaks all day.

  • byDaile Cross
‘Oppressive and unjust’:WA Police slammed by CCC for wrongful arrest of 14-year-old girl
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‘Oppressive and unjust’:WA Police slammed by CCC for wrongful arrest of 14-year-old girl

Officers were reprimanded after the heavy-handed arrest of a girl walking home from a friend’s house,but the CCC has criticised three internal investigations.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘Evil twin’:Palmyra man allegedly faked WiFi networks to steal personal info

‘Evil twin’:Palmyra man allegedly faked WiFi networks to steal personal info

Michael Clapsis,42,was arrested after an airline employee noticed a suspicious WiFi network during a domestic flight in April.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Ex-Collingwood player granted bail following deaths of two WA women

Ex-Collingwood player granted bail following deaths of two WA women

Two elderly women described as the “backbone of their community” were killed this month when their car collided with one allegedly driven by Shannon Cox.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Perth man allegedly took out hit on father-in-law living in India
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Perth man allegedly took out hit on father-in-law living in India

WA Police launched an investigation after they were contacted by Indian authorities who were looking into the attack on a 65-year-old man in Kahlon Village.

  • 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
Fifty raids across Perth as alleged $10 million illegal tobacco business busted
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Fifty raids across Perth as alleged $10 million illegal tobacco business busted

Nine people have been arrested and charged after a joint investigation allegedly unearthed a lucrative illegal tobacco business operating in WA.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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
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
Former PM prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds,Higgins row

Former PM prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds,Higgins row

Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses to enter the witness box for the WA senator’s high-stakes defamation trial against her former staffer.

  • byJesinta Burton