‘That was my true love,’ Perth man told cops moments after stabbing partner to death

‘That was my true love,’ Perth man told cops moments after stabbing partner to death

Julian Pau has been sentenced for the murder of mother of five Vitorina Bruce,who was found unresponsive and suffering from stab wounds in a Perth hotel corridor.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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‘Postcard Bandit’ sues WA government for wrongful imprisonment

‘Postcard Bandit’ sues WA government for wrongful imprisonment

He will challenge the constitutional validity of laws which require an inmate returned to prison after an escape to serve an additional period of imprisonment equal to one-third of the time they were at large,on top of the time they had yet to serve.

  • byAbe Maddison
Members of public help cops track down teens after stabbing near Perth shopping centre

Members of public help cops track down teens after stabbing near Perth shopping centre

Two 16-year-olds will appear in Perth’s Children’s Court on Monday charged with armed robbery and grievous bodily harm.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Perth man charged with manslaughter of 11-year-old boy

Perth man charged with manslaughter of 11-year-old boy

Police allege Cassidy James Johnstone assaulted Levi Mippy when he was an eight-month-old baby,leaving him with catastrophic injuries that led to his death more than a decade later.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andJamie Freestone
Perth man guilty of bludgeoning eight-months-pregnant lover to death

Perth man guilty of bludgeoning eight-months-pregnant lover to death

A Perth jury has returned a guilty verdict for a man who has been on trial for seven weeks over using a claw hammer to kill an expectant mother in her home.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Perth cosmetic doctor high on drugs

Perth cosmetic doctor high on drugs

Dr Ilan Josephs claimed he was one of Perth’s leading cosmetic medical professionals. This week he was struck off for professional misconduct.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Mandurah man claims he killed kangaroos as ‘part of culture’

Mandurah man claims he killed kangaroos as ‘part of culture’

The 23-year-old’s family spoke outside court on Tuesday,claiming animal rights activists and the police are interfering with Aboriginal people’s way of life.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andrachael clifford
Friends killed in WA crash were ‘backbone of their community’

Friends killed in WA crash were ‘backbone of their community’

Thelma Clausen and Coral Seinor from Jurien Bay were killed last Friday in a car crash – over which former Collingwood AFL player Shannon Cox has been arrested.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Ex-detainee to fight allegations he bashed Perth grandmother

Ex-detainee to fight allegations he bashed Perth grandmother

An immigration detainee whose release sparked national outrage after he was accused of brutally bashing a grandmother is likely to plead not guilty to the alleged crime.

  • byAaron Bunch
International student fighting for life after ‘one punch attack’ in Perth
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International student fighting for life after ‘one punch attack’ in Perth

Geeth Madushanka,28,was at a Langford fuel station last weekend when he was coward punched in a random attack that has left him fighting for his life.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Double-murderer had 10cm cyst pushing on brain:health worker
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Double-murderer had 10cm cyst pushing on brain:health worker

Health workers worried about Mark Bombara’s behaviour before he murdered two Perth women,calling him a “very unwell man”,were aghast to learn he owned guns.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt