Woman raped and robbed in her Mandurah home
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Woman raped and robbed in her Mandurah home

Police have arrested a man over the aggravated burglary and sex assault of a woman in her home,after a chase that ended when they spiked his tyres.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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Woman who ran Albany family day care charged with rape of young boy

Woman who ran Albany family day care charged with rape of young boy

A 61-year-old woman has been charged by police who allege she abused a boy aged four and five years old who was in her care in the 1990s.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Barry Cable pleads not guilty to 1960s sexual abuse of child

Barry Cable pleads not guilty to 1960s sexual abuse of child

WA Police last week charged Cable with seven offences dating back to 1967. He will now head to trial.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘We were failed,too’:Lynn Cannon’s family devastated over Floreat murders

‘We were failed,too’:Lynn Cannon’s family devastated over Floreat murders

The sister of a Perth woman murdered by her ex-husband in 2022 claims the family of the Floreat killer was failed by police,and her family went through “the same situation”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt,Hamish Hastie andClaire Ottaviano
Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

The state’s police commissioner has flagged an internal probe into three interactions the family of Mark Bombara had with police before his explosion of violence.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie
How police narrowed a 3500-strong family tree down to just one:an alleged rapist

How police narrowed a 3500-strong family tree down to just one:an alleged rapist

WA Police began with 3500 potential suspects in the 1991 sex assault. Groundbreaking technology helped them to narrow it down to one accused perpetrator.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt
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‘I want answers’:Daughter of Floreat killer warned police about ‘imminent threat to our lives’

‘I want answers’:Daughter of Floreat killer warned police about ‘imminent threat to our lives’

Mark Bombara’s daughter Ariel Bombara says serious concerns about her father and his guns were raised with WA Police multiple times in the lead up to the murders.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Aged care worker who strangled 70-year-old WA woman to death had a fixation on serial killers

Aged care worker who strangled 70-year-old WA woman to death had a fixation on serial killers

His own defence lawyer said it seemed extraordinary that someone with Jacob Hoysted’s background was left to care for vulnerable people.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Two women killed,man dead,after shooting in Floreat home

Two women killed,man dead,after shooting in Floreat home

WA Police have confirmed a man in his 60s killed two women,before turning the gun on himself.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHolly Thompson
Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Halimi killed his new wife at their home in 2020 and is serving a term of life in prison with a minimum of 19 years.

  • byEmily Woods
‘Audacious’:Over $6 million worth of drugs found hidden on cargo ship in Fremantle
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‘Audacious’:Over $6 million worth of drugs found hidden on cargo ship in Fremantle

Australian Border Force intercepted 120kg of MDMA using sniffer dogs after the ship docked in WA on its way to NSW in February.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt