A group of teenagers allegedly approached the victim before the assault,with others believed to have been filming the incident on their phones before posting the footage to social media.
The 29-year-old was sentenced on Tuesday in the Supreme Court of WA to a minimum of 25 years for the premeditated killing of his mum.
“I want to say to gun owners,and I think this is important,they need to know that we understand their concerns,” New Police Minister Reece Whitby said on Tuesday morning.
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The 28-year-old killed his mother in her Bicton home in May 2020. He will be sentenced on his birthday,with lawyers expecting a life term.
Police were called to the suburb in the city’s east just after midnight when the two men – who were known to each other – became embroiled in an altercation.
Ricky-Lee Cound was the first adult prisoner in WA to die in custody who had been formally diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Sally Greenham has been on the missing persons list for nearly 40 years. But her friends,family and even the police who investigated her disappearance believe she was killed.
Jaden Martinovich thought he could pass off bath salts as drugs and make himself $250. Instead,he’s facing life in jail after fatally stabbing a 17-year-old boy in a car park.
Rachel Van Oyen,32,was sentenced to two months behind bars on Wednesday over a crash that killed her seven-year-old daughters.