Prison escapee on the run in Perth taken back into custody
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Prison escapee on the run in Perth taken back into custody

Police have found 34-year-old Khe-Sanh Michealah Farrell after she escaped from the Boronia Pre-Release Centre for Women in Bentley.

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Woman charged over violent attacks at Kings Park war memorial

Woman charged over violent attacks at Kings Park war memorial

One victim was walking her dog near the memorial when she was allegedly kicked and punched a number of times before being struck with a water bottle to her face.

  • byMelissa Meehan
Texts sent after Colleen Rebelo’s death shows hostility between siblings,court told

Texts sent after Colleen Rebelo’s death shows hostility between siblings,court told

A series of messages sent between Andre Rebelo,who is on trial over the murder of his mum,his twin sister Monique and younger brother Fabian have been shown to the jury,revealing a tense relationship.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Strangers’ intervention over Perth toddler’s cries lands mother in court
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Strangers’ intervention over Perth toddler’s cries lands mother in court

A Perth court has heard harrowing details of the events that led to a young girl being placed into foster care after her heroin-addict mother failed to get her simple medical treatment.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Magistrate ‘not persuaded’ by Perth man’s brain injury plea in bid to avoid jail

Magistrate ‘not persuaded’ by Perth man’s brain injury plea in bid to avoid jail

Brett Maston sparked a manhunt in May when he cut off his ankle monitor while on home detention. Now claims he can’t stay in prison because the conditions are “inhumane”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Police hunt continues for man in Perth’s northern suburbs
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Police hunt continues for man in Perth’s northern suburbs

A police search remains under way for a man wanted over a string of offences who allegedly fled officers and disappeared into bushland in Perth’s northern suburbs,with fears he may have access to a firearm.

  • byJesinta Burton
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Over $100,000 in debt:Court hears how Andre Rebelo and Grace Piscopo’s glamorous life was funded

Over $100,000 in debt:Court hears how Andre Rebelo and Grace Piscopo’s glamorous life was funded

Publicly,the couple were living the high life but behind closed doors they were so broke Rebelo had to apply for centrelink payments and ultimately filed for bankruptcy in the face of massive credit card debt.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Man shot himself inside Perth emergency department after partner pronounced dead
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Man shot himself inside Perth emergency department after partner pronounced dead

A witness has claimed the man pulled out a homemade gun after his partner was pronounced dead by hospital staff.

  • byHolly Thompson andAmber Wilkinson
Perth dad laughed off concerns about malnourished daughter,court told

Perth dad laughed off concerns about malnourished daughter,court told

A child protection worker has told the trial of two Floreat parents their attempts to get the girl medically assessed were ignored and dismissed as “ludicrous”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Fake voicemail played to jury in Andre Rebelo murder trial
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Fake voicemail played to jury in Andre Rebelo murder trial

Colleen Rebelo’s long-time psychologist told the jury she was ‘distant’ with her son Andre Rebelo,who prosecutors allege killed her to cash in life insurance policies he had set up in her name.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Woman arrested after toddler punched in face at Perth shopping centre

Woman arrested after toddler punched in face at Perth shopping centre

A mother was holding her daughter when an attacker approached and lunged at them and struck the two-year-old girl in the face.

  • byHeather McNeill