Ballet teacher tells court of ‘aggressive’ response from Floreat parents over daughter’s weight concerns

Ballet teacher tells court of ‘aggressive’ response from Floreat parents over daughter’s weight concerns

The parents are facing allegations they starved their teenage daughter,treated her like a young child,denied her medical attention,and lied about her age.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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‘Do the right thing’:Perth mother’s plea after son dies in horror weekend of crashes

‘Do the right thing’:Perth mother’s plea after son dies in horror weekend of crashes

George Te Kani was one of three young men who died after the vehicle they were passengers in veered off Orrong Road about 5am on Saturday and crashed into a tree and house.

  • byCameron Myles
A teenager,but she looked 11:Wealthy Floreat couple face trial over malnourished daughter
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A teenager,but she looked 11:Wealthy Floreat couple face trial over malnourished daughter

A Floreat couple have been accused of starving their teenage daughter,leading to life-threatening malnutrition,osteoporosis and restricted growth.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘No one wants to see that’:Perth Judge slams serial Dome café flasher,tells him to stay home if he can’t stop
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‘No one wants to see that’:Perth Judge slams serial Dome café flasher,tells him to stay home if he can’t stop

“No one wants to see your penis. No one wants to see your testicles. Understand that,” the Judge told the 65-year-old Baldivis man.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Driver charged after Perth crash leaves three dead,two fighting for life

Driver charged after Perth crash leaves three dead,two fighting for life

Three men have died and two are fighting for life after a vehicle crashed into an unoccupied home in Carlisle,in Perth’s east,about 5am on Saturday.

  • byNeve Brissenden
‘You’ll never see me back here,Your Honour’:WA man tells magistrate weeks before killing man

‘You’ll never see me back here,Your Honour’:WA man tells magistrate weeks before killing man

Glen Boyce had been released from prison for attempting to stab a man in the neck with a screwdriver. Weeks later he killed an innocent man.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Mum found guilty of stabbing partner to death in West Perth home

Mum found guilty of stabbing partner to death in West Perth home

The jury took two days to come to a majority verdict. There were audible gasps from a packed gallery as it was read out on Thursday afternoon.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Violent WA tobacco shop robbery a fake,police claim

Violent WA tobacco shop robbery a fake,police claim

Police arrested two people on August 28 and charged both with creating false beliefs and several other drug and stealing offences.

  • byMichael Stamp
Accused killer’s car spotted outside mum’s Bicton house on morning of her death:court
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Accused killer’s car spotted outside mum’s Bicton house on morning of her death:court

Pearl Fleming,Colleen Rebelo’s sister,told a Supreme Court jury she drove past her home on the day she died and saw Andre Rebelo’s car parked outside.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Detainee handed hefty jail sentence for running ‘brazen’ drugs business from Yongah Hill
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Detainee handed hefty jail sentence for running ‘brazen’ drugs business from Yongah Hill

Andrew Hickling imported drugs and dirty money into WA,running a lucrative business all while incarcerated at Northam’s Yongah Hill Detention Centre.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘Not going to do something silly’:Nicheliving boss recounts scuffle with veteran reporter
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‘Not going to do something silly’:Nicheliving boss recounts scuffle with veteran reporter

In his only sit-down interview following a horror year for his company,Ronnie Michel-Elhaj discussed what was running through his mind in the lead-up to the tussle.

  • byHamish Hastie