Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage

Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage

The 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to threatening fellow students and staff with a box cutter at the prestigious public school in Perth’s western suburbs.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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Elderly WA couple’s five-year fight ends in eviction from their home
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Elderly WA couple’s five-year fight ends in eviction from their home

Beryl and Ray Taylor poured their life savings into a lease-for-life scheme near Mandurah. Now they are about to be homeless.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids

Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids

Mat Radelic,45,denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson
Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive

Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive

The 17-year-old driver of the ute that crashed in North Lake,killing his mate,has been charged with manslaughter.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide

WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide

A WA Police officer is believed to have taken his own life overnight in a Perth facility,with an investigation now under way.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Young driver dies after car smashed to pieces in horror Perth crash

Young driver dies after car smashed to pieces in horror Perth crash

A 23-year-old man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree and smashed into pieces in Perth,with the confronting scene “traumatising” police.

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Australian indoor women’s hockey coach stood down over child sex abuse charges

Australian indoor women’s hockey coach stood down over child sex abuse charges

Lauren Austin,39,appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Friday in relation to allegations that she indecently dealt with and sexually penetrated a child.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt
Alleged Nollamara hit-and-run driver fronts court
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Alleged Nollamara hit-and-run driver fronts court

The 65-year-old is alleged to have hit a man near the intersection of Ravenswood Drive and Hillsborough Drive on Sunday,leaving him for dead.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson
Perth dentist found guilty of drink spiking and rape of Tinder dates

Perth dentist found guilty of drink spiking and rape of Tinder dates

Farzam Mehrabi,34,is accused of meeting the women,all aged between 18 and 20,in various Perth bars before inviting them back to his parents’ house in Shelley.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
How one man ran a lucrative drug business from Perth immigration detention
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How one man ran a lucrative drug business from Perth immigration detention

He was locked up for dealing and as a consequence facing deportation to New Zealand. While waiting,he upped the ante and ramped up his business – with a little help from his friends.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘Psychosis’ made Perth man sexually assault little girl:lawyers

‘Psychosis’ made Perth man sexually assault little girl:lawyers

He admitted breaking into a stranger’s house and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl. But this Perth man is claiming he cannot be found guilty.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt