Courts & Justice

Wounding chargeUltimatum for meth-addicted mum who stabbed partner

A Geraldton mother who stabbed her abusive partner in the shoulder with a knife has been told by a judge to stay clean or be sent straight to jail.

Adam Poulsen

Guilty pleasFormer WA footy talent to be sentenced over drugs, DV

Promising former Geraldton footballer Dale Ashley Wallam — who at one point attracted AFL interest — has pleaded guilty to a string of drug and domestic violence offences.

Adam Poulsen

Failed bidHalls Head ‘stabbing frenzy’ killer’s appeal fails

Michael Patrick Walker, who was found guilty of murdering young father Axel Boreski in a stabbing frenzy in Halls Head has failed in a bid to have his conviction overturned.

Shannon Hampton

Pinjarra arrestCops probe jealousy link in caravan park throttling

Rajpreet Singh is accused of throttling his wife’s former boss with a cord that allegedly left his victim ‘moments from death’.

Jake Dietsch

Huge drug haul$12m meth accused ‘smashed through window’ during raid

One of six men charged in connection with a $12 million drug bust this week jumped through a glass window when police busted into a home, it has been revealed.

Phil Hickey

High Court battleClive Palmer: WA’s border closure an ‘over response’

The High Court battle waged by Clive Palmer against the WA state government has kicked off with his lawyers claiming Mark McGowan’s restriction on interstate visitors was an ‘over response’.

Tim Clarke

Police pursuitAccused car jacker, police chase driver faces charges

A man accused of robbing an elderly victim’s car at gunpoint — then stealing another vehicle the next day and leading police on a chase through Perth — has appeared in court.

Emily Moulton

Bizarre mix-upMen hired for sex fantasy turn up at wrong house

Two men hired to carry out a stranger’s unusual sexual fetish involving machetes went to the wrong Sydney address, instead waking the wrong man while armed with machetes.

Margaret Scheikowski

Legal challenge failsEvidence ruling a blow for Trinity teachers’ abuse case

Admissions by two former Trinity College teachers about their alleged failures to report an incident of student sexual abuse during an overseas trip are admissible as evidence, a magistrate has ruled.

Tim Clarke

Charges deniedHostel fire murder accused claims blaze ‘not my doing’

The man accused of starting the fire which killed a resident at an East Perth backpackers hostel has told a court he has been “terrorised” by the allegations against him.

Tim Clarke

Parliament bombshellLaptop seized in expenses scandal probed for child porn

WA Attorney General John Quigley has told Parliament a laptop seized as part of an investigation into MPs’ expenses may contain material related to the ‘overseas sexual exploitation of minors’.

Peter Law & Peter de Kruijff

Murder sentenceLove rival jailed over frenzied stabbing murder

A man ‘fuelled by uncontrolled emotions of anger, retribution and revenge’ has been jailed over the murder of his love rival in a Northbridge apartment corridor. WARNING: Disturbing vision.

Shannon Hampton

Jail timeMan jailed over brutal Anzac Day attack on homeless man

A man has been jailed for more than four years over his “brutal and cowardly” Anzac Day attack on a homeless man in Geraldton, which ended with the victim suffering life-changing injuries.

Shannon Hampton

EXCLUSIVEDramatic scenes: Cops smash $12m ‘ice cartel’

WA Police officers have been captured swooping in to stop millions of dollars of meth hitting Perth’s streets in raids caught on camera. WATCH THE DRAMATIC ARRESTS.

Phil Hickey & Ben Harvey

Arson chargeBridge fire accused denied bail, damage bill set at $3m

A woman accused of setting fire to and destroying Wonnerup’s Tuart Drive bridge earlier this year has been denied bail, despite a duty lawyer saying she was ‘bycatch’ in the whole thing.

Shannon Verhagen

‘totally unacceptable’Child care ‘lost’ two three year olds in a week

EXCLUSIVE: The southern suburbs after-school care service lost one of the children through a gap in a fence before he was spotted 30 minutes later behind a reversing vehicle in the carpark.

Shannon Hampton

Pending applicationScott Austic’s bid for bail to be heard within weeks

The man whose conviction for murdering his secret lover Stacey Thorne was overturned on an historic second appeal will seek a release from prison — on bail — next month.

Tim Clarke

ExclusivePaperwork ‘debacle’ blamed for ‘Mr Big’s court no-show’

A “misunderstanding” has sparked a brief panic over the whereabouts of a suburban dad police say is a Mr Big in a Perth drug syndicate. But his lawyer says his non-appearance was her fault.

Shannon Hampton

System failPerth sex monster bailed three times before sick attack

A man who committed a terrifying sex attack on a teenage girl had been released on bail three times in the months leading up to the assault, despite opposition from police.

Phil Hickey

Animal crueltyMan fined after leaving dog with painful scrotum growth

WARNING: CONFRONTING IMAGES. A Perth man has copped a $3500 fine after leaving his American Bulldog with a growth so painful, no medication could help him.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Bail amendmentParents who ‘told kids they were sick’ allowed visits

Perth parents accused of tricking their three children into thinking they were seriously ill and subjecting them to ‘years of abuse’ have had their bail conditions changed so they can see their kids.

No-showArrest warrant issued for accused drug ring ‘Mr Big’

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Nikola Maksimovic — the suburban dad police say is a Mr Big of a Perth drug syndicate — after he failed to appear in court today.

Shannon Hampton

Mother killedCrash death truckie pleads not guilty to manslaughter

A truck driver accused of running a red light on a busy Perth highway before crashing into and killing a mother-of-three has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Shannon Hampton