The sister of Yamatji woman JC who was fatally shot by a police officer on a Geraldton street six years ago says she’s ‘appalled’ and ‘disgusted’ by the findings and recommendations from WA’s chief coroner.
Kate Campbell, Josephine Hingst & Jenny Schon
Prison officers uncovered an alarming plot involving up to nine inmates.
Kate Campbell
WA’s top police officer has confirmed he will be calling on the Government for tougher penalties for cop killers after a meth-fuelled car thief was jailed for the manslaughter of a young constable.
Sarah Steger
Reagan Ainslie Chown — the meth-fuelled car thief who killed a young constable in the line of duty — has been sentenced.
A 56-year-old woman has been charged with 260 offences after allegedly stealing $710,000 in company funds from her employer over eight years.
Jessica Evensen
A 45-year-old man from Kingsley has been charged by detectives from the child abuse squad.
Liam Murphy
WA’s chief coroner has found a police officer who shot and killed an Indigenous woman in Geraldton acted “too hastily” and that her death could have been prevented.
Shannon Hampton
The bikies suspected of murdering Kalgoorlie woman Lisa Govan have escaped blame after a coronial inquest failed to pinpoint the cause of the 28-year-old’s death.
Ben Harvey
The trial of a man accused of the cold case murder of his wife almost 40 years ago has been delayed until next year as the accused undergoes chemotherapy in hospital.
Sarah Crawford and Rebecca Le May
The man submitted an application in September 2023 while unemployed, but stated he was working in child-related work as a Willetton Basketball Association coach.
Dylan Caporn
During their sentencing on Wednesday morning, the District Court of WA was told the trio’s actions on June 1 had caused a state of emergency that left many workers fearful of a major explosion or fire.
Two burglars broke into a home in Perth’s south and threatened the occupants with a knife before fleeing.
Australia’s most notorious prison escapee is challenging the legality of his imprisonment almost a decade after he was locked up in WA.
The coroner presiding over the inquest into Cleveland Dodd’s death — the first juvenile in WA to die in custody — said he may recommend a special inquiry be set up into how Unit 18 was established.
Sarah Crawford
In sentencing the brothers, Judge Linda Petrusa told them, ‘this was a persistent attack by the two of you on this defenceless old man’.
Judge calls for ‘sensible exchange’ after corporate jetsetter Mladen Ninkov wins injunction over Dalkeith neighbour Alan McKail’s new motorised patio.
Neale Prior
A former local health service worker who admitted to producing, distributing and possessing child exploitation material has been released on bail.
Tegan Guthrie
A man who had his arm cut off in a ‘violent incident’ breached a family violence restraining order by reaching out to his ex-partner after the ‘traumatising experience’.
Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had a trial allocation hearing delayed by one month.
Natasha Clark
A Baldivis childcare centre has been fined $45,000 for inadequately supervising a two-year-old child who was found alone on the side of a busy road after wandering away from a bush excursion.
Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid’ after it was revealed thousands of people were calling the emergency hotline with idiotic requests.
An inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd — the first juvenile to die in custody in WA — has been told that Corrective Services staff had come to ‘accept the unacceptable’ in how they treated young offenders.
A teen allegedly murdered by her housemates will be laid to rest in a funeral service as loved ones remember the ‘free-spirited’ girl.
Savannah Meacham
Sea sickness, a ‘lack of planning’ and more than 300kg of cocaine resulted in the spectacular criminal failure which led authorities to one of the most bizarre drug seizures in WA history.
Caleb Runciman
