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A masseur convicted of sexually assaulting four women during their massage appointments has been banned from practising for 10 years.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth sex offender banned from massage practise for 10 years

The masseur remains behind bars after he was jailed for four years last year over the assaults of four clients seeking treatment for lower back or neck pain. 

Hannah Cross

A Denmark man was handed a suspended prison term for breaking into an Ocean Beach home and stealing a car, and trespassing on the Denmark Hotel’s accommodation.

courtsPremiumSuspended prison for Denmark man after burglary and trespass

A Denmark man has had his prison sentence suspended after he broke into an Ocean Beach holiday home to steal a car, which he later crashed, and trespassed on Denmark Hotel accommodation to use their bathroom.

Jacki Elezovich

A former doctor accused of creating AI-generated child exploitation material has been granted bail as police continue to comb his devices for further evidence.

CourtsPremiumCops raid home, arrest Perth doctor over child exploitation

The 68-year-old allegedly had eight devices containing vile material in his possession when police raided his home.

Hannah Cross

Graham Cyril Lane was at the Mandurah foreshore when he confronted a woman known to him about “rumours” she had been spreading about his criminal history.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremium‘Vicious’: Man handed jail time for assault with scissors

A 46-year-old man was at the Mandurah foreshore when he confronted a woman known to him about ‘rumours’ she had been spreading about his criminal history last year.

Ava Berryman

Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright are being sued by a group of passengers injured in an airboat accident in 2023.

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Tourists sue Matt and Kaia Wright over horror airboat crash

A group of tourists have launched Federal Court action against Matt and Kaia Wright, and Top End Safari Camp, alleging unconscionable conduct contributing to the horror airboat crash that resembled a ‘warzone’.

Kristin Shorten

Young driver accused of careless driving in Beaufort River fatal crash faces court for first appearance.

courtsPremiumYoung driver in court on careless driving charges over fatal

A young Kojonup man accused of careless driving in a crash that caused the death of a woman and left another with serious injuries has made his first court appearance in Albany. 

Jacki Elezovich

CBH Group's upgraded Broomehill receival site.

CourtPremiumSupreme Court knocks back appeal, CBH ordered to pay up

WA’s grain handling giant has been ordered to cough up more than $22 million for a rapid loading station build in the Great Southern following a failed Supreme Court appeal.

Georgia Campion

A Goldfields mining worker who cashed in $225,000 in exchange for 4.3kg of gold he stole in an audacious heist has been jailed for more than three years. WA Police

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumMine worker who cashed in stolen gold after heist sentenced

A Goldfields mining worker who cashed 4.3kg of stolen gold in exchange for $225,000 after an audacious heist involving his brother-in-law boss has learnt his fate.

Jessica Evensen

Dr Chia Liang Saw was first charged with persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16 and possessing child exploitation material after he was allegedly caught sexually abusing a child patient at his workplace last month.

Courts & JusticePremiumDoctor allegedly sent explicit emails to victim at school

A paediatrician allegedly recorded himself molesting his patients and sent sexually explicit emails to one of his alleged victims while they were at school, a court has heard.

Jessica Evensen

A court has found Rex and its former executive chairman misled the market with a profit forecast. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

CourtsPremiumRex misled market with big talk before $31.7m loss

Australia's corporate regulator has succeeded in a case against a cash-strapped carrier, which boasted it would deliver profits before turning in a large loss.

Alex Mitchell

New details have emerged about Simon Peter Carman (main, inset top) accused of murdering teenager Tunchanok Donhomla (bottom right) and stuffing her body into a suitcase.

CrimeVideoPremium‘Seedy’: New details of Perth man accused of Thai murder

Details have emerged about the man accused of the horrific murder of a Thai teenager, with neighbours saying he was often embroiled in arguments, bragged about owning guns and was known to sleep the entire day.

Caleb Runciman and Kristin Shorten

The man admitted it was an ‘act of retribution’.

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Cousin’s affair sparks car fire rampage in Landsdale

A man blinded by rage as he allegedly smashed the windows of his cousin’s car before dousing it in petrol and setting it alight has admitted in court it was ‘an act of retribution’ for sleeping with his wife. 

Hannah Cross

Attorney General Tony Buti admitted the disruption had not been ideal but heralded the agreement.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumRegional WA courts to reopen after deal struck with police

Remote WA courtrooms forced closed over a security staffing dispute will reopen three weeks earlier than anticipated, with video link hearings to resume immediately.

Oliver Lane

A Jerramungup school bus driver has been sentenced for a horror truck crash that hospitalised two children with severe injuries.

Courts & justice PremiumSentence for Jerramungup bus driver involved in horror crash

A Jerramungup bus driver who failed to give way to a road train and caused a crash that left two children with serious injuries, including a brain bleed and spinal fractures, has received a suspended jail term.

Jacki Elezovich

The Federal Court found Mercer’s systems for telling ASIC about reportable problems were inadequate for almost three years, from October 2021 to September 2024.

BusinessPremiumSuper giant fined $10.3m after dead members charged premiums

The super fund failed to report investigations into serious member issues, with the Federal Court finding the corporate watchdog’s oversight was seriously compromised.

Ryan Johnson

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & Justice PremiumBail hopes dashed for fisherman on drugs, weapons charges

An Esperance fisherman who is alleged to have collected a “suspicious” package from Australia Post which contained more than 50g of meth before police swapped it out for a decoy has had his bail hopes dashed.

Tegan Guthrie

Cat breeder and WA teacher Michelle Harris was sentenced on Friday after a shocking number of ragdoll and Russian blue cats were found living in poor conditions in her backyard.

CrimePremiumWA teacher fined for keeping 38 cats in shocking conditions

A WA teacher and member of a pet breeding network which advocates for the ‘ethical and responsible ownership of cats’ has been fined for a shocking case of animal cruelty.

Caleb Runciman

Mandurah teenager Will James King pictured outside court.

Courts & JusticePremiumMandurah teen who threatened to kill Albanese learns fate

A teenager who threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns has been sentenced in a Mandurah court.

Ava Berryman

The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimePremiumTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Six vulnerable children have been rescued in the Philippines following an international investigation into an Albany man accused of child abuse offences.

Courts & JusticePremiumPolice rescue kids as man charged over vile abuse material

Six vulnerable children have been rescued in the Philippines following an international investigation into an Albany man accused of child abuse offences.

A French national has been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs in a container labelled as body wash, as well as ingesting steroid tablets, at Perth International Airport.

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman faces charges over smuggling date-rape drug

A French national has been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs in a container labelled as body wash, as well as ingesting steroid tablets, at Perth International Airport.

Claire Sadler

The 19-year-old driver has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted unlawfully to kill.

CRIMEPremiumDriver hit with murder charge after fatal WA crash

A driver will face murder charges after a woman was killed and two other occupants injured in a deadly Mid West collision. 

Claire Sadler

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan denies petrol and arson threats

A man has denied he poured petrol at the front door of the home his partner was hiding inside while threatening to “burn the house down”.

Tegan Guthrie

After fighting fraud charges for years, Bret Silvey is now behind bars until April 2035.

Courts & JusticePremiumHigh-profile Perth fraudster has sentence application denied

The brother of disgraced Fremantle author Craig Silvey was jailed for three counts of gains benefit by fraud after swindling a WA property developer out of $71 million.

Jessica Evensen