Courts
WA daycare fined thousands after child scratched, had ear and cheek bitten
Educators at Kids HQ Jacaranda in High Wycombe left a group of children unsupervised when a fight broke out, leaving a two-year-old was with injuries to their hands and face.
- by Holly Thompson
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Crime
Rottnest identity Peter Minekus walks free after sentencing over child sex offences
Minekus, a well-known employee at the island’s general store, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two assaults against a child in the 1980s.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Jail likely for Perth school shooter in Australian-first case
A teenage boy who opened fire at a school in Perth’s north, plunging it into lockdown, will likely be jailed in what is an Australian-first case.
- by Holly Thompson
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Leederville
Teenage boy jailed for ‘frightening’ late night Lake Monger sex assaults
The 14-year-old at one point had a bright sporting future ahead of him, will now spend months behind bars after he attacked two women exercising at the park.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth
Serial shoplifters to face jail time in crackdown on stealing in WA
Law reforms remove the “fine only” penalty limit where a person is convicted of a stealing and has two or more prior convictions in the past year.
- by Daile Cross, Jesinta Burton and Hamish Hastie
Perth couple arrested over repeated hospital thefts
The couple is accused of targeting patients, staff and visitors across a number of Perth hospitals, including an elderly woman who was being treated on a ward.
- by Heather McNeill
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WA
Pilbara father who tried to drown son in ocean claims he was baptising him
The man’s actions were thwarted by a group of women attending a nearby fitness class, who fought with the father to pry the five-year-old boy from his grip.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Car thief denies murdering WA Police officer Anthony Woods
Reagan Ainsley Chown he denied the charge of murder, but pleaded guilty to stealing a car and driving recklessly to avoid pursuit by police.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA man fights for right to ‘die with dignity’ in first-of-its-kind SAT hearing
The State Administrative Tribunal sought free legal representation for the man, who in a state first challenged a decision not to let him die when he wanted.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth nurse banned for stealing masks during national COVID PPE shortage
Selvarani Burwood pressured students under her supervision to help her steal face masks from a Perth hospital at the height of coronavirus panic in March 2020.
- by Melissa Meehan
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Disability
Perth family shattered after autistic son trapped in car on 40-degree day
The family of a severely autistic man who was left inside a sweltering car for hours while his support worker shopped has been devastated by the ordeal.
- by Michael Genovese