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‘Big night out’ ends with Perth man allegedly entering wrong house, shot by owner
A man who was shot when he allegedly broke into a home in Perth’s southern suburbs on Sunday morning claims he was drunk and accidentally stumbled into the wrong house.
- by Heather McNeill and Rebecca Peppiatt
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Dead body washes up in East Perth
Police said the body of a man was located alongside the waters edge.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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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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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
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
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
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
‘I kicked her in the face’: Man admits assaulting wife after witnessing her alleged rape
A man has given evidence that he smashed through a glass window to get to his wife after he witnessed her in a sexual encounter with a Como restaurateur.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA man who fought deportation dies seven months after his release
Robert Taylor was facing deportation to the UK under strict immigration laws despite living in Australia his whole life. His fight to be released back to his family was eventually successful.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Psychotic WA prisoner’s warning days before killing paedophile inmate
A court has heard how Evan James Martin spoke of killing people and drinking their blood and repeatedly asked for mental health help in the lead up to killing a fellow prisoner with his bare hands.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt