Courts & Justice

Northbridge bashingMan charged over sickening club manager attack

A Girrawheen man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a violent brawl early Saturday morning left the manager of a popular Northbridge nightclub fighting for his life.

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Man scolded with boiling water by fellow Hakea prisoner

A prisoner who hurled a bucket of boiling water at an “unsuspecting” inmate in Hakea prison — leaving him with burns to 30 per cent of his body — has been jailed for an extra four years.

Shannon Hampton

Psychia-trystPerth psych struck off after patient sex, drugs scandal

A Perth psychiatrist has been struck off after starting a sexual relationship with a vulnerable grieving patient and prescribing her drugs she did not need.

Angela Pownall

Conspiracy linksTrudeau gatecrasher faces 22 weapons, threats charges

A military reservist who allegedly crashed his truck through a gate on the grounds where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives was charged with 22 crimes yesterday.

Love nightmare‘I hate women’: Dating app ‘stalker preyed on 23 women’

A Perth man accused of using several dating sites and social media accounts to stalk numerous women and habitually abuse them has been remanded in custody.

Sarah Steger

HOPE DOWNSRinehart fights to keep family row behind closed doors

The iron ore billionaire has asked WA’s top court to delay claims on Hope Downs until her private battle with children John and Biana sorted in confidential mediation

Neale Prior

SEE THE PHOTOSNSW man extradited to WA after drug haul bust

Houssam El-Jamal has been extradited to WA and will face court accused of supplying almost 4kg of methamphetamine and 2kg of cocaine that was seized by detectives in Bayswater last January.

Rourke Walsh

City protestStatue vandal too poor for court fine

A Perth musician who painted an Aboriginal flag on a statue of WA’s first governor Captain James Stirling because of his ‘strong social conscience’ learnt his fate today.

Emily Moulton

Prison attackChild sex accused teenager attacked in prison

A WA teenager charged with more than 200 child sex offences for allegedly abusing boys as young as three has been attacked in prison.

Emily Moulton

Dating sitesWA ‘stalker’ accused of texting women 100 times a day

A 33-year-old man has been accused of stalking and threatening 20 women he interacted with on dating sites in Perth, as well as harassing some of their family members online.

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Legal tangleCellar door sales claim latest twist in Ferngrove feud

Upmarket Frankland River winery Ferngrove and its founder Murray Burton are locked in a tit-for-tat legal battle over a soured cellar door sales arrangement.

Neale Prior

Home invasion arrestFourth man charged over violent home invasion

A fourth man has been charged and will face court over a violent home invasion in Gosnells last week. Police say two suspects are still on the run.

‘It was an inferno’Golden Bay man faces court over alleged boat arson

Cory Peter Gardiner, 22, faced court yesterday charged with causing almost $40,000 worth of damage when he allegedly set fire to a pontoon and house boat and poured fuel on a car and granny flat.

Jake Dietsch

Charges laidMan charged after puppy snatched from home

A 34-year-old Armadale man has been charged after a puppy was taken from outside a Huntingdale home on Tuesday.

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Perth music tutor no jailbird despite drug test fail

A former voice coach at a prestigious private girls’ school has avoided jail for a second time despite testing positive to methamphetamine while on a suspended prison sentence for drug possession.

Shannon Hampton

FBI investigationEpstein associate Maxwell arrested in US

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in New Hampshire.

Gabriella Borter

Abduction fearsSex offender walks free despite sick note to kids

A man who approached two young girls at a Mandurah playground before dropping a note reading ‘want more follow me’ with a $1 coin and an open condom packet stuck to it — has walked free from court.

Shannon Hampton

Shocking details revealedTeacher who sent sexual texts to ex-student avoids jail

The ex-student of a former Guildford Grammar teacher who admitted sending her sexually explicit messages says the ordeal has left her so traumatised she is physically unable to attend university.

Emily Moulton

WantedManhunt for final two suspects in Gosnells break-in

Detectives have charged three people over a violent home invasion in Gosnells but say two more suspects remain on the run and could be armed and dangerous.

Rourke Walsh

‘Watch this space’Top cop’s ominous warning to Mercanti over funeral trip

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson has fired off a warning shot to career criminal Troy Mercanti for his trip to NSW to attend a bikie funeral, saying it was getting ‘full attention’ from WA Police.

Michael Traill and Josh Zimmerman

Duty of careSpeeding motorist complains police let him keep driving

An Albany man has accused police of putting the community at risk by allowing him to continue driving his pregnant wife to Perth airport after he was caught travelling at nearly 170km/h.

Liam Croy

Speaking outGuy Sebastian’s former manager charged with fraud

Guy Sebastian’s long-term manager, who had a bitter falling out with him in 2017, has been arrested over suspicions he defrauded the singer of more than $1 million over seven years.

Nick Hansen and Jonathon Moran

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Accused Port fraud couple lived in suburban ‘palace’

Skip bins, tilers and expensive house fixtures were a common sight outside an otherwise ordinary looking home at the centre of an alleged $1 million fraud scheme running out of Fremantle Port.

Phil Hickey and Sarah Steger

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CBH former chair Newman sues ex-director for defamation

The court action is another twist in the bitter saga between Newdegate farmer and former CBH chair Wally Newman and Pingelly farmer and former director John Hassell.

Cally Dupe