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Courts & JusticePremiumClive’s bid to sue Australia for $300bn heads to Europe

The colourful mining magnate is taking his latest court fight all the way to the Hague in the Netherlands in a battle that could conceivably cost every person in Australia $11,500.

Tim Clarke

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REVEALED: Perth hoons caught just hours after safety summit

Senior WA Police bosses have been left shaking their heads after traffic officers nabbed three alleged hoons in one day - and just 24 hours after a summit was held to address WA’s horror road toll.

Phil Hickey

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman claims meth was for personal use, baggies for buttons

An ‘antiques dealer’ says 15g of meth allegedly found in her home was for personal use, while clip-seal bags were for antique buttons, not drug dealing.

Tegan Guthrie

South Western TimesPremiumPemberton farmer cops life in prison for murder of local dad

A ‘paranoid’ Pemberton farmer ‘effectively executed’ a fellow local father he wrongly believed was stealing avocados from his orchard. 

Amber Lilley

Courts & justice PremiumFormer skimpy barmaid boss’ guns destroyed after DV claim

Police destroyed guns belonging to a former skimpy barmaid boss under reforms to WA’s firearms laws after he was charged with assaulting his wife, it can be revealed. 

Rachel Fenner

Courts & JusticePremiumATO nabs Perth man for $377,820 GST scheme

A Perth man has been sentenced to two years in jail after a $377,820 GST rort uncovered by the Australian Taxation Office.

Matt Mckenzie

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‘Vigilante’ teen accused of kidnapping storms out of court

A 16-year-old girl accused of committing a terrifying kidnapping with her mother that was filmed and posted online has been warned she faces detention over the ‘extremely serious’ attack on another teenager.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumSentencing date set after guilty plea for abusing child

A Great Southern man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child five times in eight months.

Melissa Sheil

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WA lawyers blow whistle on ‘huge problems’ at Hakea Prison

Lawyers who have clients inside one of WA’s biggest prisons say it’s become near impossible to talk to them, with one practitioner making more than 40 attempts to contact an inmate.

Phil Hickey

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WA man jailed in US for child sex abuse in new appeal bid

A WA man jailed for 40 years in Texas for sexually abusing children at a US summer camp is planning a fresh appeal in a matter of months.

Phil Hickey

Local government punishedPremiumCity fined $5000 for damaging Aboriginal heritage site

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been fined for firebreak works that caused damage to an Aboriginal site and deemed by a court to be ‘a failure’ of policy. 

Anneke de Boer

CrimePremiumFive juveniles to stand trial over Rangeway robbery

Five teenage boys accused of being part of a robbery where a senior Rangeway resident was hit in the face with a broomstick are set to go to trial, while a sixth boy intends to plead guilty.

Jessica Moroney

Gun thiefPremiumKid involved in gun burglary exposed to violence at home

A Geraldton teenager who helped his adult cousins steal six firearms from a shed in Moresby has avoided an immediate term of detention.

Jessica Moroney

courts & justicePremiumAlleged Mandurah train station stabber behind bars

A man charged over a stabbing at Mandurah train station is behind bars after appearing in court with an apparent black eye.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumSex offender ‘made business’ out of defiling multiple teens

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: Shocking details of the vile child sex crimes a Perth news cameraman committed against six teenage girls while inducing them to prostitute themselves have been revealed in court.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumMan accused of cable-tying kids claims he was threatened

A Broome man accused of restraining three Indigenous children with cable ties outside his home told police one of the children managed to escape and returned brandishing a knife.

Katya Minns and Natasha Clark

Courts & JusticePremiumAccused rapist claims woman was consenting in graphic video

The Perth father accused of recording himself raping multiple women that he had allegedly drugged claims he believed one of his alleged victims was consenting because they had sex before.

Emily Moulton

Courts & justicePremiumMore charges laid after calves run down near Geraldton

Police have charged a second person over an abhorrent case of animal cruelty where more than half a dozen young calves were deliberately run over in a vehicle near Geraldton.

Phil Hickey

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Police raid high-profile businessman’s Northbridge nightclub

WA Police have ratcheted up their focus on WA business playboy Yusuf Khan, raiding his Northbridge nightclub.

Ben Harvey

COURTS & JUSTICE PremiumMan resists arrest after ‘yelling abuse’ at police

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder man was left with a broken wrist and black eye during a drunken altercation with police after drinking at a venue in Boulder.

Anneke de Boer

Courts & JusticePremiumDefamation case under way between mayor and ratepayer

City of Canning mayor Patrick Hall was the target of a concerted effort to undermine his credibility by a ratepayer, a court has been told, forcing him to abandon his tilt at Federal politics.

Gabrielle Becerra Mellet

Crime & courtsPremiumTorture charges after man accused of beating small dog

A man allegedly seen punching a small dog in the head before throwing it into a trolley has fronted court.

Gabrielle Becerra Mellet

Courts and JusticePremiumAccused rapist claims he filmed woman to show her ‘laziness’

A civil engineer who allegedly drugged and violated more than a dozen women he met online claims he filmed himself with one of his alleged victims while she was passed out to ‘tease her’ about being ‘lazy’.

Emily Moulton

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman, 40, found living in squalor wearing nappies

A 40-year-old Perth woman was so dependent on her father that authorities found her bed-ridden in a maggot-infested room — wearing adult nappies which he would change as part of his complete control over her.

Tim Clarke