A Peppermint Grove accountant has been convicted of stealing millions from a wealthy chicken farmer to fund his lavish lifestyle, a jury rejecting claims he was the victim of a ‘revenge’ crusade.
Shannon Hampton
It’s easy to say mistakes were made in the tragic case of this 11-year-old girl but her death must bring more than hand-wringing and pledges to investigate what went wrong. What went wrong is obvious.
Police have admitted they made a mistake by granting bail to an alleged sex offender whose 11-year-old victim Annaliesse Ugle took her own life weeks after he was allowed to walk free.
Annabel Hennessy and Daryna Zadvirna
A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after he was slashed during a fight at a Perth school, just a week after another student was allegedly chased and stabbed with a kitchen knife.
Sarah Steger and Caitlyn Rintoul
Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk has been challenged by allegations young Perth girls have been sexually abused by fellow group-home members in WA government care housing.
Charlotte Elton
In a stunning admission WA Police said they ‘take ownership’ of the fact they should have opposed bail for an accused sex abuser, whose 11-year-old victim took her own life after he walked free.
Daryna Zadvirna
Two men have been arrested over the death of Victorian Jarrad Lovison, a day after a 24-year-old woman was charged with his murder.
Karen Sweeney
The tragic suicide of an 11-year-old girl has sparked calls to reform the Bail Act.
Josh Zimmerman
Three men have appeared in a Melbourne court charged with the shooting murder of a tradie three months ago.
Georgie Moore
Deputy Premier Roger Cook said this morning he expects the Department of Justice will conduct a formal inquiry into the suicide of an 11-year-old girl after her alleged sex abuser was granted bail.
Josh Zimmerman, Peter Law and Charlotte Elton
The lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google is the most significant antitrust action against an American company in more than two decades — and possibly a century.
David McLaughlin
Police have arrested a man over the horror stabbing of Perth mother of five Julie Mercado. She was allegedly attacked in her suburban home by a man known to her.
Rourke Walsh
A family is desperate for answers as doctors switch off the life support of an 11-year-old girl who took her own life just weeks after her alleged predator was granted bail — free to roam the streets.
Annabel Hennessy
A mother of five is in hospital with serious stab wounds tonight after she was allegedly attacked in her suburban home by a man police say was known to her.
A staff member in the office of a McGowan Government Minister has been suspended after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy he met through a website.
Peter Law
Police are hunting for the organiser of a wild party at the North Perth Town Hall last month, revealing a teenage girl was assaulted on the street.
A 24-year-old woman has been charged over the death of Victorian man Jarrad Lovison, whose body was found in bushland in May, a month after his disappearance.
The wife of a Peppermint Grove accountant accused of stealing millions from a chicken farmer claims the alleged victim took away her phone and keys and forced her to write down her loved ones’ details
The two gunmen who shot Mejid Hamzy, brother of notorious criminal Bassam Hamzy, are still on the run, but police say investigations have progressed.
Greta Stonehouse
A primary school bus driver in the State’s south west has been accused of blindfolding a 14-year-old girl and raping her twice.
Sarah Steger, Briana Fiore & Jackson Barrett
Eight people have now been charged over the shooting murder of Bandido bikie leader Shane De Britt in his farmhouse in central western NSW in January.
An alleged child sex offender has links to a local children’s sporting club, often photographing the Harvey Karate Group and last year even going on an overseas tour with the kids.
Briana Fiore
Australia’s financial crime watchdog is investigating possible money laundering and other breaches at Crown Resorts’ Melbourne operation.
Angus Whitley
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