Courts
Perth dad gets 20 years for fatally stabbing partner in front of kids
In sentencing the man over Emmerich Lasakar’s death, a Perth judge has said domestic violence is at crisis point, requiring “a broader societal response”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Three men charged over alleged Perth junior football club brawl
A fight allegedly broke out on the sidelines of a girls AFL game after the umpire sent off a player.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Rape trial shown footage of Perth dentist allegedly spiking woman’s drink
The 34-year-old is on trial in Perth’s District Court over accusations he spiked drinks with MDMA and then raped multiple women over two months of 2022.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
‘Spat on, stolen from, screamed at, punched’: WA’s retail crimes revealed
Take a look at the state’s top 20 worst suburbs as new data shows shoplifting numbers have doubled in recent years.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘This is difficult’: Reynolds’ shock testimony about political firestorm of 2021
Linda Reynolds took a break from questioning after recalling a warning from late Victorian senator Kimberley Kitching that Labor intended to “rain hell” on her over Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape – before making the extraordinary claim the saga led to Kitching’s death.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘This is aggravation’: Reynolds’ lawyer threatens to add fresh post to Higgins’ defamation rap sheet
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has accused Brittany Higgins of aggravating conduct after she posted the cover of a book about silencing women alongside the words “Pertinent reading” as the former minister entered the witness box.
- by Jesinta Burton
Chopper films alleged 170km/h Ferrari-Porsche race on Perth streets
The vehicles were filmed by police officers in Trigg prior to the arrest of two 34-year-old men for reckless driving and the impounding of their vehicles.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Mother jailed after she injected disabled daughter with near-fatal dose of insulin
A 42-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after a jury found her guilty of endangering the life of her disabled daughter, by injecting her with a near-fatal dose of insulin as a cry for help.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
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Defamation
Senator Linda Reynolds ‘cast as villain’ in fictional tale of political cover-up, court told
It was a story of an alleged rape in the halls of Parliament House and a covert cover-up, and like all “fairytales” WA Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett told the Supreme Court, it simply needed a villain.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth business student jailed over revenge porn threats
When his girlfriend broke up with him, the 27-year-old retaliated with a campaign of revenge porn threats that landed him behind bars.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt