A Perth man who drove carelessly through a Woodanilling intersection, causing a crash that tragically killed his 12-year-old daughter, has been sentenced.
Jacki Elezovich
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest is wading back into a long-running legal feud with Traditional Owners over a patch of Fortescue’s vast iron ore empire in the Pilbara.
Daniel Newell
Convicted killer Andre Rebelo has quietly withdrawn his bid to appeal the decision that landed him in prison for life over the murder of his own mother.
Hannah Cross
The “pop” of a seven-year-old girl who brutally raped her has been found guilty by a jury and jailed for more than six years. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS
Tegan Guthrie
A street-level drug trafficker caught with 75g of meth and a rifle has been jailed for almost five years and urged to turn his life around to break the generational cycle.
The two teenage boys accused of breaking into Perth Zoo and harming a crocodile allegedly taunted the 4.5m reptile before one used a metal pole to beat it.
Brooke Rolfe
The Hakea prison greens were never supposed to leave the prison. Somehow, Struan Morrison walked out with them. It is a haunting reminder of a dark period — and the fight that followed.
Troy de Ruyter
A 20-year-old scaffolder banned from all licensed premises in WA scaled the back fence of a Hannan Street nightclub so he could keep drinking with his mates, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.
A woman accused of causing a fire which gutted a home in South Kalgoorlie at the weekend will remain in custody while a strict bail plan is explored.
An Albany man was jailed last week after he stole more than $83,000 from a former employer by submitting fake timesheets for more than six months after he had stopped working for the company.
Matthew Anthony Jennings, 42, was sentenced at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday, nearly two years after punching Glenn Cahill unprovoked.
Jessica Evensen
A man who repeatedly tried to pressure his girlfriend into making false claims to police to help him fight serious charges has been given six months to prove to the courts that he is a changed man.
A “depressed and lonely” Coolgardie man who paid a 13-year-old girl he sent “depraved” messages to and offered her more for nude photos or unprotected sex has avoided jail.
It began as a dream surfing trip to Mexico but one unanswered text message sparked fears something was terribly wrong.
Caleb Runciman
Made-up testimony and non-existent witnesses in a US appeal against a murder conviction have been revealed as the work of artificial intelligence.
Mike Scarcella
There has been a shocking twist in the case of a mining manager who coward punched a father outside a northern suburbs pub in front of his distraught wife on Melbourne Cup day.
The SAT has cautioned an Albany doctor after finding he engaged in professional misconduct when he made allegedly homophobic comments about the LGBTQIA+ community in his capacity as a councillor.
Melissa Sheil
A man accused of three home burglaries and stealing property valued at more than $8000 — as well as the ashes of a beloved pet dog — has been refused bail.
A repeat reckless driver with a “horrifying” 19-page record who tried to evade police before becoming bogged out bush has been told it was “pure luck” he had not killed anyone with his driving.
A man jailed for life for his key role in a drug-smuggling syndicate busted in Geraldton after more than a tonne of meth was found on board a pleasure craft has lost his appeal.
Kate Campbell & Sarah Crawford
WA’s highest court has thrown out the State’s appeal against a former ward of the State’s landmark compensation claim, saying it would be an ‘inappropriate use of judicial power’ to hear such an appeal.
James Cooper, 33, was sentenced last year to a total of six years and eight months behind bars for his part in a terrifying “premeditated” attack on a Kununurra couple in May 2018.
Laura Newell
A WA court has released confronting vision, showing the exact moment a glass roof caves in and crashes onto a Curtin University construction site, killing an apprentice. WARNING: DISTRESSING VISION
Vile details about the crimes allegedly committed by a music teacher who worked across five private Perth schools have been aired in court.
