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Forensic officers at the scene of an alleged murder at a property on Hampton Road in Northampton.

Courts and crimePremiumMan pleads not guilty to murder based on unsoundness of mind

A 45-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a 69-year-old man in Northampton in September last year based on unsoundness of mind.

Imogen Wilson

Shane John Edward King has been sentenced to eight months behind bars for a violent attack on a woman in Centennial Park.

courtPremiumJail for Albany man who attacked woman in her garden

An Albany man has been jailed after he violently attacked a woman in Centennial Park, hitting her over the head with an unknown weapon and leaving a gash deep enough to reveal the bone of her skull. 

Jacki Elezovich

A man accused of brutally murdering his mother in front of her 12-year-old granddaughter nearly two years ago has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. 

Courts & JusticePremiumMan accused of brutally murdering his mother enters plea

Harley James Jeffries fronted Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged over the alleged murder of his 61-year-old mother at a property on Gallipoli Avenue, in Byford, on June 2, 2024.

Jessica Evensen

The grieving widow of Labor powerbroker Tim Picton has returned to a Perth court as the man accused of killing him, Brodie Dewar, moved a step closer to trial.

Courts & JusticePremiumTim Picton’s widow faces accused killer in court

The grieving widow of the deceased Labor powerbroker has attended a court hearing for her late husband’s accused killer. 

Jessica Evensen

ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said the penalty sent a clear message for banks to step up and do better when responding to customers who ask for help.

BankingCommentsPremium$26m fine for bank’s failure to help struggling customers

A big-four bank has been slapped with a whopping $26 million fine for a six-year failure to help customers facing financial hardship.

Daniel Newell

Geraldton Courthouse.

Courts and crimePremiumJurien Bay police raid results in drug charges

A 40-year-old Jurien Bay man has been charged with nine drug offences after a police investigation.

Imogen Wilson

Esperance Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumEsperance firebug warned his actions could have been fatal

A man who lit a bushfire in Esperance last year has been warned by a District Court judge how serious his actions could have been after a man died fighting a fire in the area just two years prior.

Tegan Guthrie

Last Friday, police chased and caught up with a 42-year-old man and charged him over the truck theft.

CrimePremiumFour charged after white goods delivery truck stolen mid-job

Four people charged after a delivery truck was allegedly stolen from outside a Willetton home while the driver was making a delivery.

Eliana Hullett

Ryan Crowley has appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court. Pictured is Crowley arriving at court.

Courts & JusticePremiumEx-Docker’s four-word message outside court about DV charges

Former Dockers player Ryan Crowley appeared in court charged with 13 offences, including three counts of impeding another person’s normal breathing or blood circulation and one count of threatening to kill.

Jessica Evensen

Martin Thomas Glynn

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth doomsday prepper admits firearm, racial offences

A self-confessed doomsday prepper who publicly endorsed the Bondi Beach massacre has pleaded guilty to a string of firearm and racial harassment offences. 

Jessica Evensen

GEN Magistrates Court. Ray Hevern arrives at court in 2024.

Courts and crimePremiumCatholic priest found not guilty of abusing Mid West child

A Catholic priest who was facing a long list of child sex abuse allegations in the Mid West dating from the 1980s has been acquitted of 12 charges. 

Imogen Wilson

Geraldton Courthouse, Marine Terrace.

Courts and crimePremiumRangeway man accused of strangling partner granted bail

A Rangeway man accused of strangling his partner has been granted bail after the court was told he needed to attend to his puppy. 

Imogen Wilson

A Great Southern father accused of threatening to kill his wife and her friend by “running his bus through the cabin” in the presence of his infant children has been refused bail.

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Bail refused for man accused of making serious threats

A Great Southern father accused of threatening to kill his partner and her friend in a local caravan park by “running his bus through the cabin” in the presence of his infant children has been refused bail.

Melissa Sheil

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced for disorderly behaviour in public.

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Fine for man who made paedophile accusation in local cafe

A young man who told the patrons of a Denmark cafe not to order anything from the venue because he believed the owner was a paedophile has been fined. 

Melissa Sheil

A Ukrainian man has narrowly avoided a prison sentence after indecently assaulting and exposing himself to multiple women at several beaches in Perth’s northern suburbs. 

Courts & JusticePremiumVile details of Ukrainian man’s indecent acts at Perth beach

A Ukrainian man has narrowly avoided a prison sentence after indecently assaulting and exposing himself to multiple women at several beaches in Perth’s northern suburbs. 

Jessica Evensen

A man charged over a horrific freeway hit-and-run which claimed the life of a young man has faced court for the first time. 

Courts & JusticePremiumDriver accused of fatal Mitchell Freeway hit-run identified

A man charged over a horrific freeway hit-and-run which claimed the life of a young man has faced court for the first time. 

Jessica Evensen

A prison inmate was fined after assaulting an officer at Albany Regional Prison.

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Prison officer injured by frustrated prisoner in glass smash

A sentenced prisoner has been fined for assaulting a prison officer during a lockdown, throwing a metal tap through a glass window the man was standing behind and showering him in glass in Albany. 

Melissa Sheil

Barrister Ben Tomasi representing property developer Victor Goh pictured outside David Malcolm Justice Centre, Perth, on Monday. Victor Goh Supreme Court hearing.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumGoh’s arrest warrant canned amid possible EQWest settlement

An arrest warrant for property developer Victor Goh has been cancelled minutes before taking effect as a multimillion-dollar dispute at his Elizabeth Quay project heads toward settlement.

Matt Mckenzie

Police on the scene.

CrimePremiumYoung man killed in alleged Mitchell Freeway hit-run

A section of Mitchell Freeway is still shut this morning after a pedestrian was killed in an alleged hit-and-run. 

Brooke Rolfe

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumAttempt to pervert justice charge laid on DV accused

A man being held in custody on a domestic violence charge and now a fresh attempt to pervert justice charge has been advised to make yet another application for legal representation so his matter can progress.

Tegan Guthrie

Morgan Solomon, Donnelle Hestelow and Adrienne Downes.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremiumFamilies fighting over wills skyrocket to ‘historic’ levels

The Great Wealth Transfer - buoyed by skyrocketing property prices - has become increasingly litigious, with the silver tsunami prompting a 40 per cent spike in inheritance disputes over the past five years.

Kim Macdonald

Rita Saffioti has vowed to probe how a Geraldton psychiatrist who sexually harassed a nurse has been spared a harsher penalty because of regional shortages.

Courts & JusticePremiumRegional shortage behind penalty cut for sex harassment

Rita Saffioti has vowed to probe how a Geraldton psychiatrist who sexually harassed a nurse has been spared a harsher penalty because of regional shortages.

Bethany Hiatt

Laurence Escalante leaves the Perth Magistrates Court in February.

GamingPremiumVGW profit soared ahead of Escalante buyout

New filings show the online casino group reaped a near 34 per cent increase in annual net profit to a record $656.8 million for the year to June 30, 2025 as revenue jumped 19 per cent to $7.3 billion.

Sean Smith

Ricky Hirsch flaunts his luxury cars and lifestyle after fleeing Australia.

Courts & JusticePremiumConman Hirsch faces bankruptcy after $550k appeal fails

A company that won a $550,579 judgment against Perth conman Ricky Hirsch said it has not been paid and is considering petitioning for his bankruptcy in two jurisdictions.

John Flint