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Reagan Ainsley Chown admits he drove recklessly to escape Constable Anthony Woods.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumCar thief labelled himself ‘the victim’ for being Tasered

A car thief who ran over a young WA policeman after a high-speed chase repeatedly blamed the officer in his interview with detectives, saying the cop had wrongly stood ‘in the line of fire’.

Rebecca Le May

Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Cleal praised the dozens of officers involved in the mammoth probe into the death of the Noongar-Yamatji boy over the past two-and-a-half years.

Courts & JusticePremiumEmotions soar as detective laud’s killers’ guilty verdicts

The homicide detective who led the investigation into the murder of Cassius Turvey expressed his relief at the two guilty verdicts, describing the result one of the highlights of his career.

Sarah Steger

Mechelle Turvey, with family and supporters, speaks to media outside court after two men were found guilty of the murder of her son.

Courts & JusticePremium‘My son died for nothing... he has finally got justice’

The mother of Cassius Turvey – the Indigenous teen who was chased down then bashed with a metal pole - says a wave of relief swept over her when the men who attacked her son were found guilty of his murder.

Emily Moulton

Cassius Turvey.

Courts & JusticePremiumTwo found guilty of murdering young Perth boy Cassius Turvey

Two of the men who chased down Cassius Turvey before one of them brutally bashed the teenager with a metal pole after accusing him and his friends of smashing car windows have been found guilty of murder.

Emily Moulton

Graffiti on the Donnybrook Football Club.

CrimePremiumTeen pleaded guilty to Donnybrook graffiti

The Donnybrook teen who graffitied multiple public facilities in Donnybrook in early March said the crimes were committed out of “sheer boredom”.

Sofia Fimognari

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan accused of ‘terrifying’ ex released on bail

A man is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and leaving a machete on the bed, and “terrifying” her with a wooden stick after stealing thousands of dollars from her bank account and home.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumBail for man whose alleged threats to kill locked down town

A man who allegedly threatened to kill his sister during a 13-hour drive from Ceduna to Tjuntjuntjara — throwing the remote Aboriginal community into lockdown — has been released on bail.

Tegan Guthrie

Channel 9 board member Catherine West.

Courts & JusticePremiumNine refuses to answer questions over hush money payment

The media company and its board are still refusing to answer serious questions over a massive hush money payment to a witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes case that has plunged the network into crisis.

Staff writers

Clive Palmer.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremiumClive’s Mineralogy claim continues despite Sino sign-off

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy continues to face a huge damages claim after the royalties billionaire finally approved an extension proposal for the $20 billion Sino Iron project.

Neale Prior

A charge alleging Virginia Giuffre breached a family violence restraining order has been discontinued.

Courts & JusticePremiumFamily violence charge against Virginia Giuffre dropped

Magistrate Andrew Maughan on Wednesday agreed to discontinue the charge, almost three weeks after the Jeffery Epstein survivor took her own life in Neergabby.

Jessica Evensen

After responding to the reports police officers found the man at nearby service station Burk Alkimos on Santorini Promenade, where he was taken into custody.  

Courts & JusticePremiumStranger ‘approached two kids at Perth shops’

A man accused of approaching two children at a shopping centre in Perth’s north, allegedly grabbing one of them by the arm, has been arrested.

Sarah Steger

Jake Bruce Tamaroa Tibbits.

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Jailed Albany man declared a serial family violence offender

An Albany man jailed for over two years for assaulting his ex-partner five times over 11 months has been declared a serial family violence offender.

Georgia Campion

Channel 9 board member Catherine West.

Courts & JusticePremiumNine boss silent on $700k hush money in Roberts-Smith case

Catherine West has refused to say if she signed off on a $700,000 cheque to silence a witness in the Roberts-Smith case, running away from questions about the scandal engulfing the media company.

Inga Neilsen & Shannon Hampton

A man has admitted committing an indecent act in front of two teenagers.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan admits to luring 13yo girls to show them indecent act

The details of the man’s offending, which he pleaded guilty to, were read in court on Monday.

Tegan Guthrie

Monday’s hearing was held at Geraldton courthouse.

Crime and courtsPremiumBail bid pushed back for Geraldton foreshore rape accused

The case against one of the two Perth men accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the Geraldton foreshore last month may be weaker than the other, according to a magistrate. 

Josephine Hingst

Nick Campo died in the car crash just after celebrating turning 18.

Courts & justicePremiumSentencing of teen driver in Campo case adjourned for month

The teenager behind the wheel of the car involved in a horror crash that killed promising young footballer Nick Campo will have to wait another month before he learns his fate.

Emily Moulton

Chen Zeng at the Sino Iron project.

MiningPremiumMineralogy wins access to Sino papers

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy wins access to sensitive Citic Pacific documents halfway into a hearing over the future of Sino Iron project.

Neale Prior

Robyn Murray and Geoff Piper believe Jamie would still be alive if help had been called on March 1.

Courts & JusticePremium‘He was alive’: Hit and run victim’s family’s sad plea

The mother of hit and run victim Jamie Murray believes her son would still be alive if help had been called after he was left dying on the road in March this year. 

Rachel Fenner

Reagan Ainsley Chown admits he drove recklessly to escape Constable Anthony Woods.

Courts & JusticePremiumHeartbreaking footage shown at alleged cop killer’s trial

Distressing body-cam vision of a young WA policeman’s last conscious moments has been played at the trial of the car thief who fatally struck him, showing how the tragedy unfolded in just moments.

Rebecca Le May

A man who was about to be sentenced for spraying a bottle of Satan’s Spit inside a Bunnings store sparking chaos and sending 11 people to hospital will now face a trial of issues because he intended to use Fart Spray.

CourtPremiumBunnings Satan’s Spit sprayer to face trial of issues

A West Australian man who sprayed a bottle of Satan’s Spit inside a Bunnings store sparking chaos will face a trial of issues because he intended to use Fart Spray.

Emma Kirk

Stephen Leslie Hirst is accused of aggravated stalking and distributing intimate images without consent.

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Great Southern man to face stalking allegation at trial

A Great Southern man has denied allegations of stalking and distributing intimate images, and will face the accusations at trial.

Georgia Campion

Sydney Stack outside of Perth Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumEx-Richmond star pleads not guilty to assault

Sydney Stack briefly fronted Perth Magistrates Court today charged over an assault in Bunbury.

Jessica Evensen

Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her estranged husband Simon’s parents and his aunt.

MUSHROOM TRIAL‘We thought it was gastro’: Ian Wilkinson recalls ‘vomiting, diarrhoea’

Erin Patterson is accused of killing three people with poisonous death cap mushrooms.

Tita Smith

Travellers are confused by the new road sign at Bunbury bypass.

Forrest HighwayPremiumMan pleads not guilty to allegedly speeding by 20 km/h

A man who was charged with allegedly speeding 20km/h above the limit told Bunbury Magistrates Court the speed limits in the greater Bunbury area were confusing. 

Sofia Fimognari

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