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Cassius Turvey was bashed with a metal pole pulled off a shopping trolley, dying 10 days later.

Courts & JusticePremiumCassius trial hears of accused rampage days before killing

‘I was pretty scared of the knife, I can’t lie.’

Rebecca Le May

Taiya Sampson was injured in the glassing

Courts and JusticeVideoPremiumWATCH: Horrifying moment young woman glassed at pub

The case against a young woman who glassed a love rival at a northern subs pub took a shock turn on Friday when a magistrate said the victim had thrown the contents of her drink at the accused in CCTV footage.

Justin Bianchini

Barry Cable leaves court.

Courts & JusticePremiumBarry Cable’s lawyer flags bid for judge alone trial

Lawyers for the former footballer are concerned that he will not get a fair jury trial amid heavy coverage of the historical child sex abuse case.

Rebecca Le May

A man accused of assaulting two women during a brazen home invasion 14 years ago has fronted court on multiple charges after an investigation by the cold case squad. 

Courts & JusticePremiumMan faces charges of historical home invasion and assault

A man accused of assaulting two women during a brazen home invasion 14 years ago has fronted court on multiple charges after an investigation by the cold case squad.

Caleb Runciman

A catholic priest has been extradited from New South Wales to face allegations he indecently dealt with a young girl while visiting WA more than 30 years ago. 

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Priest extradited to WA after ‘vile acts on girl’ bailed

A frail Catholic priest has been granted bail and ordered to not work with kids after being charged with historical abuse offences against a young girl in WA.

Caleb Runciman

Nick Campo died just after celebrating turning 18.

Courts & JusticePremiumMajor update after beloved Perth footballer killed in crash

The young man accused of being behind the wheel in a car crash that killed young footballer Nick Campo will likely plead guilty.

Rebecca Le May

Cassius Turvey

Courts & justicePremiumAccused shaved head because he ‘didn’t want to get caught’

The man accused of delivering the fatal blow that led to Cassius Turvey’s death shaved his head hours after the attack because he ‘didn’t want to get caught’, a court has been told.

Emily Moulton

A Perth man has been charged with almost 30 historical sex abuse offences over the alleged assault of four young girls over a decade. 

CRIMEPremiumMan charged with almost 30 historical sex offences

A Perth man has been charged with almost 30 historical sex abuse offences over the alleged assault of four young girls over a decade.

Caleb Runciman

Central Law Courts building.

Courts & Justice‘Enormous error’ in Fremantle’s 2023 election deemed ‘fair’

Magistrate Trevor Darge’s decision puts an end to 18 months of conjecture over the outcome.

Caitlin Vinci

A man caught wearing knuckle dusters as he walked through Fremantle last month told police the weapons were his choice for fashion, not fighting.

COURTS & JUSTICE PremiumMan cops fine after wearing weapon to look ‘fashionable’

A man caught wearing knuckle dusters as he walked through Fremantle last month told police the weapons were his choice for fashion, not fighting.

Caitlin Vinci

Cassius Turvey was allegedly bashed walking home from school with a friend on October 13, 2022.

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen testifies she saw boy in car ‘covered in blood’

A teenager caught up in the love triangle that was the catalyst for events that led to the fatal attack on Cassius Turvey testified she saw a boy covered in blood in a car driven by one of his alleged killers.

Emily Moulton

The rape trial of Daniel Edward Polak has begun in the Kalgoorlie District Court.

Courts & Justice PremiumTrial begins for man accused of raping woman on side of road

The 35-year-old is accused of raping a woman on a mattress on the side of the road in 2023.

Tegan Guthrie

Niaz Ahmed Ali

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Pervert used dog to lure kids at Meadow Springs playground

Prolific sex offender and serial flasher Niaz Ahmed Ali will be released from prison in March despite using his dog to lure children to him at a playground in Mandurah.

Rachel Fenner

Strike Force Vulcan investigators have charged a Brentwood woman with three counts of wilfully lighting a fire likely to injure or damage.

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman charged over alleged lighting of scrub fires

It is alleged the 30-year-old lit three scrub fires in one afternoon on February 4.

Oliver Lane

Cassius Turvey

Courts & JusticePremiumAccused blames mate for deadly Cassius blow

A lawyer for the man accused of striking Cassius Turvey with a pole has told his trial that his client never carried out the blow that eventually cost the teen his life.

Emily Moulton

Trainers attend to Brad Sheppard after head knock in 2021.

AFLAFL in bid to put ex-Eagle’s concussion lawsuit on ice

The AFL is looking to permanently halt a lawsuit brought by former West Coast defender Brad Sheppard over career-ending concussion symptoms.

Rebecca Le May

The offences allegedly occurred in class and at school camp in the mid-1990s.

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Teacher on trial over historical child sex crime allegations

A teacher at a primary school in Perth’s southeastern suburbs in the mid 1990s is accused of brazenly molesting multiple male students in class and at camp.

Rebecca Le May

A 37-year-old WA man has been jailed for 18 years for a violent home break-in where he raped and assaulted his ex-partner.

CourtPremiumAlbany man jailed for nearly 20 years for violent DV, rape

An Albany man who sexually assaulted and beat his ex-partner in her own home has been jailed for nearly 20 years.

Georgia Campion

An equipment suprervisor who kneed and hit an employee in the head has been ordered to pay his victim $800.

Courts & Justice PremiumWorker attacked by supervisor at mine site office

Two other employees intervened and had to pull the supervisor off the victim and hold him back. 

Tegan Guthrie

A man was four times the legal limit, asleep behind the wheel of his car in the middle of the road.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan four times limit found asleep in car in middle of road

The 40-year-old was having difficulty coping with the breakdown of his long-term relationship when he drank ‘too much’ and made the ‘rash decision’ to get behind the wheel.

Tegan Guthrie

Cassius Turvey was allegedly bashed in a creek bed with a trolley pole by a man who was so ‘fuelled with fury’ about his broken car windows

Courts & JusticePremiumCassius’ alleged killer ‘fuelled with fury’ over car windows

Cassius Turvey was allegedly bashed in a creek bed with a pole by a man who was so ‘fuelled with fury’ about his broken car windows that he had set out to deliberately hurt someone that day, a court was told.

Emily Moulton

Philip Newsholme used social media apps including Snapchat and encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Telegram to contact five people in the UK, Germany, India, Victoria and the US who he believed were young girls under 16.

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Renowned scientist jailed for vile child sex crimes

A former Curtin University professor who groomed a pre-pubescent girl online and collected thousands of child sexual exploitation images has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

Rebecca Le May

Pratik Bhattarai walking out of District court on Monday afternoon.

Courts & JusticePremiumChildcare worker guilty of sex crime against three-year-old

A jury has convicted a 24-year-old man of indecently touching a three-year-old girl as other youngsters played nearby at a childcare centre in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Rebecca Le May

Simon Kittow has avoided jail after lurking around a Mt Barker motel with a machete in August 2024.

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Machete wielder on meth stopped in his tracks by this insult

A Mt Barker man who wielded a machete when confronting his cousin for his drug use while high on methamphetamine himself — only stopping when his cousin called him a goose — has avoided jail.

Georgia Campion