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Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice Premium‘Paranoid’ police pursuit

A man was high on meth and “paranoid” police were “trying to kill him” when they tried pulling him over after he stole a car, leading to a 25-minute police pursuit.

Tegan Guthrie

Evolution Mining’s processing plant at Mungari.

Courts & Justice PremiumTrial yet to be set for companies charged over arm crush

A trial date has still not been set for a contractor and mine operator facing charges relating to a worker’s arm being crushed at a Goldfields gold mine.

Tegan Guthrie

The judgment in Mr Roberts-Smith’s appeal was due to be handed down imminently.

Courts & JusticePremiumBen Roberts-Smith’s last-minute bid for defamation retrial

The judgment in Mr Roberts-Smith’s appeal was due to be handed down imminently.

Shannon Hampton

Adrian Paul Muir Unknown

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Cloverdale man set on fire could die, alleged attacker told

There is a ‘high likelihood’ a man who was set ablaze with a flammable liquid during an altercation in Cloverdale will die, police have told his alleged attacker in court.

Rebecca Le May and Jessica Evensen

RGR Road Haulage.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremiumWA company’s massive fine after worker’s horrific injury

The man, who was driving the trucks to cover for another employee, had not received any formal training or assessment competency from RGR.

Jessica Evensen

Aleesha Gilmore, Jack Brearley and Mitchell Forth before the attack on Cassius.

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Prison calls between Cassius murder accused aired in court

Prison phone calls between two of Cassius Turvey’s alleged killers in which one repeatedly tried to convince the other to persuade a witness to change her statement have been played in court.

Emily Moulton

Pioneer Credit managing director Keith John.

Funds managementPremiumPioneer Credit and PwC cross swords over lawsuit

Pioneer sued PwC in 2023, alleging the audit giant failed in its duty of care by providing wrong advice on the accounting treatment of the portfolios of consumer debt it buys from banks and other lenders.

Sean Smith

Craig Anthony Dwyer is escorted by detectives.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumSentence looms for rapist who attacked sleeping uni student

Chilling details have emerged of an horrific cold case that was cracked more than 30 years later after detectives sifted through thousands of names dating back as far as 1810.

Rebecca Le May

If your decision-making ability is impaired, who should be making important decisions on your behalf, and how can you still have a say on those matters?

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We need to support people, not make decisions without them

If your decision-making ability is impaired, who should be making important decisions on your behalf, and how can you still have a say on those matters?

Lindy Jenkins

Ricky Lee Cound died in custody on Friday last week. His family gave The West Australian permission to publish his photo.

Courts & JusticePremiumCoroner calls for more mental health funding in WA prisons

A WA coroner has called on the State Government to increase mental health funding in the prison system to not only prevent deaths but to also reduce re-offending.

Emily Moulton

The AFP bungle has reportedly put undercover agents at risk of retribution from major crime figures.

The NightlyCriminal informant bombshell: We know ID of undercover cops

An informant from inside a dangerous organised crime gang says they have discovered the identity of undercover Australian Federal Police officers forced into hiding after their cover was blown.

Natalie O’Brien

Brooke Narelle Hicks leaving Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Courts & JusticePremiumJurien Bay hit-and-run driver pleads guilty to two charges

Brooke Narelle Hicks was driving the vehicle that hit Alexx Wright on Indian Ocean Drive near Jurien Bay in May last year.

Rebecca Le May

Australian war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is considering legal action after it was revealed a Nine journalist was leaked confidential information about his legal strategy.

Courts & JusticeDemand for answers as recordings expose ‘unethical’ reporter

Ben Roberts-Smith is considering a legal bid after recordings revealed Nick McKenzie claimed he had acted ‘unethically’ and had been briefed with some of the soldier’s legal strategy during his defamation case.

Shannon Hampton

Stock file images of WA Police

Courts PremiumPredator jailed over historical sex attack on 13yo boy

The brave survivor of a horrific sex attack at a Perth park more than 30 years ago has courageously faced his rapist in court telling him that he does not forgive him.

Emily Moulton

Jaden Martinovich with his mum, fitness guru Kelly Martinovich.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumPhoney drug deal murderer was ‘planned double-cross victim’

A young man who fatally stabbed a teen in a fake drug deal that went horribly wrong didn’t realise a mutual friend had set him up in a plot to steal his car.

Rebecca Le May

The Australian Border Force has intercepted almost 700g of methamphetamine — a street value of $643,800 — concealed in paper documents, bound for Western Australia.

CrimePremiumBig amount of meth bound for WA intercepted at airport

Australian Border Force officers at Perth Airport identified three packages addressed to three separate individuals in High Wycombe, Alexander Heights and Kewdale.

Jessica Evensen

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to stealing two cars with young children inside.

Courts & justicePremiumBoy pleads guilty to stealing cars with little kids inside

A 15-year-old Kalgoorlie-Boulder boy has admitted to a terrifying spate of offending that saw him steal two cars with young children inside.

Tegan Guthrie

Callum Ferris Davies has been jailed for 18 years.

Courts & JusticePremiumPredator jailed for horror Ellenbrook sex attack on 7yo girl

The distraught parents of a little girl who was sexually assaulted by an ‘opportunistic’ predator who broke into their home say their family is still struggling with the traumatic events of three years ago.

Emily Moulton

Phillip Aaron Dodd was remanded in custody.

Crime and courtsPremiumAlleged fugitive denies being ‘high-risk repeat offender’

A Geraldton fugitive who allegedly led police on a two-and-a-half-week manhunt after twice removing his tracking device while on bail, told court he was not a “high-risk repeat offender”. 

Josephine Hingst

A man is standing trial for the alleged assault of his ex-partner in a Hungry Jack’s store at Geraldton’s Northgate Shopping Centre last year.

Crime and courtsPremiumCourt shown violent video of alleged Hungry Jack’s attack

A man is standing trial for the alleged assault of his ex-partner in a Hungry Jack’s store at Northgate Shopping Centre last year.

Josephine Hingst

Nine reporter Nick McKenzie was caught on a tape claiming he had engaged in unethical behaviour by obtaining information about Ben Roberts-Smith during the Afghanistan veteran’s defamation case.

MediaNine reporter caught in secret Roberts-Smith recordings

Nick McKenzie was caught on tape claiming he had engaged in unethical behaviour by obtaining information about Ben Roberts-Smith during the Afghanistan veteran’s defamation case.

Shannon Hampton

Lauren Vivian Brown fatally stabbed James George Sheehy after a heated argument in their Joondalup unit on September 28, 2023.

Courts & Justice PremiumWoman who fatally stabbed partner guilty of manslaughter

A woman who fatally stabbed her partner in their apartment after just 142 days together has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

Rebecca Le May

Clinton Shawn McKenna has been jailed for more than three years for reversing into a man at a bottle shop.

Courts & Justice PremiumPerth dad jailed over shock act of road rage at bottle shop

A Perth father who reversed into a man outside a Duncraig bottle shop in a shocking road rage incident has been jailed for more than three years.

Emily Moulton

Verdon Douglas Garlett had seven charges discontinued in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to wilfully trying to endanger someone.

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Dad who set family home alight pleads guilty to endangerment

WARNING: CONFRONTING FOOTAGE. A 31-year-old man has admitted deliberately trying to endanger a person’s life or health in the months before he set fire to an Albany home with his partner and children inside.

Georgia Campion