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Travis Barnard leaves the District Court of WA during his trial last year.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumMan who clawed at just-dead girlfriend’s super loses appeal

A ‘cold-hearted’ man who brazenly made himself the sole beneficiary of his partner’s $400,000 superannuation fund mere hours after she died has lost his appeal against conviction and sentence.

Rebecca Le May

A man has driven his car off the Claremont Jetty into the Swan River during a police stand-off near Perth. Michael Wilson/ The West Australian/ NewsWire

CrimePremiumMan drives off jetty during police stand-off

A man in his 30s has been taken to hospital after he drove his Jeep off a jetty during a suspenseful police stand-off.

Emma Kirk

A man alleged to have fatally struck Cassius Turvey may have acted in self-defence, his lawyer says. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumSelf-defence floated at Indigenous teen's murder trial

A lawyer for one of the people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury it could find that his client acted in self-defence when he hit the boy.

Aaron Bunch

A coroner has found opportunities were lost before a mentally ill man randomly killed a woman. (Kelly Barnes/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Lost opportunity' to treat ill man before fatal attack

A coroner has delivered findings over a woman bashed to death in a random attack by a mentally ill man, released from prison 41 days earlier.

Abe Maddison

Matthew William Lawson captured on CCTV vision before he ran over his colleague Trae Black.

Courts & JusticePremiumCity Beach hammer attacker sent for neuropsychological test

A man who admitted trying to kill his tradie colleague in a gruesome attack in City Beach last year has had his sentencing date set after maintaining a guilty plea.

Rebecca Le May

Natalie Marangos has pleaded guilty to throwing a lamp at her ex-lover when she spotted him on a date at one of Sydney’s fanciest new restaurants. Picture Christian Gilles / NewsWire

NEWPremiumModel threw lamp at ex’s head at restaurant

Her ex-boyfriend was dining with another woman when the model grabbed a lamp from a restaurant table and hurled it at his face.

Rhiannon Lewin

Nobody was injured. 9News Queensland.

EducationPremiumCrane tips, crushing cars at university

Alarming scenes have unfolded in a university carpark after a crane tipped over, crushing vehicles.

Blair Jackson

A Tullamarine tobacco store was firebombed overnight for the second time in eight days. NewsWire/ David Crosling

CrimeFire bombings target businesses

A tobacco store was fire bombed in Tullamarine overnight as police investigate the fifth suspicious blaze at a Williamstown ice cream store.

Emma Kirk

Jerry Aniseto Masipau Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumConfusion as Samoan accused of killing ex-MP faces court

The 25-year-old man accused of fatally attacking former Labor politician Barry Urban initially turned up to the wrong court.

Rebecca Le May

Rongmei Yan sat in court listening to a police interview with a man accused of killing her daughter. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'I killed her': mum hears accused daughter-killer speak

An alleged murder victim's mother has watched her accused killer tell police how he carried out the attack and ask if her parents would see the video.

Rex Martinich

Tyrone Thompson faces sentencing for brutally murdering his former girlfriend. (HANDOUT/9NEWS)

CrimePremiumKiller who stabbed ex-partner 78 times 'not psychotic'

Tyrone Thompson was diagnosed with two mental disorders but had no psychosis when he brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend, a judge has heard.

Mark Russell

Mirree Bayliss (L) has pleaded guilty to charges after getting cash with a dead friend's bank card. (Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Low act': rural artist admits defrauding dead friend

When police issued a public appeal for missing man Robert Randall, his long-time friend knew he was dead and used his bank card to get cash and go shopping.

Stephanie Gardiner

Kevin Simonsen outside Perth Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Not sinister’: Bikie admits packing knuckleduster on flight

A Hells Angels bikie ‘had no sinister intention whatsoever’ when a knuckleduster was found in his luggage as he tried to board a flight at Perth Airport, according to his lawyers.

Caleb Runciman

Police incident at Claremont jetty on Wednesday.

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Jeep plunges into Swan River during tense police stand-off

WATCH: Witnesses said they’d ‘never seen anything like it’ when a 4WD was driven off a jetty during a police stand-off in Perth’s leafy western suburbs

Caleb Runciman

A senior WA firefighter is facing disciplinary action after he was charged with drink driving in a marked DFES vehicle.

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The West Australian exclusive
CRIMEPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Senior WA firefighter caught drink driving in DFES vehicle

The firefighter is facing disciplinary action after he was charged with drink driving in a marked DFES vehicle.

Caleb Runciman

Police are on the hunt for a driver who led them on a high-speed chase through Perth’s north-eastern suburbs. 

Crime Police hunt driver after high-speed chase through Perth

Police are on the hunt for a driver who led them on a high-speed chase through Perth’s north-eastern suburbs. 

Jessica Evensen

An alleged Hells Angels bikie is due to face court today after allegedly attempting to carry knuckledusters on a domestic flight.

Crime PremiumBikie accused of trying to bring weapon on flight

An alleged Hells Angels bikie is due to face court today after allegedly attempting to carry knuckledusters on a domestic flight.

Jessica Evensen

A man has been charged following a fatal collision in Sydney’s south.

NEWSPremiumPedestrian, 60, killed in crash

A 60-year-old woman has died after she was struck by a car on a major road in Sydney’s south, with the driver allegedly responsible now facing serious charges.

Summer Liu

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UPDATEDCourt hears bizarre mushroom lunch detail

Jurors in the triple-murder trial of Erin Patterson have been told she allegedly gave herself a differently coloured plate when serving the mushroom meal.

Liam Beatty

Inspector Amy Scott shot killer Joel Cauchi dead. NewsWire / John Appleyard

NEWSPremium‘Horrific’ detail in Bondi attack 000 calls

Paramedics were inundated with thousands of “quite horrific” calls as the fatal attack at Westfield Bondi Junction unfolded.

Clareese Packer

One of Erin Patterson's guests queried why her plate was different, her murder trial has been told. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumMushroom cook's different plate queried before deaths

Erin Patterson served her guests allegedly poisoned mushroom dishes on different plates to hers before divulging a supposed cancer diagnosis, a jury has heard.

Emily Woods

Assistant commissioner Brent Armitage stands by his decision to withdraw paramedics from the mall. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumAmbo denies giving cop fiery spray at mass stab scene

An ambulance boss has denied telling a senior police officer he would be to blame if any paramedics were stabbed in the fatal Bondi Junction attack.

Adelaide Lang

Linford Feick's fatal stabbing has sparked tougher bail reforms for serious violence offences. (HANDOUT/ABC NEWS)

CrimePremium'Needs to stop': fatal stabbing triggers hard bail laws

Another bail crackdown has been triggered by a store owner's fatal stabbing in a crime-hit territory, but critics are calling for more to be done.

Lloyd Jones and Laine Clark

Three people have been killed by gunfire in Uppsala, Swedish police say. (AP PHOTO)

CrimeThree people killed in shooting in Sweden, police say

Swedish police say three people have been killed in a shooting in the city of Uppsala.

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