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New details emerge in alleged one-punch attack on Perth dad

A FIFO worker accused of a shocking one-punch attack that left a Perth father fighting for his life allegedly pushed the man’s wife to the ground first so he could land the devastating blow.

Emily Moulton

Courts & JusticePremiumRSLWA in court fight over clubhouse shuttered after skimpies

The RSLWA has taken bikie-linked former neighbours in Nollamara to court in a bid to formally oust them from their clubhouse, where police found live ammunition, a court has been told.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumNine settles with reporter over sex discrimination claim

A confidential settlement has been reached between former Today television reporter Airlie Walsh and Nine Network Australia over a sexual discrimination claim that she made against the troubled broadcaster.

Emily Moulton

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Prisoner who groped nurse’s buttocks avoids extra jail

A sentenced prisoner who groped the buttocks of a nurse who was trying to administer him medication has avoided extra jail time.

Melissa Sheil

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PICTURED: Accused traffickers linked to 200kg cocaine bust

Two men allegedly linked to a criminal syndicate who are facing charges over the drug discovery in a Perth hotel room have been pictured for the first time. 

Caleb Runciman

Courts & JusticePremiumVile chats as Perth paedophile shares depraved abuse images

A Perth man who exchanged ‘truly horrendous’ images of children being abused has copped a three-year jail term, with the judge expressing horror at the revolting nature of the material. 

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth tourist jailed in Singapore for plane crash threats

A West Aussie has made international headlines and been pilloried on social media for turning his dream holiday into a nightmare, winding up in a Singapore jail instead of sunning himself on a Thai beach.

Rebecca Le May

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Man charged after sending ‘threatening emails’ to politician

A Perth man has been charged after he allegedly sent four ‘threatening and harassing’ emails to a Federal politician after police searched his phone.

Caleb Runciman

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Man fined for leaving found gun in car at Woolies for weeks

A man who left a rifle and 84 rounds of ammunition in his car parked at a Woolworths shopping centre for weeks has been fined, as magistrate warns against the dangers of leaving a lethal weapon in public.

Melissa Sheil

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Great Southern man charged over past child abuse

A Great Southern man has appeared in court for the first time on charges of child abuse dating back to 1984.

Georgia Campion

CrimePremiumWA man charged with lighting bushfire in Perth’s north-east

Police have charged a 38-year-old man with lighting a bushfire in Gidgegannup.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan shot in hand by police fails to appear in court again

A man shot in the hand by police in Perth’s north after allegedly pointing a gel blaster at them remains under guard in hospital and is still unable to appear in court.

Justin Bianchini

Courts & JusticePremiumFalls crash skipper tried to ‘power through’ bad approach

Passengers in a horror high-speed boat crash at Kimberley tourism icon Horizontal Falls cried out in terror before impact, then in pain, with one victim saying she thought she was going to die.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen admits to assaulting cop outside Optus Stadium

A teenager accused of attacking a police officer with two other boys outside Optus Stadium after an ‘out-of-control’ bike ride through the Perth CBD has pleaded guilty to assaulting a public officer.

Caleb Runciman

CrimePremiumTeen and woman charged after Mandurah police chase

Two people have been charged after a police chase through Mandurah on Thursday, which ended with a man arrested on a roof. 

Claire Sadler

‘Had a few but not drunk’PremiumCourt told man is ‘allowed to kick back and have beers’

A Broadwater man who resisted arrest after police attended a domestic violence call out told the court he was “allowed to kick back and have a couple of beers” but his girlfriend didn’t agree. 

Amber Lilley and Sofia Fimognari

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FIFO worker with Mercanti link avoids jail over nazi slur

A notorious bikie’s former son-in-law has walked free from court, copping only a $2000 fine over an anti-Semitic attack that left Perth’s Jewish community outraged.

Jessica Page

CourtPremiumTeen on order over stolen ute driven from Carnarvon to Gero

A teenager who was part of a group of juveniles who drove a stolen Carnarvon ute to Geraldton this week has been handed a court order after pleading guilty to his involvement at the earliest opportunity. 

Jessica Moroney

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer ward suing State gives heartbreaking abuse testimony

A man who was repeatedly sexually abused while under the guardianship of the State says he stopped raising the alarm after child welfare authorities sent him back to a paedophile.

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumSouth Lake homophobic attacks accused pleads not guilty

A 15-year-old boy is fighting accusations he was among a group of teens who lured two gay men to South Lake to rob and bash them in premeditated homophobic attacks. 

Rebecca Le May

Courts & JusticePremiumKnife-wielding boy behind Karrinyup terror spared detention

A teenager who sparked terror brandished a big knife while robbing a department store in Karrinyup, two weeks after the deadly Bondi Junction shopping centre attack, has been spared detention.

Rebecca Le May

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Dozen feuding bikies face court over violent pub brawl

More than a dozen bikies from the warring Rebels and Mongols have been charged with taking part in a riot over an all-out pub brawl in the front bar of a Mandurah tavern.

Caleb Runciman

Courts & JusticePremiumFresh details as Barry Urban’s accused attacker faces court

A man accused of striking disgraced politician Barry Urban at the alleged victim’s tyre shop has made a bid for home detention bail.

Oliver Lane

COURTS & JUSTICE PremiumMan’s appeal of ‘inadequate’ sentence for child pics upheld

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder man caught with more than a thousand ‘vile’ child exploitation images and videos has had his court sentence, which had been labelled ‘manifestly inadequate’, upheld after an appeal.

Tegan Guthrie