Inquest
WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’: Former Children’s Court judge
The retired judge slammed the department that oversees youth justice in WA, telling an inquest he had predicted the tragedy that came to pass last October.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Victoria Police conduct
Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest
Luke Briggs, 35, died from catastrophic injuries sustained during a police arrest in Hoppers Crossing last week. Police have not revealed what happened during his arrest.
- by Cameron Houston
Officer too traumatised for questioning at inquest into WA teen prison death
The senior officer in charge when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in custody has been excused from appearing at a high-profile inquest amid fears for his health.
- by Aaron Bunch
A white canvas shoe holds key to Cecilia Devine’s mysterious death
The family of Devine, however, claim early mistakes by NSW Police have hampered the investigation into a possible murder in the Blue Mountains.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Crime
Investigation launched after video shows JC’s foster mother in ‘altercation’ with police
Tensions rising all week in Geraldton over the inquest into JC’s death peaked on Friday as an ugly scene with police resulted in a woman’s injury.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘My response appropriate’: WA officer at inquest of woman he killed
A coronial inquest into the death of 29-year-old mentally ill woman JC has revealed the police’s own Internal Affairs Unit criticised the officer’s actions.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Rachael Clifford
A police officer was found not guilty of murder. Now a coroner will examine her death
Four and a half years after her death, a coroner will this week examine how an Indigenous woman known as JC was shot dead by a Geraldton police officer.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Courts
Months after his release from prison, this violent child rapist was arrested again
Stephen Neil White raped a five-year-old girl on a family camping trip in 2001. Last year the courts thought he was ready to be released into the community.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘We were failed, too’: Lynn Cannon’s family devastated over Floreat murders
The sister of a Perth woman murdered by her ex-husband in 2022 claims the family of the Floreat killer was failed by police, and her family went through “the same situation”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt, Hamish Hastie and Claire Ottaviano
Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women
The state’s police commissioner has flagged an internal probe into three interactions the family of Mark Bombara had with police before his explosion of violence.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Hamish Hastie
‘We are devastated’: Mother’s incomprehensible grief after murder of two-year-old son
The mother of a child killed by his father in Lismore says the toddler should have been able to trust the man who took his life.
- by Catherine Naylor and Sally Rawsthorne