Crime
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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Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Four decades later she tried to kill him
She described their marriage as “lovely” and said she loved her husband to bits. Now she’s been sentenced to nine years behind bars for attempted murder.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Dodgy Perth dealer fined a second time over illegal car trading business
Jacob Hamilton copped a $40,000 fine two years ago for running a car sales business in Stirling without a license. Within weeks he was back at it.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth nurse who tried to kill ill husband collapses after hearing sentence
Wendy Sym was suffering from carer’s burnout and had “hit the end of her tether” when she injected a lethal dose of insulin into her husband while he was in hospital.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Courts
Alleged lookout guy ‘disgusted’ by horrific bashing of 73-year-old Ninette Philips
Seyed Younes Tahami, 38, is one of three men charged over the horrific attack on Ninette and Philip Simons on April 16. But in court he said he went to Ninette’s aid during the assault.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Boy, 16, fighting for life after Kelmscott stabbing
Police released photos of two youths running with knives through a south Perth suburb after a fight between a group of teenagers resulted in one boy being stabbed in the stomach.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth daycare worker found guilty of scratching young children’s faces
Kerri Louise Wharf was charged with aggravated assault after young children in her care were found with scratches on their faces.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘If you scream, I’ll kill you’: Alleged Perth rapist linked to horrific attacks by DNA
A 54-year-old man has been arrested and charged after police connected him to the rape and assault of a 17-year-old girl in Kalgoorlie in 1991 and a 19-year-old woman in Perth’s CBD in 1990.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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WA
Alleged drug dealers forced to forfeit $640,000 – and luxury watches
A drugs bust in Perth has led the AFP to confiscate a large sum of cash and two watches together worth $90,000 found in a warehouse and hotel rooms.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Cops arrest man over stabbing in South Perth
The victim, a man in his 30s, is currently in receiving medical treatment in hospital for serious injuries.
- by Sarah Brookes
Teen charged over fatal North Lake crash in horror weekend on WA roads
Premier Roger Cook said the Perth crash was “another reminder for all of us to be safe when you’re on the road, to take extra care”.