Courts & Justice

‘I wasn’t allowed to leave’Wife’s ‘frightening’ encounters with chicken farmer

The wife of a Peppermint Grove accountant accused of stealing millions from a chicken farmer claims the alleged victim took away her phone and keys and forced her to write down her loved ones’ details

Shannon Hampton

Arbitor rulesCIMIC losses $1b battle for Gorgon jetty pay

The contractor has been dealt a costly blow in its battle to recoup more than $1 billion from Chevron in a long-running feud over work at the Gorgon LNG plant.

Daniel Newell

Charges laidSchool bus driver ‘blindfolded, raped’ teen girl

A primary school bus driver in the State’s south west has been accused of blindfolding a 14-year-old girl and raping her twice.

Sarah Steger

‘We’re all dead’Fraud accused accountant ‘crucified’ by chicken farmer

An ex-councillor and accountant accused of fleecing millions of dollars from a mega-rich chicken farmer claims the alleged victim ‘crucified’ him and his family, leaving them ‘terrified’.

Tim Clarke

Robbery denialKrakouer son denies robbing Kalgoorlie pub customer

The son of football great Jimmy Krakouer has denied any involvement in an alleged violent robbery in Kalgoorlie-Boulder earlier this year.

Taylar Amonini

Heavy penaltyNAB fined $15m over loan-introducer scheme

National Australia Bank has been hit with a $15 million fine over its introducer program, where it paid spotter fees to unlicensed pushers of its home loans.

Neale Prior

Way too hotDay care centre’s big fine over toddler’s scorched feet

A third Perth childcare provider in three months has been whacked with a heavy fine after a child’s feet were burnt while playing outdoors on a searing day.

Charlotte Elton

Choking claimsGrandma ‘died from dog-collar sex act’: Accused killer

Mathew Mark Hemsley is accused of killing Julie Anne Cooper after a night at an Innaloo pub before dumping her body and continuing to live in her Doubleview home.

Emily Moulton

‘Persistent sexual conduct’Kids’ karate club photographer on child sex charges

An alleged child sex offender has links to a local children’s sporting club, often photographing the Harvey Karate Group and last year even going on an overseas tour with the kids.

Briana Fiore

Drunk misdemeanorDrunkenness is no excuse: Kalgoorlie magistrate

Being intoxicated is not an excuse to assault people, a magistrate said as she sentenced a man for breaking his partner’s arm.

Taylar Amonini

$400m claimClass action launched over Indigenous stolen wages

A class action has been launched against the West Australian government in the hope of recovering wages stolen from Indigenous workers who laboured in terrible conditions.

Breach claimsCrown tumbles on money laundering probe

Australia’s financial crime watchdog is investigating possible money laundering and other breaches at Crown Resorts’ Melbourne operation.

Angus Whitley

prohibited weaponEx-guard fined for keeping baton

A former Kalgoorlie security guard who held on to his extendable baton and kept it in his glove box has been fined and had the weapon confiscated.

Taylar Amonini

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Man jailed for filming up skirts of hundreds of women

A former mechanic who used a camera, sometimes hidden in a shopping bag, to film up the skirts and dresses of dozens of young women at concerts and shopping centres across Perth has been jailed.

Emily Moulton

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How shocking tradie death highlights WA safety fears

The death of Jonnie Hartshorn at a Curtin University construction site this week was the 23rd fatality in the Australian construction industry over the past 12 months. So how has it come to this?

John Flint

Million-dollar boostMassive $1m reward to solve decades-old murder

New hope has been breathed into the 40-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of Collie school girl Lisa Mott, with a new $1 million reward to anyone who can help catch her suspected killer.

Joe Spagnolo

Strict conditionsPartner-bashing footy thug’s parole conditions revealed

Parole conditions placed on former West Perth WAFL player Rudy Riddoch means he’ll be banned from drinking alcohol and can’t approach his ex-partner after bashing and choking her two years ago.

Phil Hickey

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Punch victim’s family say maximum sentence ‘not enough’

The family of one-punch victim, Paramount manager Giuseppe ‘Peppe’ Raco, have spoken about how they are still reeling from his death after his attacker this week pleaded guilty.

Phil Hickey

Sick crimeUS woman to be executed for pregnant woman’s killing

An American woman convicted of strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her open and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death in more than six decades.

Thousands of imagesJail for Perth ‘Photoshop pervert’

A man who sought ‘sexual gratification’ by Photoshopping his own head onto a paedophile in a child sex abuse image has been jailed for four months.

Emily Moulton

Charges laidMan charged after car crashes into Collie pub

A man has been charged after two pub patrons were struck by a car in Collie Thursday night, with one critically injured.

Phil Hickey and Jackson Barrett

Serial offenderKalgoolie teacher caught driving five times over limit

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder teacher caught driving with a blood alcohol level almost five times the legal limit has lost her licence and been fined.

Taylar Amonini

Revenge claimsUgly court fight after old friends’ $4 million fallout

Chickens, $4 million and a massive fallout — the case of the former Peppermint Grove councillor accused of stealing millions from a colourful chicken farmer laid bare in a Perth Court this week.

Shannon Hampton

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Tony Galati’s son breaks in on wife at cousin’s house

The son of the Spud King avoided jail over a home burglary he orchestrated, in a ‘desperate’ attempt to see his children, amid revelations his ex-wife had shacked up with his cousin.

Adam Poulsen