Courts
Skipper pleads not guilty over fatal Mandurah estuary boat crash
The man allegedly responsible for killing two women when the boat he was navigating crashed in the Mandurah Estuary has pleaded not guilty to two charges of manslaughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth woman denies attempting to murder husband by poisoning water
Bozena Knapinski, 62, has been accused of trying to murder her husband after he suspected she was slowly poisoning him and set up a covert operation to catch her.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘They’ve made their bed’: Gina Rinehart’s lawyers slam kids’ legal attack
The mining magnate’s lawyers have levelled a scathing attack against her eldest children for claiming her absence from the high-stakes Hope Downs battle implied guilt.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth woman who killed her grandma by swapping pills has appeal thrown out
Alaine Sturniolo was given a life sentence in 2021 after a jury found her guilty of murdering her grandma by swapping her medication with morphine.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Monster in my closet’: Perth man jailed 31 years after knifepoint rape of single mum
The 48-year-old was extradited to Perth from Queensland to face historic rape charges after DNA evidence linked him to the 1992 crime.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
WA Police charge man who allegedly went on the run with unlicensed gun
West Australian police have charged 28-year-old Blake Unkovich, who allegedly went on the run for over 24 hours.
- by Holly Thompson
‘He’s had kids punching him’: Lawyer asks for teen on murder charge to be released
Rebecca Collard, 48, died after she was deliberately run over by a 17-year-old boy, police allege.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘I thought I was going to die’: Perth hotel hit with fine over mislabelled nut-laden tart
Pan Pacific Perth has been fined for a mistake which could have cost a woman her life.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Crime
Perth mother ‘stabs teen daughter’s secret boyfriend’
A Perth mother is accused of stabbing her teenage daughter’s secret boyfriend after discovering she had sneaked him into her bedroom on Tuesday night.Â
- by Heather McNeill and Michael Stamp
Perth magistrate lashes state for ‘coercive’ laws to sideline her
Lawyers for Magistrate Catherine Crawford have scrutinised laws the state government claims empowered her Children’s Court boss to forcibly relocate her.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth nurse banned after having threesome with vulnerable patients
The junior nurse admitted befriending patients who were admitted for complex PTSD and suicidal ideation, and later engaging in sexual activity with them just weeks after their releases from hospital.
- by Heather McNeill