Courts
Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive
The 17-year-old driver of the ute that crashed in North Lake, killing his mate, has been charged with manslaughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Latest
Australian indoor women’s hockey coach stood down over child sex abuse charges
Lauren Austin, 39, appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Friday in relation to allegations that she indecently dealt with and sexually penetrated a child.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
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WA
Alleged Nollamara hit-and-run driver fronts court
The 65-year-old is alleged to have hit a man near the intersection of Ravenswood Drive and Hillsborough Drive on Sunday, leaving him for dead.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
Perth dentist found guilty of drink spiking and rape of Tinder dates
Farzam Mehrabi, 34, is accused of meeting the women, all aged between 18 and 20, in various Perth bars before inviting them back to his parents’ house in Shelley.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Crime
How one man ran a lucrative drug business from Perth immigration detention
He was locked up for dealing and as a consequence facing deportation to New Zealand. While waiting, he upped the ante and ramped up his business – with a little help from his friends.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Police probe potential hit-and-run after Nollamara man found dead
The 50-year-old was found on the side of the road just after 9pm on Sunday night. A bike was nearby.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Defamation
‘Besmirching those she blames for political demise’: Higgins’ lawyer attacks Reynolds
Brittany Higgins’ lawyer has branded former defence minister Linda Reynolds’ defamation action as having the lowest of motives, and attacked the reliability of her testimony.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Detention centres
Why are we still locking up our children?
Another day, another kid found dead in a prison cell. It’s not the system that needs to change, it’s our thinking.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth teen jailed for killing woman in late-night joyride
Rebecca Collard was hit and then dragged by the 17-year-old driver who failed to stop, assist or contact authorities after the incident in October last year.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
His daughter put cameras in his aged-care room. But she never expected to see this
A 27-year-old man was given a prison sentence on Thursday after CCTV cameras caught him sexually assaulting a man with dementia and Parkinsons in Claremont.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Lawyers pore over diary entries and texts in Reynolds, Higgins row
From diary entries to text messages with senior political figures and journalists, lawyers for Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins have pored over the final documents to become evidence in their defamation row.
- by Jesinta Burton