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Bunbury Court.

CrimePremiumMan turns himself in to police after alcohol theft

A man had pleaded guilty to the stealing of alcohol from a Boyup Brook venue in January after he appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court on Monday in police custody.

Sofia Fimognari

Glenn McDade also worked at Hakea and Melaleuca prisons.

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Jail looms for Casuarina prison guard ‘leveraged’ by bikies

Officials searched Glenn Stephen McDade before a shift in December 2023 and found 3.3g of methamphetamine and 4.82g of Suboxone hidden in his pants. 

Rebecca Le May

Geraldton courthouse.

Crime & courtPremiumPerth men accused of sexual assault make bail application

Two Perth men accused of a horrific sexual assault of a woman on the Geraldton foreshore have appeared in court for a bail application.

Josephine Hingst

Shaun Henry Ronan appeared before Geraldton Magistrates Court on Monday for a bail application.

Crime & courtPremiumHome bail considered for man on child abuse material charges

Authorities raided his home following a tip-off from the United States’ National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

Josephine Hingst

Yusuf Hashim Adat smashed his Toyota Hilux ute into Vivienne Yun Mooi Why’s Volkswagen Polo sedan on Guildford Road about 11pm on March 3, 2023.

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JAILED: Drug-affected man in fatal Maylands head-on crash

He smashed his Toyota Hilux into Vivienne Yun Mooi Why’s Volkswagen Polo sedan on Guildford Road about 11pm on March 3, 2023.

Rebecca Le May

Pictured are damaged vehicles on Johnston St in Peppermint Grove, where one homeowner had five cars damaged.

CourtsPremiumAccused western suburbs’ car smasher granted bail

A Hamilton Hill man accused of being involved in a vandalism rampage that damaged more than 80 cars in Perth’s most exclusive suburbs has been freed on bail.

Emily Moulton

Police were called to a home on Rowley Street and Kwernt Lane in Albany at 7.36am.

Courts & JusticePremiumTwo charged with eight offences after Albany police chase

Albany police have charged two people for their alleged roles in an aggravated robbery and home burglary, accusing them of leading police on a chase through Albany in a stolen car.

Melissa Sheil

Kayne Michael Dixon, 38, appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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Man avoids jail for buying $5300 of fuel on company cards

A man who used company fuel cards to buy more than $5000 of fuel for private vehicles — including a 1000-litre boat — has been served a community-based order.

Melissa Sheil

A Perth man pleaded not guilty to two alleged arson charges relating to fires in Coogee and Bibra Lake late last year.

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Arsonist admits to lighting fire for “cultural” reasons

A Perth man who admitted to lighting three fires has pleaded not guilty to two of them on the basis that he thought no one was around and he was doing it for “cultural” reasons.

Jacki Elezovich

Albany police chased a vehicle allegedly stolen from a property on Rowley Street and Kwernt Lane on Tuesday morning, following it as it attempted to escape pursuit by driving the wrong way through the big roundabout.

CrimeVideoPremiumWATCH: Arrests after wild wrong-way stolen car police chase

Albany officer-in-charge Sen. Sgt. Carlos Correia said police had taken several suspects into custody, and a man and woman were assisting with their inquiries.

Melissa Sheil

A Katanning man who resisted police after they mistakenly arrested him after confusing a TV remote for a weapon has been fined.

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Fine for WA man after police mistake TV remote for weapon

A Katanning man resisted arrest after police confused a TV remote for a weapon.

Melissa Sheil

Vincent Albert Knight, 35, appeared via video link from Albany Regional Prison in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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Driver who mowed down stranger on path put behind bars

The 35-year-old WA man mowed down the stranger with his car in a case of mistaken identity as part of a ‘drug-induced rampage’.

Melissa Sheil

Detectives on the scene in Armadale.

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Shock home invasion details revealed as pair charged

Armadale detectives allege that a man and woman entered an Armadale home before an argument with the 18-year-old turned violent.

Caleb Runciman

Bunbury Court.

CrimePremiumMan tells court it was ‘ridiculous’ he was kept in custody

‘All I’ve done is push someone over and I’ve done three months jail.’

Sofia Fimognari

Two security guard brothers accused of a savage attack on a patron at a Scarborough bar, allegedly punching and kicking him in the head as he cowered on the ground after asking him to leave, have been granted bail.

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Bouncers accused of sickening Lookout bar attack bailed out

The two security guard brothers were accused of punching and kicking a patron in the head after asking him to leave a popular Scarborough bar.

Caleb Runciman

Kyle William Castle avoided immediate jail after sending St Joseph's College Albany into lockdown on November 27, 2024.

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Meth addict avoids jail for ‘petrifying’ school lockdown

An Albany man who sent a “petrified” school into lockdown after he yelled “don’t worry, I won’t shoot you, this isn’t America” while high on meth, has avoided jail.

Georgia Campion

The former West Coast Eagles and Western Bulldogs star faced Broome Magistrates Court charged with four counts of sexually penetrating a child over 13 and under 16.

Courts & JusticePremiumHigh-profile barrister shuts down former Eagle’s sex charges

A high-profile barrister has declared child sex charges against ex-AFL player Josh Hill will be ‘defended’ during a brief hearing of the case on Monday.

Cain Andrews

An accused in the Cassius Turvey murder trial claims he lied to police in his interviews because he feared what his co-accused “would do” after two allegedly turned up at his house days after with a shotgun.

Courts & JusticePremiumCassius accused claims mates showed up to home with shotgun

One of the accused killers of Cassius Turvey claims he lied to police in fear, after his co-accused allegedly turned up at his house with a shotgun.

Emily Moulton

Last April, the competition watchdog instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Clorox Australia over false claims.

RetailCommentsGarbage bag giant fined over ocean plastic recycling claim

The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined more than $8 million for falsely advertising its products were made of recycled ocean plastic.

Cheyanne Enciso

Former real estate agent Jack Lusty.

COURTPremiumCharges dropped for Albany man accused of prolonged DV

An Albany man accused of punching his partner and threatening to slit her dogs’ necks has had his charges dropped by the prosecution.

Georgia Campion

Locklan Stuart Ross, 20, had rape charges dropped.

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Rape charges dropped against 20-year-old man

An Albany man accused of twice raping a woman in Centennial Park last year has had the charges against him dropped, while being given a community order for destroying her iPhone.

Melissa Sheil

The Wiluna gold mine.

ASICPremiumASIC takes sunken WA goldie to court

Wiluna Mining is being sued by Australia’s corporate regulator for allegedly failing to accurately disclose details of a capital raising that took place weeks before the company went into administration.

Simone Grogan

Jonathan Charles Shales started filming “fit looking women in short skirts” with either his phone or a GoPro in June 2018.

Courts & JusticePremiumCreepy man who filmed up women’s skirts in WA learns fate

A 51-year-old man who followed dozens of young women and girls around shops in Perth and Exmouth before filming up their skirts went undetected for almost six years.

Rebecca Le May

The writ was filed last week.

Courts & JusticePremiumChinese investment in WA explorer turns sour over debt

Perth-based graphite hopeful Triton Minerals is suing Chinese-owned NQM Gold over an alleged $8.5 million share purchase plan debt.

Rebecca Le May