The jewel in the crown of the State’s north west tourism industry is fast becoming a tragic tale of two cities. Broome is bristling with tourists by day, but by night it is a war zone plagued by youth crime.
James Salmon
A young woman says she’s been left ‘scared’ to come to work and ‘nervous’ once she’s started her shift after a man armed with a 30cm knife threatened her and her boss on Thursday morning.
Sarah Steger
A bikie who allegedly bashed a teenage boy with a baseball bat so violently he had to have part of his skull surgically removed has walked free after being granted bail.
Brianna Dugan
Staff ran for their lives after a thug brandishing a knife stormed a deli in the city’s south, in the latest terrifying robbery to grip the city in recent weeks.
A suspect has been arrested following a shooting incident in a nightclub in Norway's capital Oslo that left at least two people dead and 14 wounded.
Terje Solsvik
After decades of offending and seemingly little remorse, just how did Bradley Pen Dragon go from a clean-shaven tourist to one of WA’s most depraved criminals who believes sex with children is ‘natural’?
Laura Newell
The former partner of bikie Ricky Chapman has won the right to lay him to rest despite an extraordinary last-minute attempt from his estranged mother to stop any funeral plans to take the court fight further.
Emily Moulton
A self-proclaimed ‘good bloke’ has avoided additional jail time after pleading guilty to possession of unlawfully obtained cash seized during a search which found 3.1kg of cannabis hidden in a swag
Tegan Guthrie
Court-appointed insolvency accountants are slapping legal padlocks on 20 Perth properties as they probe $140 million of debt claims linked to mountaineer-turned-life coach Michael Dunjey.
Neale Prior
A man accused of punching an off-duty police officer has been found not guilty on the basis he was acting in self-defence when the cop confronted him for urinating in a garden bed.
He has no love for the thin blue line and while he doesn’t flash the same gang tattoos bikies do, his ink sends a similar message to that the hardened outlaws flaunt — ‘f..k the police’.
Daryna Zadvirna and Tim Clarke
A masseuse who claims he is a doctor that specialises in ‘women’s health and fertility’ has been charged with raping two of his clients.
Jay James Mikaere allegedly attempted to rape a woman in her own bed before fleeing the scene and leaving his phone behind — then attempting to break into the house again to retrieve it.
Daryna Zadvirna and Brianna Dugan
An ex-child care worker who stood accused of slapping one child across the face and dragging three others has been acquitted of all charges with a magistrate describing some of the evidence as ‘implausible’.
A man arrested during a dramatic car stop on Reid Highway was armed with a handgun, had $20,000 and a chemical used to make liquid ecstasy, a court has heard.
Tim Clarke and Daryna Zadvirna
In a bizarre court appearance, former Eagle Daniel Kerr said he did not want to be separated from his new cell mate, and could not come to court on Wednesdays because he would miss his favourite TV show.
New details have emerged as to the exact reasons why serial WA paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon was arrested and thrown back in jail on Thursday, just days after his release.
Phil Hickey
Bradley Pen Dragon will stay in custody for another two weeks, after being arrested for allegedly being in possession of images of children — two days after his release from prison.
Tim Clarke
A home invader has been accused of choking a woman while attempting to rape her in her own bed in a terrifying ordeal in Perth’s north.
Police have swarmed on a bikie, allegedly finding a handgun and silencer in a search of the car he was a passenger in.
Police have charged two men over a dangerous car surfing stunt in the State’s north last year after an extensive investigation.
A massage therapist has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly raping two clients at his Midland business.
A Norseman man charged with shooting another man in the stomach, which he claims was in self defence, has been released on bail after “close to 40” community members submitted letters of support for his return
Paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon is already back behind bars about 48 hours after he walked free from prison.
Shannon Hampton
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