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Grace Robyn Forrest McDonald has been jailed for rampaging through Kalgoorlie-Boulder streets in a stolen triple road train.

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman jailed for triple road train rampage

The woman who “went full GTA” and stole a 43-tonne triple road train, narrowly avoided colliding with a police car and smashed the truck into her ex-boyfriend’s front gate has been jailed. 

Tegan Guthrie

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison.

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Officer injured during riot at WA’s maximum security prison

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison with reports of widespread damage to cells and ‘considerable’ flooding.

Charlton Hart and Caleb Runciman

The response from emergency services was massive.

EnergyCommentsPremiumWoodside vows to personally sue stink bomb activists

The energy giant is pushing ahead with civil action against climate activists who forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters - and is trying to find out if any others were involved so they too can be sued.

Rebecca Le May

A Great Southern man avoided immediate jail for helping hide stolen tools in exchange for meth, breaching his bail and slashing his mother-in-law’s car tyres.

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Suspended jail for man who helped thieves for meth

A Great Southern man who helped thieves hide stolen goods worth thousands of dollars in exchange for meth and slashed his mother-in-law’s car tyres during a domestic dispute has avoided immediate jail time. 

Jacki Elezovich

A Narrogin man received a suspended prison term for a spate of targeted break-ins at rural properties in the Narrogin area.

courts & justice PremiumPrison term suspended after trespasses and thefts on farms

A Narrogin man who used Google Maps to target farming properties to break into and steal items to sell, funding his drug habit, has had his jail sentence suspended.

Jacki Elezovich

Garath Mouncey leaves Perth Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth cleaner cops fine for queerphobic flyers

Garath Mouncey was charged after he was caught disseminating flyers featuring photographs of individual members of Perth’s LGBTIQA+ community.

Jessica Evensen

This apartment in West Perth was sold to pay D&C Corporation's debts. Photo from 2022.

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Sale price revealed for apartment seized over EQ debts

A luxury West Perth apartment seized in a dispute over unpaid bills at Victor Goh’s Elizabeth Quay project has been sold.

Matt Mckenzie

Josh Worrell played in the Crows’ win over Gold Coast a day after the car accident.

AFLPremiumAdelaide Crows defender set to face court over car accident

Police investigated the 25-year-old after a collision with a pedestrian on his way to training.

Glenn Valencich

The Geraldton Courthouse.

Courts and crimePremiumGeraldton man faces court on dozens of drug dealing charges

A 53-year-old Geraldton man remanded in custody is facing more than 70 drugs charges. 

Imogen Wilson

A young Narrogin driver has been fined and had his licence disqualified for reckless highway burnouts.

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Young driver fined for burnouts on highway in Narrogin

A young truck driver had his driver’s licence disqualified and was handed a fine for reckless driving after passenger-filmed burnouts and posted footage of illegal driving to Snapchat.

Jacki Elezovich

Jatin Pudaruth pictured leaving Armadale Courthouse on Monday. He is accused of pushing over a 87-year-old traffic warden outside Rossmoyne Primary School on May 19.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumLast-minute twist halts crossing guard attacker’s sentencing

The bombshell allegation came to light on Tuesday and forced a magistrate to hold off delivering a sentence for Jatin Pudaruth, 18, for two crimes he had already pleaded guilty to.

Jessica Evensen

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumFined for gel blaster that ‘looks like a handgun’

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder man has been fined $650 for possessing a gel blaster that a magistrate said “looks like a handgun”.

Isabella Davis

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumBarber shop owner fronts court for alleged ‘laundering’

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder business owner has appeared in court after allegedly “laundering” money or property.

Isabella Davis

Lim Kok Foo outside of court and hiding his face at the time of arrest.

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Rapist who preyed on drunk Perth men released on parole

One of WA’s worst sex predators, who posed as a Perth taxi driver to sexually assault intoxicated men, has been released on parole after almost two decades behind bars.

Charlton Hart

Dr Christian Jack Joseph, 26, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Sunday.

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Freo death accused showed jiu-jitsu choke moves in video

The friend group of a Perth doctor charged over an alleged choke-hold death after an altercation in Fremantle on Saturday morning say they have been left completely stunned after he was thrown behind bars. 

Caleb Runciman and Brooke Rolfe

State Administrative Tribunal found the doctor had inappropriately touched patients.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth doctor’s intimate examinations ruled inappropriate

A western suburbs doctor inappropriately touched several patients — including touching their genitals without gloves — whilst conducting intimate examinations and carrying out pap smears, a tribunal has ruled.

Jessica Evensen

Fitness Cartel and Perth Day Hospital face trial over noise disputes.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth gym’s ‘bombs’ shake hospital in Supreme Court battle

Both businesses operate out of the same building on Scarborough Beach Road, in Osborne Park, with Perth Day Hospital and Fitness Cartel located on the first and second floor, respectively.

Jessica Evensen

Christian Jack Joseph, 26, is accused of killing a 63-year-old man who was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Courts and CrimeVideoPremiumYoung Perth doctor accused of killing man in Fremantle

A young doctor has been charged with manslaughter after a 63-year-old was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Rachel Tassicker and Bethany Hiatt

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

courts & justicePremiumFines for meth, codeine and 1,4-Butanediol possession

A woman has been fined for possessing meth, codeine and a powerful nervous system depressant in the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman seeks bail ahead of thigh-stab trial

A woman accused of stabbing a kitchen knife through her partner’s thigh during an argument over his infidelity is seeking bail after her trial date was vacated because of recent regional court closures.

Tegan Guthrie

Interstate bikie smuggling

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman denies role in botched Exmouth bikie smuggling scheme

One woman in a ragtag crew accused of attempting to smuggle a wanted man out of the country has pleaded not guilty to her role in the botched plot. 

Hannah Cross

Perth pediatrician Chia Liang Saw faces dozens of child sexual abuse charges. LinkedIn

Courts & JusticePremiumDoctor facing child sex charge granted home detention bail

A western suburbs paediatrician accused of offending against his own patients has been granted home detention bail despite being hit with more vile charges.

Jessica Evensen

Australian Federal Police on Friday revealed they started an investigation after Australian Post reported a slew of package thefts in WA.

CrimePremiumNew details about alleged package tampering at Perth Airport

A postal worker accused of tampering with secure mail bags loaded with cash could face further charges, a court has been told.

Hannah Cross and Jessica Evensen

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumFIFO worker allegedly had 20,000 child abuse images, videos

Police have revealed more than 20,000 images and videos of child exploitation material have yet to be categorised as part of investigations into a 33-year-old FIFO worker.

Tegan Guthrie