Aged care worker who strangled 70-year-old WA woman to death had a fixation on serial killers

Aged care worker who strangled 70-year-old WA woman to death had a fixation on serial killers

His own defence lawyer said it seemed extraordinary that someone with Jacob Hoysted’s background was left to care for vulnerable people.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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WA mum accused of attempting to kill disabled daughter,court told

WA mum accused of attempting to kill disabled daughter,court told

The woman denies attempting to kill her disabled daughter after allegedly telling medical professionals the child was deteriorating and “nearing the end of her life”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Annual WA food festival will make you taste the south afresh

Annual WA food festival will make you taste the south afresh

Ever eaten kangaroo? No you haven’t – well,not like this,anyway.

  • byMax Veenhuyzen
Perth stays the course as home values surge month-on-month

Perth stays the course as home values surge month-on-month

Perth home values rose more than $11,000 in January,continuing the capital’s trend of prices rising by more than 1 per cent a month,according to a new report released on Thursday.

  • bySarah Brookes
Albany grandma’s death could have been ‘thrill kill’,court hears

Albany grandma’s death could have been ‘thrill kill’,court hears

The 20-year-old cannot be sentenced until further proceedings to determine whether his crime was a premeditated “thrill killing” or an impulse born of “mercy”.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Regional house prices rising as more Perth city dwellers escape rat race

Regional house prices rising as more Perth city dwellers escape rat race

City dwellers are continuing to escape the hustle and bustle of metropolitan living for a cheaper and happier life in the regions.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Peta went fishing on an Albany cliff with her husband in 1997. She has not been seen since.

Peta went fishing on an Albany cliff with her husband in 1997. She has not been seen since.

According to her husband,the young Albany mother of two small children told him she was going to the toilet. Then she vanished into thin air.

  • byHeather McNeill
Police probe Aboriginal death in custody in WA’s south

Police probe Aboriginal death in custody in WA’s south

West Australian police are investigating the death of an Aboriginal man who was unable to be revived after being found in his prison cell.

  • byAndrea Hayward
Drug cartels increasingly ‘dropping’ narcotics into the WA sea,but it’s not all going to plan

Drug cartels increasingly ‘dropping’ narcotics into the WA sea,but it’s not all going to plan

It has become a familiar story:men rescued in the ocean miles from anywhere with millions,sometimes billions of dollars of drugs found on a nearby ship or boat. It’s seen the amount of drugs being sent to WA balloon,but is the method working?

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
As cost of living bites,WA’s city-dwellers move for more in coastal towns

As cost of living bites,WA’s city-dwellers move for more in coastal towns

The coast is king for Perth folk looking at moving to regional centres in the state.

  • bySarah Brookes
Final member of alleged drug-smuggling trio found hiding under a spa in Perth’s south

Final member of alleged drug-smuggling trio found hiding under a spa in Perth’s south

Mate Stipinovich is the last of three men to be arrested in connection to a 365-kilogram cocaine haul discovered on WA’s southern coast a week after the trio was plucked from the ocean.

  • byCameron Myles