WA foster mother knocked out,then burnt,seven-year-old who refused to do dishes

WA foster mother knocked out,then burnt,seven-year-old who refused to do dishes

The horrifying story of a child no-one wanted – and what he suffered at the hands of those who took him in.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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Victoria’s youth crime rises to the highest level since 2010

Victoria’s youth crime rises to the highest level since 2010

Overall crime in Victoria increased by nearly 10 per cent in the past year,with the latest data showing children are increasingly involved in robberies,car thefts and assaults.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Repeat domestic violence offender jailed for life over Nollamara stabbing

Repeat domestic violence offender jailed for life over Nollamara stabbing

Christopher Dimer tried to convince a jury a knife that was holding up a curtain had fallen and impaled his partner of four years,killing her.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Perth teens had crow bars,pepper spray in homophobic bashings
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Perth teens had crow bars,pepper spray in homophobic bashings

The boys will appear before Perth Children’s Court on Thursday charged over the assault of two men in their 30s that had been lured via an online app.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage

Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage

The 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to threatening fellow students and staff with a box cutter at the prestigious public school in Perth’s western suburbs.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Elderly WA couple’s five-year fight ends in eviction from their home
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Elderly WA couple’s five-year fight ends in eviction from their home

Beryl and Ray Taylor poured their life savings into a lease-for-life scheme near Mandurah. Now they are about to be homeless.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids

Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids

Mat Radelic,45,denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson
Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide

WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide

A WA Police officer is believed to have taken his own life overnight in a Perth facility,with an investigation now under way.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Australian indoor women’s hockey coach stood down over child sex abuse charges

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt
Alleged Nollamara hit-and-run driver fronts court
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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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson