Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal

Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal

An elderly couple who were subjected to a horrific assault in their own home have spoken out about how three men pretended to be police officers.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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Grieving parents fight Canning Vale road-rage killer’s early release

Grieving parents fight Canning Vale road-rage killer’s early release

Aya Hishmeh,26,mowed down a group of boys with her car – killing one and injuring others – in a crime that shocked Perth. Now she is facing the parole board.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
WA moves on anti-knife laws in wake of Sydney stabbings
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WA moves on anti-knife laws in wake of Sydney stabbings

New laws being considered by the WA attorney-general would be modelled on Queensland’s “Jack’s Law”,which was brought in following a fatal stabbing on the Gold Coast.

  • byMichael Genovese
Man accused of firing rifle,pointing it at staff in WA tavern fronts court
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Man accused of firing rifle,pointing it at staff in WA tavern fronts court

A 41-year-old man accused of pointing a rifle at four staff members in a Wheatbelt pub before assaulting one and firing a shot into the floor has fronted court for the first time.

  • byJesinta Burton
Police helicopter vision reveals close calls during wild police chase through 22 suburbs

Police helicopter vision reveals close calls during wild police chase through 22 suburbs

Detectives have charged a man who allegedly led police on the car chase in a stolen vehicle.

  • byHolly Thompson
Three brothers,including nine-year-old,among four killed in horror Wheatbelt crash
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Tragedy

Three brothers,including nine-year-old,among four killed in horror Wheatbelt crash

Three brothers,the youngest of whom was just nine years old,and their family friend have been identified as the four people killed in a horror crash south-west of Northam overnight.

  • byJesinta Burton
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Scarborough rubbish truck driver fined after hitting little boy on scooter

Scarborough rubbish truck driver fined after hitting little boy on scooter

A Perth rubbish truck driver who accidentally ran over a four-year-old who was riding his scooter down a suburban street has been fined $2500.

  • byEzra Holt
Girrawheen couple tied up,assaulted after thugs posed as police officers
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Girrawheen couple tied up,assaulted after thugs posed as police officers

Three men posing as police officers have carried out a violent home invasion in Girrawheen,tying up couple in their 70s while they ransacked the home and ripped jewellery from the woman’s body.

  • byHeather McNeill
Palliative care volunteer and her husband found dead in northern Perth home
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Perth

Palliative care volunteer and her husband found dead in northern Perth home

Police were called to the home in Carramar on Sunday morning where they discovered the bodies of Mark and Lesley Stillman

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andSarah Brookes
Former nurse found guilty of attempting to murder husband at Perth hospital

Former nurse found guilty of attempting to murder husband at Perth hospital

Wendy Ruth Sym was found guilty on Monday of attempting to murder her husband Kenneth by injecting a high dose of insulin during a hospital admission in January 2021.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt
Man,woman charged with murder after woman found dead in Broadwater
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Man,woman charged with murder after woman found dead in Broadwater

A man has been charged with murder after a 38-year-old woman was found dead in Busselton,south-west of Perth,on Thursday evening.