Second WA detainee allegedly re-offends months after High Court release

Second WA detainee allegedly re-offends months after High Court release

The man is accused of aggravated burglary. The discovery of his case comes amid ongoing controversy over the release of another former detainee.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHeather McNeill

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WA’s top cop denies police ignored alleged murder victim’s triple-zero calls in days before her death
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WA’s top cop denies police ignored alleged murder victim’s triple-zero calls in days before her death

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has backed a police decision not to attend the Yangebup home of Joan Mary Drane 48 hours before her son allegedly murdered her.

  • byHamish Hastie
Commonwealth prosecutor feared detainee would reoffend before home invasion

Commonwealth prosecutor feared detainee would reoffend before home invasion

A Commonwealth prosecutor twice raised fears a former immigration detainee would reoffend but did not oppose bail in the months before the man was accused of a brutal home invasion.

  • byHeather McNeill,Angus Thompson andHamish Hastie
Second WA detainee back before the courts after release under controversial High Court ruling

Second WA detainee back before the courts after release under controversial High Court ruling

Kimbengere Gosoge is the second former immigration detainee to have allegedly reoffended soon after their controversial release under a High Court ruling last November.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt,Heather McNeill andHamish Hastie
As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 1

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 1

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  • byHeather McNeill
Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on government experts’ advice before alleged assault

Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on government experts’ advice before alleged assault

A former immigration detainee accused of a violent assault during a home invasion had his ankle monitor removed following advice from a board of experts.

  • byAngus Thompson,Heather McNeill,Jamie Freestone andHamish Hastie
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Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor

Detainee accused of violent home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor

A former detainee accused of a violent assault was not required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and had been bailed by police and courts multiple times this year.

  • byAngus Thompson,Heather McNeill andOlivia Ireland
Man appears in court charged with murdering his mother in Yangebup
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Man appears in court charged with murdering his mother in Yangebup

Joan Drane’s worried neighbours called authorities after seeing a horrific crime scene that stretched to the outside of her Sandpiper Loop home.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andAmber Wilkinson
As it happened:WA news on Monday,April 29

As it happened:WA news on Monday,April 29

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  • byHeather McNeill
Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion
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Detainee released in High Court ruling stands accused of violent home invasion

A man arrested at the weekend over a home robbery in Perth had been released from immigration detention in November following a landmark court ruling.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie
Thousands march in Perth to combat domestic violence as another WA woman dies

Thousands march in Perth to combat domestic violence as another WA woman dies

Premier Roger Cook couldn’t attend Sunday’s Perth rally against domestic violence but reiterated his government’s $96.4m commitment,while condemning the murder of Erica Hay on Thursday.

  • byAlex Condon