The man is accused of aggravated burglary. The discovery of his case comes amid ongoing controversy over the release of another former detainee.
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.
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.
Kimbengere Gosoge is the second former immigration detainee to have allegedly reoffended soon after their controversial release under a High Court ruling last November.
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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.
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.
Joan Drane’s worried neighbours called authorities after seeing a horrific crime scene that stretched to the outside of her Sandpiper Loop home.
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.
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.