Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

Floreat murderer ‘did not meet threshold’ of restraining order before he shot two women

The state’s police commissioner has flagged an internal probe into three interactions the family of Mark Bombara had with police before his explosion of violence.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHamish Hastie

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How police narrowed a 3500-strong family tree down to just one:an alleged rapist

How police narrowed a 3500-strong family tree down to just one:an alleged rapist

WA Police began with 3500 potential suspects in the 1991 sex assault. Groundbreaking technology helped them to narrow it down to one accused perpetrator.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andEzra Holt
‘I want answers’:Daughter of Floreat killer warned police about ‘imminent threat to our lives’

‘I want answers’:Daughter of Floreat killer warned police about ‘imminent threat to our lives’

Mark Bombara’s daughter Ariel Bombara says serious concerns about her father and his guns were raised with WA Police multiple times in the lead up to the murders.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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
Man who killed mother,daughter in Floreat home was looking for his ex-wife
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Man who killed mother,daughter in Floreat home was looking for his ex-wife

The man attended the Floreat house looking for his ex-wife,but when he realised she wasn’t there,he instead killed Jenny Petelczyc and her teenage daughter before turning the gun on himself.

  • byHolly Thompson
Perth cyclist dies after being ‘run down by suspected vigilante’
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Perth cyclist dies after being ‘run down by suspected vigilante’

A 48-year-old Perth cyclist has died after allegedly being run down by a driver in a suspected act of vigilantism.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Two women killed,man dead,after shooting in Floreat home

Two women killed,man dead,after shooting in Floreat home

WA Police have confirmed a man in his 60s killed two women,before turning the gun on himself.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andHolly Thompson
Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth

Halimi killed his new wife at their home in 2020 and is serving a term of life in prison with a minimum of 19 years.

  • byEmily Woods
‘Audacious’:Over $6 million worth of drugs found hidden on cargo ship in Fremantle
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‘Audacious’:Over $6 million worth of drugs found hidden on cargo ship in Fremantle

Australian Border Force intercepted 120kg of MDMA using sniffer dogs after the ship docked in WA on its way to NSW in February.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Stepmother jailed for bashing six-year-old WA girl over the head with cricket ball stuffed in a sock
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Stepmother jailed for bashing six-year-old WA girl over the head with cricket ball stuffed in a sock

A Perth woman has been jailed for 18 months after violently beating her six-year-old stepdaughter,leaving horrific bruises.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Police to get sweeping search powers under new WA anti-knife legislation
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Police to get sweeping search powers under new WA anti-knife legislation

WA Police will be given sweeping powers to search people for knives in public under legislation modelled on Queensland’s “Jack’s Law”.

  • byMichael Genovese