Crime
Tribunal finds Perth nurse was caught stealing from disabled patients, selling items on eBay
A tribunal ruled the woman was “not currently a fit and proper person” to hold a nursing registration after she allegedly stole clothing, shoes, toiletries and food from a couple whose disabled children she cared for.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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‘Unprovoked, gratuitous, brutal’: Two men sentenced over WA grandfather’s murder
Raymond Smith, 68, died alone and in pain after three men broke into his house and brutally attacked him in December 2023.
- Rebecca Peppiatt and Jamie Freestone
Floreat dad accused of starving his daughter pushes for charges to be dropped
The man and his wife are facing a re-trial over allegations of neglect and infantalisation of their teenage daughter.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Confronting’: Perth primary school teacher jailed over sexual abuse of children
Kurt Charlton, 29, was working as a babysitter on top of his usual teaching job to gain “unsupervised access to children” a court has heard.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by out-of-control car in North Beach
The man in his 60s was struck by a second car that mounted the footpath and pushed him over a limestone wall and into bushes.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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Charges discontinued for Perth mum accused of stealing son’s Dreamworld tragedy compensation
Michelle Hanson and her 16-year-old son were in the raft behind the one that flipped at the Gold Coast theme park, leading to the deaths of four people.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth FIFO worker who praised Bondi gunmen pleads guilty to racism, weapons charges
In the hours after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, Martin Glynn, 39, made a post in support of the gunmen and their actions in targeting the Jewish community.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Woman narrowly misses freight train after allegedly driving around Midvale boom gates
The 47-year-old was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after she rolled her car down an embankment while trying to avoid the train.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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‘No payment, no consent’: Perth man accused of rape after failing to pay a sex worker
Jumakhan Haidari, 26, was on holiday in Queensland when it is alleged he used a sex worker but did not pay her. In that state, that is classed as rape.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Former Nationals candidate charged over death of Katanning teacher
Benjamin Thomas Simpkin, 26, is alleged to have hit Luke Russell in his car while on the way to work, leaving him for dead on the side of the road.
- Rebecca Peppiatt