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The nurse was struck off.

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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The 68-year-old had been missing for a month before his body was discovered.

‘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
Perth’s Bondi Vet Dr Peter Ricci.

Celebrity Perth vet banned after fabricating debt, posing as lawyer

Dr Peter Ricci wrote letters to a club secretary pretending to be a legal representative, falsely accusing the woman of harassment, stalking and intimidation.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The couple were jailed for starving their daughter.

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
Kurt Charlton in court on Thursday.

‘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
A previously unreleased photo of the moment Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards was arrested.

Previously unseen photo reveals moment of Claremont serial killer’s arrest

Vision of the moment Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards was arrested has come to light for the first time.

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The man was taken to hospital.

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
Fortescue Metal Group’s Solomon Hub Project.

WA government cleared of any liability in landmark native title case

The court also ruled that the WA government will be able to retain the full benefit of the mining royalties collected from the Solomon Hub Project.

  • Michael Philipps
The charges against Michelle Hanson have been dropped.

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
Former Nationals MP James Hayward.

Former Nationals MP sues WA parliament after upper house disqualification

James Hayward was jailed after being convicted of indecent dealing, but appealed his charges, which were ultimately dropped.

  • Michael Philipps