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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
St John Ambulance. WA generic. Pic taken by Lauren Pilat.

Man, 35, dies after being bitten by shark off coast of Albany

The incident happened off Michaelmas Island just before 11.30am on Saturday.

  • 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
James Sinclair Thomsonfrom  Perth House Relocators. I

Perth house relocator leaves trail of clients, contractors claiming he owes millions

A group of aggrieved clients claim James Thomson owes them money. He claims he is the victim of an online smear campaign.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Queensland Police have successfully applied to extradite him.

Plot to smuggle Queensland fugitive bikie to Indonesia foiled

Three people have been charged over their alleged roles in a plan to smuggle the alleged outlaw motorcycle gang member from Western Australia using a luxury yacht.

  • Aaron Bunch
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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
Two men have been charged over the drug seizures.

Cocaine, heroin, meth: Two charged over 80kg drug haul in WA’s South West

WA Police have seized 57 kilograms of methamphetamine, 23 kilograms of cocaine and 2.5 kilograms of heroin in a series of raids kicked off by a traffic stop in the South West.

  • Michael Philipps
One man has died after being knocked off a bike.

Two charged over Mandurah shooting

Two people have been charged after a man was shot in Mandurah early on Sunday morning.

  • Cameron Myles
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