Courts
Last 'Evil 8' child abuser jailed for nine years for raping girl
A pedophile who repeatedly raped a Perth girl, pimped out by her own father in the so-called "Evil 8" case, has been sentenced.
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Elderly woman thought she would die during sex attack by teenager
The court was told the teenager had been released from detention just six weeks before he smashed his way into the home of an 83-year-old woman.
- by Kate Hedley
Courts
Trio facing a string of charges over Perth burglary spree
Two men and a teenage boy have been charged with a range of offences following a series of burglaries across Perth.
- by Phil Hickey
Perth
WA's top judge announces his retirement
WA's top judge Chief Justice Wayne Martin AC will step down from his post in July.
- by staff writers
Drugs
Massive cannabis grow house, 200kg of dope discovered south of Perth
An elaborate cannabis plantation and close to 200kg of the drug have been unearthed in Perth’s southern suburbs last week.
- by Franziska Rimrod
Courts
Kids arrested after wild party at vacant Perth house
Two boys have been arrested after throwing stones and refusing police orders to break up a wild party at a vacant house in Perth.
Courts
'Justice delayed': Top QC urges Austic case to be dealt with swiftly
Malcolm McCusker says the case of a man who has spent the past 10 years in jail for a murder he claims he did not commit must be dealt with swiftly.
- by Phil Hickey
Courts
Perth man jailed for brutally bashing dad
A Perth dad was grabbed around the neck, dragged to the ground and punched up to 20 times during the first of three assaults.
Courts
Perth woman can take dead man's sperm to ACT
A 42-year-old Perth woman has won the right to take sperm extracted from her dead partner to the ACT where she hopes to become pregnant.
Pregnancy
WA woman wins right to take dead partner's sperm to ACT
A 42-year-old Perth woman has won the right to take sperm extracted from her dead partner to the ACT where she hopes to become pregnant.
Business
Rockingham Han's Cafe owners accused of being 'recklessly indifferent' to WA fair work laws
Two Han's Cafe franchisees have been fined nearly $80,000 for consistently underpaying international students.
- by Hannah Barry