Crime
This Perth mum put a GPS tracker on her toddler. Then she was arrested
A woman who claims she used an Apple AirTag to monitor her daughter was brought before the courts by her ex-husband, who claimed the tracking device was being used to stalk him.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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The DNA clue allegedly linking former Sword Boy to decade-old Perth home invasion
Edmond “Monty” Margjini, who was involved with Perth’s Sword Boys gang in the 2000s, has been accused of a violent home invasion where a woman was threatened with a machete.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth
Perth woman accused of lighting stranger on fire fronts court
A woman has been accused of dousing a stranger in petrol and lighting him on fire in Perth’s south on Monday night.
- by Heather McNeill
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WA
Eight years in jail for karate instructor who abused his teenage student
Gavin Michael Smith was sentenced on Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of the sexual abuse of one of his karate students.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Paedophile jailed for filming dozens of children at Perth leisure centres
Hocking man Roman Kopytko filmed over 90 separate children over a two-year period while they were showering and getting dressed at public swimming pools.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth woman jailed for throwing dog off car park roof
CCTV footage of the distressing incident was released on Tuesday after the court case concluded.
- by Heather McNeill
WA couple learn their fate in wake of $800,000 cattle rustling heist
Clinton and Emma Spong forged invoices to protect friends who had stolen cattle from a neighbouring property in 2020.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Federal police seize Perth tobacco trafficker’s eight WA properties
Two years after his conviction, investigators still tracking the man’s financial activities suspected that the value of his assets far outweighed his income.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Teen who stabbed student at Carine Senior High School pleads guilty, gets bail
The 15-year-old who stabbed another student at a Perth school earlier this month has been granted bail and is allowed to return home on a 24-hour curfew.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘It’s not enough’: Victims furious serial Perth fraudster could be free in 18 months
A convicted fraudster who was embroiled in Perth’s “tent city” saga two years ago has been jailed over a spate of thefts carried out just weeks after he walked free from prison.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Police set out to help victims of drink-spiking, and in turn revealed just how widespread it is
More and more people are taking advantage of a world-first initiative launched by WA Police last year, and the statistics are shining a light on drink-spiking in the state.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt