Crime
Drug runner in WA cocaine mega-bust cops lengthy jail term
A New South Wales man embroiled in Australia’s largest ever drug sting will spend at least 12 years behind bars for transporting and hoarding 200 kilograms of plaster he believed to be $100 million worth of cocaine.
- by Jesinta Burton and Yvonne Ardley
Latest
Pregnant woman punched, kicked in Perth’s south
A 51-year-old woman faced court on Thursday after being charged over the violent attack.
- by Holly Thompson
Belmont councillor accused of indecently assaulting clients during driving tests
A City of Belmont councillor has been accused of indecently assaulting three women while conducting driving assessments.
- by Michael Stamp
Teenage girl dies after e-scooter crash in Perth’s north
The scooter and a car collided on Wanneroo Road in Wanneroo just after 2pm on March 28.
- by Holly Thompson
Perth driving assessor accused of indecently assaulting women during tests
A WA Police spokesman said the 38-year-old Rivervale man was charged on Wednesday and will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.
- by Heather McNeill
Shenton College student, 13, fronts court over alleged box cutter rampage
Prosecutors claim a 13-year-old boy facing serious charges after allegedly threatening staff and students at the school had asked a friend to record the assaults.
- by Holly Thompson
Analysis
Law
Eight women, one man: Casual encounters and the murky issue of consent
Eleven charges of rape and sexual assault over a 4½-year period and at the heart of every one, the looming question; did the women involved consent to those encounters?
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Jury outcome suppressed in rape trial of Perth restaurant owner
A jury’s decision relating to the charges against a Perth restaurant owner accused of sexually assaulting eight women has been suppressed by the courts on Tuesday afternoon.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
‘I honestly could kill him. I won’t’: Texts surface in trial of Perth nurse accused of attempted murder
A former nurse accused of giving her ill husband a near-lethal dose of insulin sent a late-night text message admitting she could “kill him” as his dementia continued to weigh on her wellbeing, a court has been told.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth man accused of filming women in change rooms, gyms
The man has been charged with two counts of indecent acts in public and is due to appear before court.
- by Holly Thompson
Multiple Perth bikies charged after dramatic police raids
Eight members of a notorious bikie gang in Western Australia have been arrested and charged over serious offending.
- by Holly Thompson