Courts
Scarborough woman ‘willing participant’ in threesome: rape accused
One of two men accused of luring a woman into a public toilet and raping her has told a jury the threesome was consensual, and the woman a “willing participant”.
- by Heather McNeill and Ezra Holt
Latest
Graphic content
Crime
Perth man fights murder charge after stabbing mum 62 times while on drug trip
Callum Cameron woke his mum to tell her he was overdosing on a cocktail of psychedelic drugs. She called an ambulance, but when paramedics left to get a stretcher, he fatally stabbed her.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Innocent man wins defamation suit over ‘bikie assassin’ Facebook post
A man must pay a quarter of a million dollars to another he claimed carried out a hit on an ex-Rebels boss – an accusation that forced the innocent man into hiding.
- by Heather McNeill
Perth restaurant owner Alberto Nicoletti fiercely denies rape allegations
The owner of a popular Italian restaurant is on trial over claims including he raped one woman in a public toilet and posed as an Uber driver to assault another.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Willetton woman arrested over South Hedland murder
Homicide squad detectives have arrested a woman in Applecross and charged her with murder two weeks after discovering a man’s body 1600 kilometres away in a Pilbara town.
- by Heather McNeill
Analysis
Crime
Image of cable-tied kids shocks, but sadly we’ve been here before
The video has shocked Australia – small Aboriginal children sobbing, hands bound with cable ties as relatives hurl abuse at a strident white man.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
‘I am going to die’: Victims of rapist ex-WA Police officer speak out
Victims of one of WA’s most vicious serial rapists are calling for a wide-ranging public inquiry into the force.
- by David Hardaker
Brittany Higgins taken to Perth hospital after marathon court hearing
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was taken to hospital on Tuesday night following a marathon defamation hearing in a Perth court involving senator Linda Reynolds.
- by Jesinta Burton
Higgins, Reynolds Perth peace talks put on ice after marathon mediation
A marathon mediation hearing in the defamation row between Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins has so far failed to yield a resolution.
- by Jesinta Burton
Court erupts after Perth man pleads not guilty to murdering partner
A Perth man accused of bashing his partner to death will fight his murder charge at trial.
- by Heather McNeill
Perth student faces court for allegedly breaking classmate’s jaw
The alleged fight happened at a prominent Catholic school in Perth’s western suburbs.
- by Holly Thompson