AFL star Marlion Pickett pleads not guilty to stealing more than $380,000 in Perth
The Richmond player was arrested last year in connection to a spate of commercial thefts. On Thursday, he formally denied having any involvement and will take the matter to trial.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Mum’s appeal for daughter missing in Perth for five days
Police and family have appealed for information on the whereabouts of Tahlia Prior who turned 27 today but has not been seen by her family since last Friday.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Nick Martin’s assassin has written a book in prison, but doesn’t want the man accused of hiring him to read it
The hit man allegedly hired by Mongols bikie David Pye to assassinate Nike Martin wants the contents of an autobiography he wrote in prison to be kept secret.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Two pilots die in WA cattle station helicopter tragedy
A 29-year-old man and a 30-year-old man have died after their helicopters collided shortly after take-off at a cattle station in WA’s far north.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Justice ‘incompetent and incapable’: Former Children’s Court judge
The retired judge slammed the department that oversees youth justice in WA, telling an inquest he had predicted the tragedy that came to pass last October.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Four decades later she tried to kill him
She described their marriage as “lovely” and said she loved her husband to bits. Now she’s been sentenced to nine years behind bars for attempted murder.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Dodgy Perth dealer fined a second time over illegal car trading business
Jacob Hamilton copped a $40,000 fine two years ago for running a car sales business in Stirling without a license. Within weeks he was back at it.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth nurse who tried to kill ill husband collapses after hearing sentence
Wendy Sym was suffering from carer’s burnout and had “hit the end of her tether” when she injected a lethal dose of insulin into her husband while he was in hospital.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Alleged lookout guy ‘disgusted’ by horrific bashing of 73-year-old Ninette Philips
Seyed Younes Tahami, 38, is one of three men charged over the horrific attack on Ninette and Philip Simons on April 16. But in court he said he went to Ninette’s aid during the assault.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Boy, 16, fighting for life after Kelmscott stabbing
Police released photos of two youths running with knives through a south Perth suburb after a fight between a group of teenagers resulted in one boy being stabbed in the stomach.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth daycare worker found guilty of scratching young children’s faces
Kerri Louise Wharf was charged with aggravated assault after young children in her care were found with scratches on their faces.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt