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Police swoopPremiumComanchero bikie in dramatic Chicken Treat arrest

A witness has described the moment police arrived at the fast food restaurant with their weapons drawn.

Michael Traill

Car park chaosPremium‘Jail inevitable’ for driver who ran down Perth teen

An ‘angry’ Perth driver accused of running over a teen after an ugly shopping centre spat has been found not guilty of attempted murder, but a judge has warned him to expect a long stay behind bars.

Shannon Hampton and Tim Clarke

Shocking injuryPremiumFather ‘broke baby’s leg’ in violent incident: Police

A WA man allegedly broke the leg of his two-month-old baby during what police said was a family violence incident on Friday night.

Liam Beatty

CrimeMore supervision for man who threatened MP

A man who sent a threatening letter to a NSW MP and was found with blueprints to create 3D-printed guns will continue to be supervised by the state.

Greta Stonehouse

CrimeMan admits drug robbery manslaughter

A Victorian man has admitted killing another man he robbed using a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun.

Gus McCubbing

Making a pointPremiumMurder accused wanted retiree to ‘treat women better’

A man accused of fatally bashing a pensioner at his Mosman Park retirement village unit agrees that he ‘wanted to make a point about how to treat women’ but has denied intending to kill him.

Shannon Hampton

CrimeNSW man jailed for manslaughter of ex

A NSW man who stabbed an ex-partner after she brandished a metal pole at his head will spend at least five years and six months in prison for her manslaughter.

Tiffanie Turnbull

CrimeManslaughter finding for workmate stabbing

A 21-year-old who stabbed his work mentor to death, claiming he woke to find himself being sexually assaulted, has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Tiffanie Turnbull

CrimeNSW drilling firm fined over worker death

Mechanic Reece Marchello was just 27 and three weeks into his new job when he was fatally crushed by a truck he was working on.

Hannah Ryan

CrimeMP complaints body starts by September

The federal government says an independent complaints body for MPs and staffers will be up and running within six weeks, but it won't cover past parliaments.

Georgie Moore

Court actionPremiumDocuments probe in liquidation of Bazzo’s Gucce

A barrister helping liquidators probe the activities of Tina Bazzo and her wealthy partner Allen Caratti say the material uncovered may be used by agencies looking at potential offences.

Neale Prior

Frantic searchPremiumComanchero at centre of manhunt facing firearm charges

The man police are hunting after a series of robberies over the weekend is a Comanchero bikie facing several firearm charges in Perth Magistrate’s Court this week, The West Australian can reveal.

Sarah Steger and Daryna Zadvirna

horror findNo determination in Margs woman’s death

Detectives are still conducting inquiries into the death of a Margaret River woman found on the side of Bussell Highway last month.

Warren Hately

CrimeParents sue over asylum seeker murder

The parents of asylum seeker Reza Berati are suing the Australian Government over his death in an offshore detention centre.

Liz Hobday

CrimeMan serious after SA stabbing

A man is in hospital with serious wounds to his abdomen after a stabbing in Adelaide's south.

Tim Dornin

‘Shiniest star’Video‘Not a number’: Friends pay tribute to COVID victim

Friends have paid tribute to 38-year-old Adriana Midori Takara, who died from COVID-19 in Sydney over the weekend — reminding the pubic that she is ‘not just a number’.

Crime'Anarchists' behind lockdown protests: NSW

Police are working to track down and fine thousands of people who defied coronavirus restrictions to attend weekend anti-lockdown rallies in NSW and Victoria.

Luke Costin

CrimeSlain man not linked to Taliban: witness

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial has been told by a relative of Afghan Ali Jan that a "big soldier" kicked him into a river bed before he was found dead.

Sam McKeith

Man huntPremiumSuspected bikie on run after violent suburban break-ins

Police are hunting a man following a series of robberies across Perth, believed to have links to outlaw motorcycle groups.

Wanted manPolice hunt suspected bikie over suburban break-ins

Police have put an urgent call out to help find Jarrad Wrightson, who they say can help with their investigation into a series of incidents in Perth’s north.

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Top cop reveals plan to tackle police suicide tragedies

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson will hold a forum dealing with mental health, to start within the next few weeks, in the wake of recent suicides that have shocked the force.

Brianna Dugan

City bust-upPerth teens arrested after wild CBD hotel party

Three teenagers were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after police broke up a wild party at a hotel in Perth’s CBD.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Shocking scenesMan charged for allegedly ploughing down four people

A Huntingdale driver has been charged after four people were allegedly ploughed down with a car in Perth’s CBD overnight.

Caitlyn Rintoul

CrimeNSW fines surge as speed camera signs gone

A NSW government decision to remove warning signs for mobile speed cameras has resulted in a 1655 per cent increase in fines, the state's opposition says.

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