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Dr David Hurst’s sudden death exposed 130 patients who had lost millions of dollars in pre-payments for dental services they were yet to receive.

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Victims of corrupt Perth dentist hit with more pain

Ripped-off victims of a corrupt Perth dentist are being asked to cough up more money as they try to claim against the professional indemnity insurance of David Hurst.

John Flint

Attorney General Tony Buti will intervene in the long-running legal case against BGC. Inset: One of the defective Iplex pipes.

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Fresh twist in BGC saga as customers receive lifeline

Hundreds of WA customers living in new homes prone to leaks and flooding due to faulty piping have received some welcome news ahead of a State Administrative Tribunal hearing.

John Flint

One of WA’s most depraved paedophiles — who joined serial killer David Birnie in a jailhouse pack rape — has died.

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Depraved Birnie paedophile jail pal dies

Adrian Peter Barrett was a career child abuser who joined serial killer David Birnie in a jailhouse pack rape.

Ben Harvey

Police had responded to an incident in Baldivis after a man was fatally stabbed.

Crime PremiumWoman charged with partner’s murder behind bars

A woman charged with the stabbing murder of her partner at a Baldivis home has been remanded in custody.

Caleb Runciman

Fiona Halton, Kirsten Moiler’s mother, speaks to the media outside the District Court of WA on Friday.

Courts & JusticePremiumHusband who set fire to wife jail sentence revealed

A Perth father who deliberately dowsed his wife in an accelerant before setting her alight outside their Perth Hills home in a horrific act of domestic violence has been sentenced to more than a decade in jail.

Charlton Hart

A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a young mother in a frenzied stabbing.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan found guilty of woman’s ‘stabbing frenzy’ murder

A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a young mum after their sex tryst turned violent, before dumping her body in Fremantle Harbour.

Sarah Crawford, Rebecca Le May and Caleb Runciman

Tara Michelle Enoka

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth scammer who ripped donors in cancer lie learns fate

A Perth boxer and mother-of-four who pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in donations by falsely claiming she had cancer has been sentenced.

Justin Bianchini

Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, aka Yung Filly, arrives at the District Court of WA.

courts & justicePremiumYung Filly allowed back to UK for Christmas amid rape claims

Rapper Yung Filly — accused of raping a young woman after a show in Perth last year — has been cleared to fly home to the UK, claiming being in WA had a ‘financial and emotional impact’ on him.

Caleb Runciman

A solicitor made an application to have the woman’s identity suppressed on Friday.

Courts & justice PremiumNew details revealed about tragic ‘baby in drain’ case

Tragic details about a mother who is accused of leaving her newborn baby in a suburban drain have been revealed as a court ruled to keep her identity a secret.

Charlton Hart

Angela Margaret Rainbow leaves Perth Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumIdentity of Perth therapist accused of $7m fraud revealed

The owner of an occupational therapy business accused of an invoice scam that siphoned millions of taxpayer money meant to be used to help veterans has failed in a bid to suppress her identity.

Caleb Runciman

Cr Aaron Horsman.

Councillor in courtPremiumCouncillor loses bid to get back firearms licence

Greater Geraldton councillor Aaron Horsman has lost a legal bid to overturn a decision by the WA Police Force to revoke his firearms licence.

Kate Campbell

Government minister Don punch on left and Former ward of the State Dion Barber on the right.

Courts & JusticePremiumMP’s role in child sex abuse case bungle laid bare

A WA judge has described a policy that sent a boy back into the hands of a sex predator - an act recommended at the time by Cook Government Minister Don Punch - as ‘startling and incomprehensible.’

Rebecca Le May

Ex-Sword Boy Edmond Margjini exiting the District Courthouse

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Gangster-turned-CFMEU hard man in firing line of union probe

Cage-fighting street gangster-turned-CFMEU hard man Edmond Margjini is fighting for his industrial life, with a court hearing scheduled to determine whether he should be allowed to barge into WA building sites.

Ben Harvey

In sentencing McCulloch, Justice Stephen Lemonis took into account her late guilty plea, that it was not premeditated and her remorse.

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Chief Justice questions killer’s remorse in ‘chilling’ case

A woman who beat her boyfriend to death using an array of objects in an ‘uncontrolled rage’ - potentially over hours - is appealing her sentence.

Rebecca Le May

Supreme Court.

HealthPremiumATO pursues $3m from director of banned WA NDIS provider

The Australian Tax Office is in pursuit of over $3 million in allegedly unpaid dues from the director of a collapsed disability services agency currently on the NDIS’ banned list. 

Simone Grogan

Police at the home in Baldivis.

CrimePremiumWoman charged with DV stabbing murder of partner

A woman has been charged with the stabbing murder of her partner in Baldivis. 

Caleb Runciman

A man has been charged after the crash involving a van and a mobility scooter on a zebra crossing on Albany Highway.

Courts & JusticePremiumPolice charge driver over serious Albany crosswalk crash

A New South Wales man has been charged after a horrific crosswalk crash that left an elderly woman with serious injuries in Albany on Wednesday afternoon.

Cameron Newbold

Barry Wayne Lawrence pictured outside Perth Magistrates Court this week.

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Fears over ‘bikie links’ of child worker accused

Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Department of Communities employee charged with sex offences involving a teenager in his care as it was revealed police also raised concerns he had bikie connections.

Caleb Runciman

Karen Anne Webb pleaded guilty to 17 charges of stealing as a servant on Thursday.

Courts & JusticePremiumMt Barker clerk admits to stealing $156k from her workplace

The clerk of a Mt Barker business has admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from her workplace over a two-year period, after details were revealed in her first court appearance on Thursday. 

Melissa Sheil

Great Beginnings childcare centre in Cloverdale.

Courts & JusticePremiumWA childcare centre fined after toddler wanders into carpark

One of Australia’s largest childcare providers has been fined more than $65,000 after two toddlers managed to leave a Perth facility unnoticed, with one venturing into a busy carpark.

Hannah Cross

A Geraldton man has been charged with a string of child sex abuse offences after he alleged used social media to arrange meet-ups with children overseas.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumWA man busted over alleged international child sex abuse

A Geraldton man has been charged with a string of child sex abuse offences after he allegedly used social media to arrange meet-ups with children overseas.

Tristan Charles Clarke and Bree-Anne Patricia Olivia Simpson were jailed for trafficking meth into Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Courts & Justice PremiumDuo jailed for hiding 114g of meth in car door

A former couple has been jailed for trafficking almost 115g of meth from Perth to Kalgoorlie-Boulder by hiding it in the door frame of their car.

Tegan Guthrie

Ms Marsuk’s body was found floating in the Fremantle Harbour.

Court & JusticePremiumMan ‘carried on’ for days with dead body locked in bathroom

A man on trial for murdering a woman in his father’s unit and then dumping her body in Fremantle Harbour was ‘furious’ when he killed her in a ‘stabbing frenzy’, a jury has heard.

Sarah Crawford

Brittany Higgins has been ordered to pay 80 per cent of Linda Reynolds’ legal costs after losing the epic defamation case brought by her former boss.

Courts & JusticePremiumHiggins’ lawyer put Reynolds ‘on notice’ on eve of trial

Brittany Higgins’ solicitor told Linda Reynolds’ lawyer she would ‘never restore her reputation by suing a staffer raped in her office,’ even if she won their bitter court fight.

Rebecca Le May