Crime

Police crackdownOfficers blitz Scarborough strip after violent brawls

Scarborough’s out-of-control weekend brawl scenes were replaced by streams of patrolling officers last night as WA Police clawed back control of the coastal party strip. WATCH THEM WALK THE BEAT

Caitlyn Rintoul

Violent attacksLeonora Pharmacy cuts hours as attacks prove “too much”

Repeated arson attacks and incidents of vandalism in Leonora have forced the only local pharmacist to cut his operating hours.

Phoebe Pin

CrimeRingleaders jailed for UK migrant deaths

Four people-smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a lorry as it was shipped to England have been sentenced.

Isobel Frodsham

CrimeSigns of violence in mystery Bali death

The family of an Australian man found dead on a Bali beach has refused to allow an autopsy to be done to determine what killed him.

Cindy Wockner and Komang Erviani

CrimeUK police break up wedding with 400 guests

A wedding attended by about 400 people at a north London school has been broken up by police.

Michael Holden

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WA school in underage sex tape scandal

A Goldfields school has been rocked by a sex tape scandal, with parents called into a crisis meeting before police charged a 15-year-old boy over allegations of penetration of two 12-year-old girls.

Taylar Amonini

CrimeMan dies after episode at Qld watchhouse

A man has died after suffering a medical episode at a Brisbane watchhouse where he was on remand for breach of domestic violence order offences, police say.

Pioneer ParkRevealed: Alleged Tent City sex predator unmasked

One of the men who allegedly sexually attacked a teenage girl in the early hours of New Year’s Day — an attack police have linked to Fremantle’s makeshift homeless camp — has appeared in court.

Tim Clarke

Cruelty chargeTeen charged with theft of Adventure World koala

A desperate search was launched after the animal disappeared on a night when the amusement park was open until 11pm as part of a special event.

Phil Hickey

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Shocking new details revealed in evil rapist cop case

New details and never before released images connected to a series of terrifying West Perth sex attacks carried out by a former Federal police officer have been made public for the first time.

Phil Hickey

CrimeEx-lobbyist 'trying to destroy' Burgess

Former South Sydney NRL captain Sam Burgess has been giving evidence in a court hearing allegations he intimidated his former father-in-law in Bowral.

Luke Costin

CrimeDrug-addled killer P-plate driver jailed

A drug-addled, sleep-deprived P-plate driver who killed a Melbourne woman in a multi-car crash has been jailed.

Georgie Moore

CrimeGran, ex-cop killed in psychotic episode

Murray Deakin has been found not guilty of the murder of his grandmother and a former police officer because of his schizophrenia.

Hannah Ryan

CrimeLonger jail term for child abuse material

A Queensland man who pleaded guilty to a slew of child abuse material charges has had his jail term extended by four years on appeal.

Nick Gibbs

CrimeUS to try Bali bomb suspects at Guantanamo

Three men held at Guantanamo Bay over the 2002-03 Bali nightclub and Jakarta hotel bombings will finally face a military trial, the Pentagon says.

CrimeAccused cop killer's fresh bail bid

A man accused of murdering two police officers in Melbourne in 1998 is appealing a Victorian judge's decision to refuse him bail.

Georgie Moore

CrimeParler loses bid to restore Amazon service

Parler has lost a court bid to have Amazon restore web hosting services restored for the social media site after it was cut off following the US Capitol attack.

CrimeLawyers call for Giuliani to lose licence

A legal group has filed a complaint against Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, demanding his law licence be suspended for making false election claims.

Jan Wolfe and Caroline Spiezio

CrimeMelbourne woman hospitalised after attack

Police have released CCTV footage of two men in relation to an unprovoked attack on a woman in Melbourne's western suburbs.

CrimeEx-Vatican bank head jailed for laundering

A Vatican court has convicted Angelo Caloia, a former head of the Vatican bank, on charges of embezzlement and money laundering.

Petra Kaminsky

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Troy Mercanti publicly flaunts Mongols colours

Days after Troy Mercanti won the right in court to associate with other bikie gang members, he let the world know he was an outlaw — and proud of it.

Phil Hickey

DramaMan behind ‘Tent City’ ‘likes the theatre’

The architect of Fremantle’s ‘Tent City’ has conceded drawing attention to homelessness was “clearly one of my goals” but denied the camp was a political stunt that had spiralled beyond his control.

Josh Zimmerman

CrimeDeath toll from Baghdad bombs reaches 28

Officials in Baghdad say two suicide attackers wearing explosive vests have killed at least 28 people at a market in Tayaran Square in the Iraqi capital.

Shocking claimsDeaths at aged care home now major police investigation

The deaths of two western suburbs aged-care residents, who were allegedly subjected to horrific neglect and abuse by staff, are being investigated by the WA Police major crime squad.

Michael Traill & Jessica Page