Crime

GuiltyVegan menace Warden’s declaration after avoiding jail

Notorious vegan activist James Warden has narrowly avoided jail after he was found guilty of breaking into a South West dairy farm and stealing a calf, but says “we are not stopping”.

Shannon Hampton

WA courtsEthics teacher on ‘sexual abuse of student’ charges

A WA teacher is staring down more than a dozen charges amid allegations he sexually abused a female student from the private school where he taught.

Bethany Hiatt

SHOCKING FOOTAGEThief’s cancer claim in violent armed hold-up

A young shop worker was left shaken after a man threatened to stab her and slit her throat during a robbery yesterday, telling onlookers he’d been diagnosed with cancer and “didn’t give a f...”.

Rourke Walsh & Jake Dietsch

Allegations'Revenge porn' cop showed intimate photo for advice

Christine Frey’s lawyer Linda Black said it was accepted the photo was shown to others without the complainant’s consent but argued it was in the context of seeking advice for a workplace incident.

Carly Laden

ClaremontBlood-stained brick among never before revealed leads

More of the hundreds of leads chased down by police hunting the Claremont serial killer were revealed for the first time today, including a brick collected in connection with Ciara Glennon’s murder.

Tim Clarke

Activist trialVegan’s lawyer claims he was “the muscle” in calf theft

James Warden’s lawyer has questioned why counter-terrorist police were tasked with probing the vegan activist, who has now admitted he was involved in stealing a calf but only “provided the muscle”.

Shannon Hampton

Cop in courtRevealed: The Perth cop behind alleged violent arrest

Constable Alister Swift, 29, appeared in Perth Magistrate’s Court this morning on charges of deprivation of liberty and assault occasioning bodily harm over the January 22 arrest of a woman.

Rourke Walsh

CrimeEx-top cop Pope named as Lawyer X leak

Former Victoria Police assistant commissioner Jeff Pope has been named as the man who leaked Nicola Gobbo's identity as a police informer to the media in 2014.

Karen Sweeney

Head injuryPrisoner hospitalised after jail bashing

A prisoner has been hospitalised after a violent assault at Wooroloo Prison on Monday.

RECAPDNA errors and untapped leads revealed

A long-time PathWest scientist revealed under questioning that a crucial DNA document contained a ‘number of mistakes’. RECAP TODAY’S PROCEEDINGS.

Emily Moulton

AssaultCop charged over woman’s arrest

A Perth police officer has been charged following an internal investigation into the arrest of a woman in January.

Historic offencesTeacher charged over sex assaults on student

A man who was a teacher at a college in the Perth’s south east has been charged with historic child sex offences.

EXCLUSIVEPrison guard stabbed in face during violent break-in

A drug-crazed career criminal stabbed a prison guard and taunted his wife with an axe during a horrifying home invasion that ended with a dramatic pursuit through the western suburbs.

Jon Bassett

Day 46Podcast: ‘Leather Gloves and Fingernails in Taxis’

Two never-before-heard leads police were following up on during the mammoth investigation were revealed to the court on day 46.

Kate Ryan

‘Really stupid’Mining student’s first words after gold theft

A mining engineering student who can speak seven languages says he is “very sorry” for his “really stupid mistake” after stealing gold from a Goldfields-based miner.

Jason Mennell

Stunning new twistLeather gloves ‘found near Claremont victim’s body’

A pair of gloves found discarded in a waterway close to where Jane Rimmer’s body was discovered were sent to the PathWest lab to be tested for blood, it has been revealed.

Tim Clarke

Vegan vs veganMeat in middle as vegan testifies against activist

A vegan activist who admitted it was her idea to break into a farm and “rescue” a calf has turned on the men who allegedly helped her carry out the theft, giving evidence against them at their trial.

Shannon Hampton

School actsChurchlands SHS suspends ‘train station attackers’

Principal Neil Hunt has expressed his “absolute disappointment” at the allegations in a letter to parents, announcing the students had been suspended for the maximum period permitted.

Josh Zimmerman

RecapDefence zeroes in on ‘potentially costly’ DNA mistake

Defence lawyer Paul Yovich has grilled a PathWest forensic pathologist about a “potentially costly” mistake made during DNA testing on one of the Claremont victims. RECAP TODAY’S HEARING HERE.

Emily Moulton

Middle-class rage‘Eshay’ is a five-letter word every parent should fear

Middle-aged ‘Karens’ are verbally terrorising retail workers but young ‘eshays’ are terrorising people on the street, sometimes with violence. We need to work out who is the bigger problem.

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Garage emptiedVehicles worth $100k stolen in Gumtree robbery

Two cars and motorbikes have been stolen in a daring early morning heist in Perth’s north, in what the owner suspects is part of an online scam.

Rory Campbell

Tragic wasteUS teen charged with murder of university student

A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City residents.

Julie Walker and Michael Hill

Reckless drivingTeenager’s fake cop crime spree through Perth’s north

An 18-year-old man who allegedly pretended to be a police officer will front court after he sped around with flashing blue and red lights mounted on his car and pulled fellow drivers over.

Sarah Steger

‘Lifelong impact’WA Police ‘increasingly strip-search children’

A 37 per cent increase in the number of strip searches of children by WA Police in the past five years has sparked calls for a change of the organisation’s policies.

Peter de Kruijff