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Bruised and batteredVictim of alleged violent arrest reveals injuries

A woman police claim was assaulted by a male officer during a botched arrest says she fled overseas because she was too scared to stay in her Cloverdale home where the incident allegedly took place.

Rourke Walsh

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

Locked onPerth parking industry slams move to ban wheel clamping

A move to ban wheel clamping in WA has been labelled an “overreaction” that risks swamping businesses and apartment complexes with illegally parked cars.

Josh Zimmerman

Long delaysFreeway traffic blocked after two crashes

Traffic on the Mitchell Freeway is banked up after two crashes within 10 minutes this afternoon.

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

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

‘Disgraceful scam’State Government to ban ‘un-Australian’ wheel clamping

Wheel clamping will be banned in WA with Premier Mark McGowan hoping to stamp out the “disgraceful scam” before the next state election.

Josh Zimmerman

Shocking figuresWA dentists pulling rotten teeth from 21 kids per week

EXCLUSIVE: Dentists are pulling out rotten teeth from about 21 children a week at Perth Children’s Hospital, with some still in nappies and half not having had their 5th birthday.

Katie Hampson

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.

Court actionInvestors chase collapsed Perth lender

A northern suburbs couple claim they have been denied loan repayments and lost thousands in investments following the collapse of Prequin Securities.

Kate Purnell

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

WATCHCrypto-boss in Glory buy-out saga’s troubling admission

The founder of the company at the centre of the controversial Perth Glory sale admits to not being a cryptocurrency expert in an astonishing new video unearthed by The West Australian.

Nick Taylor

REVEALEDWA Labor unveil new party boss ahead of 2021 election

A former adviser to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been confirmed as the ALP’s new state secretary and campaign director to replace Matt Dixon following his resignation.

Peter Law

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

See the picturesStar of ‘show about nothing’ gives Perth media nothing

Seinfeld was famously the “show about nothing”. And that’s precisely what The West Australian got from Jason Alexander — who played George Costanza — when we tried to interview him at Perth Airport.

Simon Collins & Joanna Delalande

Brush with deathPerth driver’s close call as roo smashes windscreen

A Perth man is lucky to be alive after a kangaroo leapt into his car travelling at 100km/h causing the windscreen to shatter into pieces.

Anton La Macchia

Lucky to be aliveInjured Rotto worker: ‘I better buy a lotto ticket’

A 60-year-old concreter who survived a building site collapse at Rottnest Island is leaving hospital after just five days - and he knows he’s very fortunate.

‘Goodbye T’We will miss you forever: Loved ones mourn crash victim

Family and friends of a 27-year-old man killed after crashing a friend's motorbike in Perth's northern suburbs on Sunday have remembered him as a top bloke.

Amber Johnston with staff writers