Child abuse
Perth magician allegedly ‘hypnotised’ young boys to comply with sexual abuse
Dewald Venter, 29, denies 33 allegations of child abuse against four teenagers between 2011 and 2016.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Perth mum of baby found with life-threatening levels of meth walks free from court
An assessment revealed the baby had soft tissue injuries to his head and skull “and had extremely life-threatening levels of methamphetamine and cannabis” in his system.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
The letter that helped seal the fate of dozens of children
An anonymous letter made disturbing claims about a prior and a brother at a New Zealand school. Their crimes were even more horrific.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Crime
The breakthrough that led to childcare worker being charged with abusing 91 girls
For more than nine years detectives trawled through videos from the dark web until one vital clue was spotted in the background of one of the frames.
- by Cloe Read and Perry Duffin
Perth mother faces jail after 12-week-old baby found with life-threatening levels of meth in system
The court heard the baby’s mother, Sarah Joanne Brice, 34, was breastfeeding her son while also using methamphetamine and cannabis.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Courts
Wealthy Perth couple accused of starving teenage daughter close to death
The court heard the girl, who was home-schooled and an only child, had the appearance of an 11-year-old though she was 17, and was suffering from hair loss and extremely low body weight.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
‘Placed in greater harm’: Five sex abuse reports a week in Victorian child protection
Premier Daniel Andrews recently announced a redress scheme for children abused in state care decades ago. But new figures show it’s happening right now.
- by Annika Smethurst
Father jailed for 8½ years for fatally shaking baby boy
Bradley Hooper cried in the dock as the judge described the abuse he perpetrated on his son before it culminated in five to six shakes in the early hours of August 21, 2021.
- by David Estcourt
‘Punch in the guts’: The law that is galling abuse survivors like Harrison
Survivors want legislation allowing some paedophiles to use “good character” in court to be changed to stop them having their sentences reduced.
- by Perry Duffin
Lack of apology spurred action on decades of school child abuse
Glen Fearnett’s quest for justice sparked a Board of Inquiry into historical claims of abuse at Beaumaris Primary School. But will the inquiry go far enough?
- by Robyn Grace
Ukuleles and grooming accusations: Inside the YouTube scandal dividing the internet
Miranda Sings was one of the video sharing platform’s earliest and biggest stars. But now some former fans have accused her of wildly inappropriate behaviour.
- by Karl Quinn