Courts
Gina Rinehart inked ‘death warrant’ deals for children’s trust fund, court told
Gina Rinehart inked “death warrant” deals for the lucrative trust fund left to her four children, stripping it of its mining assets, wrestling back its stake in her company and leaving it “frozen in time”.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Crime
‘Serial Perth shopping centre change room pervert’ arrested by child abuse squad
WA Police allege the man exposed himself or committed obscene acts in front of shoppers at five major shopping centres in the past six months.
- by Heather McNeill and Ezra Holt
‘Leave me alone’: Lang Hancock’s final years under microscope in royalties case
After a four-year row over his dying wishes, a gravely ill Lang Hancock penned a letter to his daughter Gina Rinehart pleading for her to leave him alone to live the rest of his life in peace, a court has been told.
- by Jesinta Burton
Peta went fishing on an Albany cliff with her husband in 1997. She has not been seen since.
According to her husband, the young Albany mother of two small children told him she was going to the toilet. Then she vanished into thin air.
- by Heather McNeill
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
Lang Hancock accused Gina Rinehart of trying to have Rose Porteous deported, court told
Mining pioneer Lang Hancock threatened to remove his daughter from the empire for “disloyalty” over her alleged behaviour towards his new wife, the court heard.
- by Jesinta Burton
Lang Hancock’s last-days epiphany laid bare in battle for billions
Faced with leaving a bankrupt estate, magnate Lang Hancock spent his final days trying to reverse moves to fund possessions for wife Rose Porteous, the court was told.
- by Jesinta Burton
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
Perth teacher charged over sexual assault of student fronts court
The man has been charged with two counts of indecently dealing with a child over 13 and under 16 over alleged incidents between May 31 and June 28.
- by Holly Thompson
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Perth
‘Someone will take their life’: Magistrate lashes WA Police for keeping too many in lock-up
A Perth magistrate has issued a stark warning to WA Police over a growing reluctance to grant bail for minor offences, declaring one day an alleged offender would take their life.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Perth
Rose Porteous’ desire for luxury fuelled Rinehart’s feud with father, court hears
Details of the feud between pioneer Lang Hancock and his daughter Gina Rinehart before his death have been laid bare in a multibillion-dollar Supreme Court civil case.
- by Jesinta Burton