David Weber

A man has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Barry Urban, the former Western Australian Labor politician who was allegedly attacked at a tyre business he managed in Perth.

A masseur who described himself as a nudist is jailed for 15-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting more than a dozen female clients.

Cameron Pearson, who pleaded guilty to killing Perth barrister Alice McShera by bashing her in the head with a champagne bottle, will spend at least 19 years in jail.

Popular Australian author Craig Silvey is charged with two more child exploitation offences, including allegedly producing child exploitation material.

The wife of Barry Cable, the former footballer on trial for allegedly sexually abusing a child in the early stages of his illustrious career, testifies in defence of her famous husband.

Former footballer Barry Cable sexually assaulted children in a backyard spa in Melbourne at a time when he was a "famous" figure, a court has heard.

Ex-Australian football Hall of Famer Barry Cable picked up a girl from an orphanage in Perth and sexually abused her multiple times in the 1960s, a court has been told.

A man who bludgeoned his partner to death with a towel rail and shower head in the bathroom of her home is jailed for a minimum of 21 years.

Brodie Jake Dewar, 20, who allegedly killed Labor identity Tim Picton after striking him and causing him to fall over, is granted bail by a Perth judge.

A 19-year-old WA man admits threatening to kill the PM and NSW premier in a direct message to Chris Minns on Instagram.

A jury in the murder trial of Raymond Reddington, 79, finds him guilty of killing wife Sharon Fulton 40 years ago, despite a body not being found.

A Perth obstetrician who killed a 24-year-old woman after smashing his high performance luxury car into the small hatchback she was a passenger in is sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail.

A former child psychiatrist who changed his name after being convicted of child exploitation touched young neurodivergent boys indecently at his practice, a Perth court hears. WARNING: This story contains details that may distress some readers. 

A Perth court hears a woman who was allegedly murdered by her husband 40 years ago initiated separation proceedings in 1985, the year before she went missing.

A man who allegedly killed Tim Picton in a one-punch attack outside a Perth nightclub claims the Labor identity had repeatedly approached his female cousin before being escorted out of the venue because he was intoxicated, a Perth court hears.

Notorious Perth serial killers David and Catherine Birnie could not be ruled out as suspects in the alleged murder of a woman who vanished the same year they killed four young women, the detective who arrested them says.

Two brothers working as bouncers when they assaulted a man at a Scarborough bar avoid jail after a magistrate recognised the trauma they suffered in the Bosnian war.

A close friend of a woman allegedly murdered by her husband in Perth 40 years ago tells a Perth court she seemed frightened in the hours before her disappearance.

The Commonwealth files its defence against former senator Linda Reynolds, who is suing the government and its lawyers over a $2.4 million payout it made to Brittany Higgins. 

WA children's author Craig Silvey gets his bail conditions altered by a Perth court after complaining of "significant media attention" since being charged with child exploitation offences.

Raymond Reddington failed to report his wife missing for several days, changed his story multiple times and wrote a fake confession letter to the state coroner, a Perth court hears.

A Perth man who allegedly stated support for the Bondi shooters appears in court to face new firearms charges, with his lawyer flagging a bail application.

A man who committed a "horrific" attack on his father in regional WA, recording some of it and posting it online, will have to serve at least 21 years for murder.

Victims of a Perth financial adviser jailed for misappropriating more than a million dollars from investors say his six-year jail term is not enough.

The driver of a speeding car which hit and seriously injured a teenage girl after a car club meet-up at the Burswood Casino precinct has been sent to prison.