Murder

Teens charged with bashing murder face court

Tauri Litchfield

Pamela Mirghani and Rania Spooner The three teenage boys charged over the bashing death of Mandurah man Tauri Litchfield have been held in custody.

Medical breakthrough leads to murder acquittal

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Rania Spooner The Nobel Prize winning medical breakthrough that saw a convicted murderer acquitted.

Murder charge over toddler's death

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Rania Spooner A man has been charged with the murder of a two-year-old boy in Bassendean overnight.

Judgment day: Lloyd Rayney murder trial verdict

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Rania Spooner One of the most puzzling and high-profile murder trials in Western Australian history is expected to culminate into a highly-anticipated verdict today.

The Rayney Murder Trial - day four of evidence

Lloyd Rayney arrives in court on July 26, 2012

Anne-Louise Brown The prosecution is continuing to call witnesses in the murder trial of Lloyd Rayney this morning.

The Rayney murder mystery

Lloyd Rayney arriving at court with daughters Caitlyn and Sarah.

The case of high-profile Perth lawyer Lloyd Rayney, who is accused of killing his wife Corryn and burying her in a shallow grave in Kings Park, finally comes to trial.

Lloyd Rayney not guilty of murder

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Rania Spooner Perth's "trial of the decade" has ended with high-profile barrister Lloyd Rayney found not guilty of the murder of his Supreme Court registrar wife Corryn Rayney.

Murder charge after man, 41, shot dead

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Aleisha Orr A man has faced court over the alleged shooting of his stepson.

Body parts in dumped bag: Strabach murder trial

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Anne-Louise Brown Body parts, bloodied scissors and a knife were found in a bag dumped by a woman who stabbed her elderly victim more than 200 times in his Perth home.

'Insane' French woman not guilty of elderly man's murder

Anne-Louise Brown Last week, Ms Strabach stood trial in the Supreme Court of Western Australia for the murder of Murray Quartermaine in his South Perth home last January.

Murder-accused's conversations with brother recorded

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Rania Spooner There was something Mount Hawthorn murder accused Brent Mack didn’t know when his estranged brother visited him in prison, where he was being held on suspicion of murdering their mother.

Truth of Rayney murder mystery to come to light

Lloyd Rayney arriving at court with daughters Caitlyn and Sarah.

Anne-Louise Brown Lloyd Rayney has arrived at court flanked by his daughters, Caitlyn and Sarah, ahead of his trial over the murder of his wife, Corryn Rayney.

Calls for independent Rayney murder probe

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Courtney Trenwith and Rania Spooner Premier Colin Barnett has ruled out an inquiry into police conduct during an investigation of Corryn Rayney's death following intense criticism.

Lloyd Rayney charged with wilful murder after inner-city arrest

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Aja Styles Prominent barrister Lloyd Rayney was stopped and questioned by police this morning, witnesses say.

Police hunt man over Narrogin death

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Corey Stephenson Detectives believe a man wanted for questioning over the suspected murder of a woman in Narrogin could be in Perth.

Police probe sixth suspicious death

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West Australian detectives are investigating their sixth suspicious death in as many days.

Sixth suspicious death in six days

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Corey Stephenson A man is due to be flown to Perth under police guard as officers continue their investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin, 190 kilometres south-east of Perth.

Legal Aid funded Rayney defence

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Rania Spooner Taxpayers funded at least part of former Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney's multi-million dollar legal battle against allegations he murdered his wife.

Rottnest head identified

Police search areas of Rottnest Island's coastline for body parts after a man's head is found.

Rania Spooner Police have discovered the identity of the man whose head washed up on Rottnest Island this week.

McMahon 'victim of a homicide': WA coroner

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The West Australian coroner has found that a 20-year-old woman missing for more than 12 years was a victim of a homicide, but has refused to rule on whether a suspect in the case was involved in the...