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Kenyan police made at least 10 arrests as hundreds protested against a US Ebola quarantine centre. (AP PHOTO)

CrimePremiumKenyan police crack down on protest over Ebola facility

Police in Kenya have fired tear gas at protesters as community anger continues to grow over a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola.

Edwin Okoth

Hayden Robert Bilson faced Joondalup Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

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Police charge Perth tradie amid crackdown on bikie gangs

A police crackdown on outlaw gangs and the black and white tribe has resulted in a man charged with allegedly breaching banned insignia laws.

Charlton Hart

Three men have dates in Darwin Local Court as they face charges of murder. (Esther Linder/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumThree charged with murder after man dies in hospital

A man whose head was stomped on during an attack at a bus interchange has died in hospital, prompting murder charges against three men.

Lloyd Jones

Dr Vino Kariyakarawana outside Perth District Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumWA doctor found guilty of assaulting female patient

A Perth doctor has been found guilty of inappropriately touching his female patient during an acupuncture appointment last year.

Jessica Evensen

An elderly victim of a horror alleged home invasion and stabbing in northern NSW has broken her silence. Facebook

NEWSPremiumWife breaks silence after horror stabbing

A victim of a horror alleged home invasion and stabbing in northern NSW has spoken out as she and her husband recover from the ordeal.

Ike Morris

Commissioner of Police Grant StevensNCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

NEWSPremiumTop cop breaks silence on taser death

South Australia’s top cop has broken his silence after a 44-year-old man died when a taser was administered in the state’s mid-north region.

David Hannant

Tom Starling suffered concussion and a bloodied face when allegedly assaulted by police at a bar. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

CrimePremiumConflicting claims as cops fight NRL star assault case

A bloody encounter between an NRL star and two police officers accused of his assault is under the microscope with competing accounts of the night.

Tom Wark

Most of WA's correctional facilities are in crisis and in need of urgent reforms, a report shows. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Systemic failure': warnings over prison welfare crisis

There are warnings of possible riots as overcrowded and understaffed jails subject inmates to "inhuman" treatment amid escalating use of force and assaults.

Aaron Bunch

Traffic warden Colin, 87, was seriously injured during an assault outside Rossmoyne Primary School in Perth's south. 7News

CrimeTeen admits assaulting 87-year-old traffic warden

An 87-year-old traffic warden was brutally assaulted by an 18-year-old year teen outside a primary school.

Emma Kirk

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COURTPremium‘Love you mummy’: 9yo’s drunk-driver death

A mother forced to turn off her son’s life support has told a court how a drunk-driver stripped away everything she fought for in an instant.

Andrew Hedgman

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COURTPremiumPedo from Aus Got Talent gets sentence cut

The man’s beatboxing skills took him all the way to the 2012 Australia’s Got Talent grand final before a dark side was exposed.

Harvey Constable

Zac Swettenham has faced court on a murder charge after a 25-year-old man was found fatally injured. (Anita Lester/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremiumEx-boxer's son accused of murder after death behind pub

The 37-year-old son of a former Australian super featherweight boxer has fronted court after being charged with murder.

Emily Woods

Lara was placed on a community corrections order with treatment for his complex needs last August after similar offending at a beach in February. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

COURTSPremiumMelbourne’s ‘fake seizure guy’ pleads guilty

A Melbourne man known for faking seizures and asking strangers to sit on him has declared he “always wanted to be a TV star” in an odd interview outside court.

Liam Beatty

A remedial massage therapist working in the Bassendean area has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman during a session.

CrimePremiumMasseur faces sexual assault charges over female client

A remedial massage therapist working in the Bassendean area has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman during a session.

Caleb Runciman

Aiden Guimaraes' mum made the decision to turn off his life support while his dad was unconscious. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimePremium'Thrill' seeking driver awaits fatal boy crash penalty

A man faces up to 20 years in jail over a horror crash that killed a nine-year-old boy and injured his dad in front of their family as they were riding e-bikes.

Andrew Stafford

Two people have been charged over a shooting targeting the wrong funeral site of Sydney gangster Lorenzo Lemalu on Saturday. Supplied

BREAKINGPremiumMajor update after wrong funeral shooting

Two people have been charged over a shooting at the wrong funeral site for a gangster who was shot dead in Vietnam last month.

Ike Morris

A man accused of threatening to commit a massacre in Melbourne has dropped his bid for bail. NewsWire / Ian Currie

CourtPremiumUpdate on man accused of ‘massacre’ threat

A man accused of calling a news station and threatening a massacre has dropped a bid to be released into the community, a court has been told.

Liam Beatty

Kylie Truswell-Mobbs is accused of murdering her terminally ill husband with a cocktrail of drugs. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

CrimePremiumBail for wife accused of killing terminally ill husband

A woman who gave a lethal cocktail of medication to her husband who was dying from motor neurone disease has been granted bail after being charged with murder.

Rex Martinich

Pauline Hanson doubled down on her criticism of Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan.

NewsPremiumHanson doubles down on Vic Premier over sexism row

Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her criticism of Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan after she was targeted by a sexist political campaign.

Nathan Schmidt

Perth grandmother Bee Scott feels “utterly destroyed as a human being” after burglars trashed her home and fled with gold jewellery and a safe containing more than $200,000 in cash.

CrimeVideoPerth grandmother ‘destroyed’ after life savings stolen

A Perth grandmother feels ‘utterly destroyed as a human being’ after burglars trashed her home and fled with gold jewellery and a safe containing more than $200,000 in cash. 

Rachel Tassicker 7NEWS & Caleb Runciman

Zac Swettenham (left) is the son of boxing legend Michael Barry Swettenham. Mark Stewart

UpdatedPremiumBoxing champion’s son accused of pub death

The son of one of Australian boxing’s toughest champions has been charged with killing a man behind a Melbourne pub.

Harvey Constable and Alexandra Feiam

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumGoldfields teacher to face trial over student assaults

A Goldfields teacher will face trial in a Perth court for five counts of aggravated common assault, understood to be against several students on school grounds.

Isabella Davis

Savannah Guthrie doesn't believe her mother is still alive but she refuses to stop looking for her. (AP PHOTO)

CrimePremiumGuthrie's emotional update amid mum's disappearance

TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded "Bring her home" in a social media post as her 84-year-old mother Nancy remains missing months after her disappearance.

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The security breach has sparked fears that there is a weapon inside Acacia Prison.

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Weapon fears after inmate tunnels under Acacia Prison fence

An inmate at WA’s Acacia Prison dug under a security fence to retrieve a smuggled package that remains missing, sparking fears among staff that a weapon is now inside the facility.

Charlton Hart