David Weber

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | David Weber |Andrea Mayes

Jack Brearley, who is one of the four people accused of murdering Perth teenager Cassius Turvey, will take the stand in the WA Supreme Court. He is accused of bashing the 15-year-old with a metal pole in the eastern Perth suburb of Middle Swan in October 2022. Mr Brearley is set to give evidence on Thursday afternoon. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Burmas |Lauren Smith |David Weber |Bridget McArthur

So far in 2025, WA has had three measles notifications — already half the number recorded last year. Cases linked to Hakea Prison have caused delays to proceedings in Perth's District Court in recent days. Senior medical advisor from the WA Department of Health Dr Paul Effler urged people to get vaccinated against the disease.

Dec 5, 2024 | abc.net.au | David Weber

The bureaucrat the WA government employed to reform WA's troubled youth justice system has claimed there was "institutional racism" inside the state's main juvenile detention centre. WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. Tim Marney has been giving evidence at the coronial inquest into the death of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd in detention last year.

Nov 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | David Weber

A Perth man who abducted a nine-year-old girl as she walked to school by luring her into his car with a plea to help him find a lost puppy has been sentenced to more than 11 years' jail. Ryan Ashley Darken admitted enticing the girl into his ute in Perth's southern suburbs in July last year after telling the primary school pupil he was the father of a friend. He put cable ties on her wrists and duct tape on her eyes and mouth so she couldn't see or scream, the District Court in Perth heard.

Nov 20, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | David Weber

By David Weber, ABCWarning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing. The parents of a malnourished Perth teenager who doctors warned would die without urgent medical intervention have been found guilty of starving her. The parents were accused of failing to provide adequate nutrition to their 16-year-old daughter who only weighed 27 kilograms in 2021.