Emma Kirk

5 days ago | thewest.com.au | Emma Kirk |Andrew Hedgman

Transperth bus driver charged after a pedestrian was struck and killed

5 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Emma Kirk |Andrew Hedgman

A Transperth bus driver has been charged after he fatally struck a pedestrian outside of Perth Arena. A 45-year old man died when he was hit by a bus crossing Wellington St near the Milligan St intersection just after 6.15pm on Friday. He was treated at the scene by paramedics but could not be saved. The bus driver has been charged with careless driving causing death and will appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on July 18. Inspector Vic Hussey told 9News it was a confronting scene.

5 days ago | news.com.au | Emma Kirk

A NSW doctor who allegedly had more than 5000 videos and photos of child abuse material on his mobile phone has been charged. Australia Border Force officers seized the doctor’s phone at Melbourne Airport in May after they suspected it contained child abuse material. The phone was handed over to detectives from the NSW Sex Crimes Squad who discovered thousands of files on the phone.

5 days ago | news.com.au | Emma Kirk

A dentist who was convicted of fraud in the UK allegedly pressured Australian patients to take tens of thousands of dollars from their superannuation for unnecessary dental work and then withdrew millions from his business before he died of suicide. Former Perth Dental Rooms director David Hurst, 43, took his own life on December 10 last year at the Crown Perth, leaving a path of destruction and a business on the brink of bankruptcy.

5 days ago | thewest.com.au | Emma Kirk

Brave four-year old girl Marigold Jessie fights for life after falling from Bali treehouse