
Heather McNeill
Deputy Editor/ Chief of Staff at WAtoday
Deputy editor, chief reporter ✏️ | WAtoday | Fairfax [email protected]
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watoday.com.au | Heather McNeill
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smh.com.au | Heather McNeill
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The judge sentencing the teenage driver who crashed his ute in North Lake last year, killing passenger Nick Campo, wants to know if the other youths in the car were encouraging him to speed to make it to a nightclub before lock-out. The judge also wants to find out whether the group snorted lines of cocaine with the driver before accepting his offer of a lift in July last year.
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watoday.com.au | Rebecca Peppiatt |Heather McNeill
‘Bloody idiot’ who had luxury cars confiscated revealed as Perth tech guruSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeA successful businessman has appeared in a Perth court over allegations he was driving without a valid licence last month, leading to the impoundment of his Mercedes-Benz Coupe just months after police seized his $100,000 Maserati and converted it into a patrol car.
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watoday.com.au | Rebecca Peppiatt |Heather McNeill
“One of the most significant aspects of the offending is the need for general deterrence, but a person with an intellectual disability would suggest they are not an appropriate vehicle for general deterrence.”The court heard prosecutors were seeing an immediate term of imprisonment. Outside court, Shaheen told media she was sorry. “I apologise, I am mother, I am woman,” she said. “I am not angel, I am human. I am not doing intentionally.
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smh.com.au | Rebecca Peppiatt |Heather McNeill
By Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill April 29, 2025 — 4.23pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Perth judge has cast doubt on claims about the culpability of a woman who was due to be sentenced for the hit-and-run of a Willetton schoolgirl two years ago, remarking that a report claiming the driver had the verbal ability of a 10-year-old was “not adding up”.
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