as posted on TheWest
A 67-year-old Thornlie woman was left badly injured when she was dragged on the ground alongside a car by thieves who tried to steal her purse.
Kay Davey, who suffered a broken collarbone and cuts all over her body, said she had been walking from Thornlie Square Shopping Centre to the local library when a white Holden Commodore carrying two women pulled up next to her about 3pm on Friday.
The driver asked Mrs Davey for directions to Cannington Train Station and the 67-year-old moved towards the car to reply.
The passenger then grabbed hold of her bag, which was wrapped around her right arm, and the driver accelerated away.
Mrs Davey was thrown to the ground and dragged for about 5m, with her hand still gripped around the bag strap.
The women drove off east along Connemara Drive, leaving her with a deep cut to the right leg, which required stitches, and abrasions on her feet, arms, legs and knees. She was treated for her injuries at Royal Perth Hospital.
The offenders are described as being two women of dark skinned appearance.
Their car was a white Holden Commodore sedan – perhaps an early to mid 90s model – with a spoiler.
Anyone with further information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
RONAN O'CONNELL
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Wednesday 13 February 2008
Monday 11 February 2008
Gypsy Jokers lose High Court challenge
as posted on ABCnews
The Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle Club has lost its High Court challenge to a West Australian law intended to prevent fortification of premises.
In 2004, police ordered the club to dismantle its Maddington clubhouse fortifications, which include a concrete front wall, surveillance cameras and modified doors.
The club said the security was needed in the area where the burglary rate is high.
The Gypsy Jokers argued that the WA Corruption and Crime Commission Act breached the Constitution by preventing the club from gaining access to the evidence police relied on to make the order.
The WA Corruption and Crime Commission Act was passed in 2003 after the car bomb murders of former detective Don Hancock and his companion.
However, the High Court has today upheld the state law.
The State's Attorney-General, Jim McGinty, says he pleased with the High Court's rejection of the Gypsy Jokers' legal challenge.
Mr McGinty expects police will make full use of the legal resources available to them.
"The decision to legislate to give the power to dismantle fortification around bikie head quarters which they hid behind in order to escape the full effect of the law, has now been upheld as being valid" he said.
"There's now no reason why that law cannot be invoked against outlaw motorcycle gangs."
Police say despite the High Court decision they can not tear down the fortifications just yet.
Deputy Commissioner Murray Lampard says the club's application for a review of the fortification removal notice will go back before the Supreme Court and police must wait for the outcome of that hearing before they can take any action.
as posted on ABCnews
Saturday 9 February 2008
Young hoon pays for doughnuts
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Learner driver Jarred Nicholas Lamont picked a quiet spot in the early hours of Sunday to practise a bit of hoon driving in his Ford Falcon sedan.
But 24-year-old Lamont got the location all wrong — choosing the carpark of Cannington police station, Perth Magistrate’s Court was told yesterday.
The carpark may have been empty, giving him plenty of space to do 360-degree “doughnuts” and burn-outs, but the police station was not.
Officers caught Lamont still behind the wheel of his vehicle.
Lamont, of Rangeview Court, Maddington, yesterday pleaded guilty to reckless driving, drink-driving and driving contrary to his learner’s permit.
Sgt Bob Morgan, prosecuting, told the court that the offences occurred in the early hours of February 3 when police officers were still inside the Cannington police station. They saw smoke coming from the vehicle’s tyres and there were significant marks on the carpark’s bitumen.
When arrested, Lamont told the officers: “I wanted to get some attention.” He was breath-tested and he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.140. His vehicle was seized for 48 hours under hoon driver legislation.
Defence lawyer Dave Fort said that Lamont had recently been kicked out of home and had been diagnosed with depression.
Chief Magistrate Steven Heath fined Lamont a total of $1750 on the three charges and banned him from driving for 12 months.
ROY GIBSON
as posted on TheWest
Learner driver Jarred Nicholas Lamont picked a quiet spot in the early hours of Sunday to practise a bit of hoon driving in his Ford Falcon sedan.
But 24-year-old Lamont got the location all wrong — choosing the carpark of Cannington police station, Perth Magistrate’s Court was told yesterday.
The carpark may have been empty, giving him plenty of space to do 360-degree “doughnuts” and burn-outs, but the police station was not.
Officers caught Lamont still behind the wheel of his vehicle.
Lamont, of Rangeview Court, Maddington, yesterday pleaded guilty to reckless driving, drink-driving and driving contrary to his learner’s permit.
Sgt Bob Morgan, prosecuting, told the court that the offences occurred in the early hours of February 3 when police officers were still inside the Cannington police station. They saw smoke coming from the vehicle’s tyres and there were significant marks on the carpark’s bitumen.
When arrested, Lamont told the officers: “I wanted to get some attention.” He was breath-tested and he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.140. His vehicle was seized for 48 hours under hoon driver legislation.
Defence lawyer Dave Fort said that Lamont had recently been kicked out of home and had been diagnosed with depression.
Chief Magistrate Steven Heath fined Lamont a total of $1750 on the three charges and banned him from driving for 12 months.
ROY GIBSON
as posted on TheWest
Friday 8 February 2008
Gyspy Jokers lose High Court bid to keep clubhouse fortified
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The Gypsy Jokers have lost a High Court bid to overturn a fortification removal notice on their Maddington clubhouse.
The outlaw motorcycle gang was served a fortification removal notice in May 2004, ordering the Jokers to remove concrete walls, steel gates, surveillance cameras and monitors.
WA Police had sought the notice through the Corruption and Crime Commission, which applied the notice on the grounds that it was satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the clubhouse was “heavily fortified” and was “habitually used as a place of resort by members of a class of people…..suspected to be involved in organised crime”.
In response to the notice the Jokers’ lawyer said the fortifications were necessary because the area had high rates of burglary and car theft, housed expensive Harley Davidson motorcycles and the fortifications had received necessary approvals.
A challenge in WA courts resulted in Justice Blaxell referring the matter to the WA Supreme Court of Appeal but the original decision against the Jokers was upheld.
The club asked the High Court to review the decision however a six to one majority dismissed the appeal today.
MICHAEL BENNETT
as posted on TheWest
The Gypsy Jokers have lost a High Court bid to overturn a fortification removal notice on their Maddington clubhouse.
The outlaw motorcycle gang was served a fortification removal notice in May 2004, ordering the Jokers to remove concrete walls, steel gates, surveillance cameras and monitors.
WA Police had sought the notice through the Corruption and Crime Commission, which applied the notice on the grounds that it was satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the clubhouse was “heavily fortified” and was “habitually used as a place of resort by members of a class of people…..suspected to be involved in organised crime”.
In response to the notice the Jokers’ lawyer said the fortifications were necessary because the area had high rates of burglary and car theft, housed expensive Harley Davidson motorcycles and the fortifications had received necessary approvals.
A challenge in WA courts resulted in Justice Blaxell referring the matter to the WA Supreme Court of Appeal but the original decision against the Jokers was upheld.
The club asked the High Court to review the decision however a six to one majority dismissed the appeal today.
MICHAEL BENNETT
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