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Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a liquor store in the Perth suburb of Beckenham.
Two fire bombs were thrown through a glass door of the store on Williams Road around 10.30pm.
The fire failed to take hold and was extinguished before firefighters arrived.
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Saturday, 25 April 2009
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Man jailed for lighting bushfires
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A 42-year-old man has been found guilty of lighting fires in four Perth suburbs last year.
Andrew Drake was sentenced to 26 months jail in Perth District Court this morning after he was found guilty of lighting five fires in Thornlie, Maddington, Maida Vale and Forrestdale in March last year.
Drake, an unemployed truck driver, will be eligible for parole after 13 months. His sentence was backdated to October 4 last year, meaning he could be released as early as November this year.
The court heard evidence that Drake had told a friend he had lit the fires and that Drake’s mobile phone was found near one of the blazes. He later reported his phone missing to police.
Judge Roger Macknay told the court the lighting of fires in Australia in the summer was “an extremely dangerous thing to do” and the bushfires in Victoria provided “compelling evidence” of this.
PERTH
GIORDANO STOLLEY
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A 42-year-old man has been found guilty of lighting fires in four Perth suburbs last year.
Andrew Drake was sentenced to 26 months jail in Perth District Court this morning after he was found guilty of lighting five fires in Thornlie, Maddington, Maida Vale and Forrestdale in March last year.
Drake, an unemployed truck driver, will be eligible for parole after 13 months. His sentence was backdated to October 4 last year, meaning he could be released as early as November this year.
The court heard evidence that Drake had told a friend he had lit the fires and that Drake’s mobile phone was found near one of the blazes. He later reported his phone missing to police.
Judge Roger Macknay told the court the lighting of fires in Australia in the summer was “an extremely dangerous thing to do” and the bushfires in Victoria provided “compelling evidence” of this.
PERTH
GIORDANO STOLLEY
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Court for dog stabber
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Nicole Cox, police reporter
April 21, 2009 11:42am
A GOSNELLS woman will appear in court today after allegedly stabbing her pet german shepherd to death.
The 22-year-old has been charged with maliciously wounding the dog named Cheeky on June 23 last year.
The RSPCA will allege that the woman, who was aged 21 at the time of the offence, stabbed Cheeky five times in the torso, causing the dog to die from suffocation after sustaining a pneumothorax to her lungs.
She is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court today.
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Nicole Cox, police reporter
April 21, 2009 11:42am
A GOSNELLS woman will appear in court today after allegedly stabbing her pet german shepherd to death.
The 22-year-old has been charged with maliciously wounding the dog named Cheeky on June 23 last year.
The RSPCA will allege that the woman, who was aged 21 at the time of the offence, stabbed Cheeky five times in the torso, causing the dog to die from suffocation after sustaining a pneumothorax to her lungs.
She is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court today.
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Sunday, 19 April 2009
Missing man sea search to be re-evaluated
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Posted Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:24am AEST
Updated Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:28am AEST
will today re-evaluate the search for a 23-year-old Beckenham man missing off Western Australia's south coast.
Police say they hold grave fears for the man who they suspect was swept out to sea near Denmark on Friday.
Five metre swells have hampered search efforts, with rescuers limited to beach patrols and planes.
The search was expected to continue at first light this morning.
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Posted Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:24am AEST
Updated Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:28am AEST
will today re-evaluate the search for a 23-year-old Beckenham man missing off Western Australia's south coast.
Police say they hold grave fears for the man who they suspect was swept out to sea near Denmark on Friday.
Five metre swells have hampered search efforts, with rescuers limited to beach patrols and planes.
The search was expected to continue at first light this morning.
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