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Two brothers are on trial in Perth accused of stealing more than $350,000 in Government grants that was meant to have been spent on a Muslim school.
Anwar and Zubair Sayed are accused of taking the money in 2007 while they were directors of a company that ran the Muslim Ladies College in the Perth suburb of Kenwick.
The District Court has been told the company was receiving grants from both the Federal and State Governments, but the school was in a dilapidated condition with leaking roofs and a shortage of teachers and text books.
The court heard the money was instead transferred to an account in Pakistan and a copy of a cheque butt seized by investigators suggested it was to be used to set up a school in Afghanistan in contravention of the conditions of the Government grants.
Both men have denied any wrongdoing.
The trial is set down for eight days.
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Monday, 7 September 2009
Man loses both legs in Maddington crash: report
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There are reports a man in his early 20s has lost both of his legs following a crash on Tonkin Highway in Maddington overnight.
Police said the man was driving his Holden Commodore south along the highway at 1.20am.
The car approached a sweeping bend when the driver - believed to be 21 - lost control of the Commodore and smashed into a tree on the driver's side near the intersection of Kelvin Road.
The man was trapped in the car and had to be cut free.
He is now in Royal Perth Hospital in a critical but stable condition. A spokesman said he could not confirm reports the man had lost both of his legs in the crash.
Police claim excessive speed was a possible factor and the confirmed the man did suffer critical leg and internal injuries in the crash.
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