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The day I fought off killerPremiumVictim says soft charges kept Edwards off police radar

Wendy Davis, attacked at Hollywood Hospital years before Bradley Edwards went on a rape and murder spree, accused the police of failing to prosecute her case properly — keeping him undetected.

Shannon Hampton & Phil Hickey

Mystery unfoldsPremiumHow they caught the elusive Claremont Killer

Just one breakthrough allowed police to finally unmask the monster who haunted Perth for decades. These are the seven steps that led to the arrest of Bradley Robert Edwards.

Emily Moulton

Lucky escapeHollywood worker was Claremont killer’s ‘practice’

A former social worker who survived an attack by Bradley Robert Edwards believes he was ‘practising’ before he snatched his first victim from Claremont.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Leaked files reveal weapon twist in Ciara investigation

WA Police turned to one of the world’s top forensic pathologists in a bid to find out what may have caused a wound to Ciara Glennon’s head — finally revealed in secret documents exclusively obtained.

Tim Clarke

What nowPremiumJustice for Sarah: What’s needed to end Claremont pain?

Long considered to be the first woman killed by the Claremont serial killer, only Sarah Spiers’ murder remains unsolved. John Flint reports on the chances of bringing her justice.

John Flint

HorrificPremiumTrinity College ‘rape victim’ bullied after ‘attack’

An ex student at a prestigious Catholic boys’ school, who was allegedly raped with a carrot in 2017, was bullied and taunted online by his alleged rapists and other peers days after the attack.

Sarah Steger

Homicide investigationMurder charge after Hedland dad dies in fight

A 20-year-old Perth man has been charged over the murder of a father of four in South Hedland early yesterday morning.

Sarah Steger

Investigation widensPremiumFresh charges for former Penrhos College teacher

The investigation into two former Penrhos College teachers accused of sexually assaulting their teenage students has widened even further, with one of the pair hit with fresh charges.

Sarah Brookes & Bethany Hiatt

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Claremont serial killingsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Secret Claremont Macro papers revealed

A series of previously private documents from the hunt for the Claremont killer can be revealed for the first time after they were leaked to The West Australian during WA’s trial of the century.

Tim Clarke

Shocking allegationsPremiumYoung Kimberley teacher’s jaw broken in alleged bashing

A teacher in a remote Aboriginal community, where the safety of educators has previously been of concern, had to be airlifted to hospital in Perth after allegedly being bashed while on a walk.

Rourke Walsh

Scathing reportCommentsPremiumCCC slammed for ‘picking and choosing’ investigations

WA’s Corruption and Crime Commission has failed to use its full powers to stamp out systemic police misconduct, while choosing which excessive force allegations it prioritises, a probe has found.

Michael Traill

Claremont podcastThe verdict analysis

Leading barrister Tom Percy QC says Justice Stephen Hall could have found Bradley Robert Edwards guilty of Sarah Spiers’ murder. Listen to the latest episode here.

Kate Ryan

The West LivePremiumStaggering cost of hunt for Claremont killer revealed

WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts has revealed the staggering expense of the 20-year hunt for Claremont killer Bradley Robert Edwards.

Caitlyn Rintoul & Jenna Clarke

House of a murdererPremiumDark secrets hidden in Claremont killer’s derelict home

Four years after police stormed Bradley Robert Edwards’ home, the house still sits empty — its boarded-up doors hiding the dark secrets of the Claremont killer.

Sarah Steger

HeartbreakingDenis Glennon’s heartfelt thanks in emotional statement

The father of Claremont victim Ciara Glennon has opened up about the promise he made to “find her killer or die trying” — as he broke his silence in the wake of Bradley Edwards’ conviction.

BreakthroughVideoPremiumDuo on murder charges over death at ‘half-way house’

Detectives have charged Jack Dearing and Lawrence David Bianchini, both 34, with the murder of 43-year-old Jeremy Stuart Brown in Armadale last week.

Sarah Steger

Claremont verdictPremiumClaremont families’ fortitude in face of pure evil

For the many people who had waited so long for justice in the case of the Claremont serial killer, this was a day of solemnity — not celebration

John Flint

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Victim’s pleaPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Rape accused boxer bashed in pub by bikie

Suspended Geraldton junior boxing coach Justin Crudeli asked for charges against a bikie who bashed him to be dropped, a court has been told.

Geoff Vivian

analysis
analysis
How it unfoldedPremium
analysis
Tom Percy: The three key moments in Claremont conviction

One of WA’s best criminal lawyers, Tom Percy QC, discusses the three crucial moments in the Claremont trial that led to the conviction of Bradley Robert Edwards for two murders.

Tom Percy

At capacityPremiumFormer Claremont case cops shut out of courtroom

Detectives currently not involved in the Macro investigation were advised not to attend court on Thursday through a directive issued by the State’s top cop Chris Dawson.

Phil Hickey

Key evidencePremiumKimono ‘catalyst’ to bringing down Claremont killer

A former detective sergeant didn’t know it at the time, but years later the silk kimono he held up for cameras in 1988 would end up being one of the most crucial pieces of evidence in WA’s mega trial.

Phil Hickey

Grim taskCommentsPremiumThe man who ‘set the foundations’ to catch a killer

Detective Paul Ferguson was once the face of the hunt for the Claremont killer who put his life on hold in the search for justice.

Tim Clarke

investigation
investigation
Claremont killer verdictPremium
investigation
Making of a murderer: The Claremont killer’s sick past

Claremont killer Bradley Robert Edwards had just started high school when he began to act on what would become an entrenched, persistent fetish for women’s underwear that raged on until his arrest.

Shannon Hampton

New podcast episodeJustice delivered

Join Natalie Bonjolo, Tim Clarke and Damien Cripps as they digest the verdict for which WA has waited a quarter of a century, and share the outpouring of emotion that followed the verdict.

Kate Ryan

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