Kimberley man charged over burglaries, sexual assault
Turning to crime news first, a man from the Kimberley region has been arrested and charged, after allegedly going on a burglary spree, breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her.
Police charged the 25-year-old man from Halls Creek on Tuesday over the incidents which occurred in February 2024.
The accused allegedly gained entry to a residence on Kinivan Street and sexually assaulted the woman living there.
It is further alleged that the accused stole assorted items from locations on Kinivan Street and Roberta Avenue.
He has been charged with three counts of stealing, aggravated home burglary, burglary, and sexual penetration without consent.
Across the nation and around the world
Here’s what’s making headlines today:
- The British public has been told to expect more terror attacks within months after the frenzied stabbings of two Jewish men on a London street, heightening fears of violent antisemitism and prompting the government to outline new spending on community protection.
- A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse.
- Australian law enforcement agencies are facing a massive cost blowout and potentially serious public safety issues dealing with the storage and disposal of illicit vapes containing toxic chemicals and unstable lithium batteries.
- A day after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson revealed she had been gifted a “sexy” private plane by Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart, it turns out her high-profile party colleague Barnaby Joyce has also recently been flying high again thanks to the mining billionaire.
- ANZ Bank chief executive Nuno Matos has sounded a warning over the economic risks that would arise from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East, as the bank delivered $3.8 billion in cash profits for its first half.
- Jobs platforms are being inundated with fake job ads generated by artificial intelligence, costing jobseekers time and money.
Today’s weather
Good morning WA
Good morning all and welcome to Friday’s live blog.
Making headlines today, hundreds of people have rioted outside Alice Springs Hospital where a man accused of killing a five-year-old girl was being treated, in scenes the police commissioner described as “absolute anarchy” on Thursday night.
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into an angry crowd of about 400 protesters who converged on the hospital shortly after Jefferson Lewis, 47, was arrested over the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby*.
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