High Wycombe man claims ‘homemade explosives’ were for pest control
A 42-year-old man allegedly found with 10 homemade explosives inside his High Wycombe home says he was using them for pest control.
Karl Davey’s house was raided on Thursday after he was no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a firearms’ licence, but failed to surrender his weapons to police.
WA Police claim, during the search, they uncovered the dangerous devices, made from batteries, nangs, gunpowder, and repellents, as well as improperly stored firearms, a large amount of ammunition and a Taser.
Davey’s lawyer said he was dropping the explosives down rabbit warrens at a farm for pest control purposes.
After refusing to give WA Police access to his mobile phone and computers, Magistrate Gavin MacLean yesterday refused Davey bail.
“His refusal to provide access is part of the overall complexion that gives me concerns that there may be something going on here,” he said.
MacLean said he wasn’t sure if the items found in the house were “some sort of McGyer-like situation gone wrong”, or “something more sinister”.
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Good morning and welcome to WAtoday’s live and local news blog for Tuesday, March 10.
Making headlines today, internal documents have shone light on a raft of issues in the cardiothoracic surgery department of one of Perth’s major public hospitals.
The documents, released to this masthead under Freedom of Information laws, detail severe staffing shortages, contentious recruitment decisions and operational challenges – including two surgeons being stood down – at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, largely throughout 2024 and 2025.
Meanwhile, West Australian motorists are being warned that most branded metropolitan fuel stations will be hiking their diesel price today (so much for cheap Tuesday!).
According to the WA Government service’s website FuelWatch, Tuesday’s average metro diesel price will jump to 226.2 cents per litre.
WA Nationals leader Shane Love said recent supply disruptions had already demonstrated how vulnerable the state was to fuel shortages, despite government assurances about stockpiles as concerns grow amid the unfolding hostilities in the Middle East.
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