Perth man faces 19 charges over threats to kill ex-wife, son, with guns and knife
A Perth man has now been charged with multiple serious offences, accused of threatening to kill his ex-wife during an exchange that was caught in police bodycam footage.
The 47-year-old man from Huntingdale is facing 19 charges related to that incident.
They include breaching a family violence restraining order, threats to kill, depravation of liberty and unlawfully possessing a gun.
Police were called early on Thursday morning after the man allegedly forced his way into the home of his ex-wife, 50, and son, 19, carrying a handgun, shotgun and a knife.
Across the nation and around the world
Here’s what’s making headlines this morning:
- Microsoft is applying an age-old IT fix as it attempts to restore services, turning servers off and on again, after tens of thousands of users reported outages around the world.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned, capping a spectacular downfall for a poster boy of the artificial intelligence boom whose exit following reports of extramarital affairs now thrusts the chipmaker into an uncertain future.
- Australian motorists are finally seeing some relief at the petrol pump, new analysis shows, as steep falls in global oil prices start flowing through to service stations, wiping roughly 20¢ a litre off local fuel costs so far this month.
- At least eight people have died after a three-storey building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, as firefighters continue to dig through the rubble to find others who may be trapped.
- London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating new criminal allegations against disgraced comedian and convicted rapist Russell Brand as more women come forward with claims of sexual misconduct and rape.
- Australian actor Chris Hemsworth’s Byron Bay home was broken into on Wednesday morning, and the thieves stole three vehicles from the property.
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Making headlines, Mitchell Marsh has repeatedly deflected questions about Usman Khawaja’s allegations relating to the infamous sandpapergate incident of 2018.
Marsh, who played in the South Africa series eight years ago, was hit with multiple questions on Thursday as he faced a press conference ahead of Australia’s one-day international against England in Perth on Friday.
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