Broome
Sandfire: Road block nets stolen ute driver.
Police say a man stole a ute from a resort at Cable Beach yesterday morning.
After several high-speed pursuits they arrested him at Sandfire Roadhouse about eight hours later.
The West Australian [read this story]
Warneke killer’s sentence delayed
The man who pleaded guilty to killing Josh Warneke could not be sentenced today as planned.
Justice Lindy Jenkins postponed the sentencing because Gene Gibson did not have an interpreter present.
He had previously had a murder charge downgraded to manslaughter because Justice Stephen Hall found he had been denied the right to an interpreter and had made involuntary admissions to police.
Broome: Bell on trial for baby murder
A baby’s stepfather is on trial for the child’s abduction, torture, rape and murder.
Police say Mervyn Kenneth Douglas Bell took the 10-month old boy from his mother in Broome in March 2012.
The boy was found dead at the Fortescue River Roadhouse 15 hours later.
He is on trial at the Supreme Court
WAToday [read this story]
Free slide shows: Six new Kimberley frogs
A WA Museum scientist has described six new Kimberley frog species.
Science Network [read this story]
Dr Paul Doughty will be giving free talks at Kununurra and Broome’s libraries next month.
Broome:
7pm, Wednesday 17 September
Kununurra:
6:30pm, Thursday 18 September
Broome: Paul Kelly opens concert
Broome’s racing round opened yesterday with a concert featuring Linda and Vika Bull, Stephen Pigram and Ernie Dingo.
The West Australian [read this story]
Paspaley charged for diver’s death
Paspaley Pearling Company has been charged over the 2012 death of one of its employees.
Pearl Diver Jarrod Hampton, 22, died while working off the Kimberley coast.
The West Australian [read this story]
West Kimberley: Five bushfires burning
Broome and Derby-West Kimberley shires have a total of five bushfires burning at present.
They are at:
- Great Northern Highway north-east of Willare Bridge Roadhouse
- Cape Leveque Road 15 kilometres south of Lombadina
- five kilometres south of Roebuck Plains Roadhouse
- 90 kilometres east of Roebuck Roadhouse
- Great Northern Highway between Bidyadanga Road and Fraser Downs Road.
WAToday [read this story]
Broome: Robber used spear gun
Police say a man threatened service station staff with a spear gun and escaped with cash last night.
The West Australian [read this story]
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