Court in the Act
Court in the Act
Playlist by Court in the ActDo you live and breathe true crime? Want the inside story? All the juicy details? You’re in luck. Court in the Act with Tim Clarke goes inside the courtroom with an in-depth look at the cases happeni…Follow the podcast:
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Reynolds v Higgins: High stakes in defamation case
On August 2, the Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins defamation trial will begin in WA’s Supreme Court. Senator Reynolds is suing Higgins over a series of social media posts she claims were part of a deliberate attempt to ruin her career and reputation. Higgins argues the posts were justified, gi…
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Prima Facie: Shifting narratives around consent in the courtroom
How’s about this for a guest list? The Chief Justice of Western Australia. The Attorney General of Western Australia. The former DPP of Western Australia, turned Supreme Court judge. Two of the richest people in Australia. The former chairman of the West Coast Eagles. More lawyers. More judges.…
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Disturbing case of gunshot death: The truth about Amy
A decade since Amy Wensley’s suspicious death, her family are no closer to answers. The mother of two little girls was found in her bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Despite first responders’ suspicions, within one-hour detectives deemed Amy’s death a suicide. What Police did - or…
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A survivor of one of Perth’s worst paedophile priests speaks
Thirty years ago this coming weekend, The Sunday Times fully exposed paedophile priest Reverend Michael Roderick Painter for the first time. Painter had been an Anglican priest in Perth and beyond since the early 60s. He was revered for his charisma and charm, his pastoral skill, his common to…
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Tragic clues; Giving the dead their day in court.
Who, how and why. Put brutally, those are the three questions a coroner has to answer when investigating a death. Seemingly simple questions. But sometimes so hard to answer. Sometimes impossible. In the coming weeks and months in Western Australia, headlines will be writ large about inquest…
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Floreat killer exposes tragic shortcomings in domestic violence scourge.
On a quiet and idyllic street in the leafy suburb of Floreat, in Western Australia, the actions of a man intent on revenge, sent shockwaves throughout the small community and beyond. Mark Bombara had been searching for his estranged wife, instead he found her best friend Jennifer Petelczyc, 59 and…
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Eerie echos of ‘Baby Reindeer’ stalker
Serial stalker Kobi Jane Langshaw, whose obsessive contact with two men had chilling similarities with the Netflix smash-hit Baby Reindeer, has been banned for life from ever contacting her latest victims again. This is the TRUE story of a case that has eerie similarities to the Netflix smash hit. …
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Sniper's extraordinary court appearance
In December 2020 one WA’s most fearsome bikie heavyweights was assassinated in front of hundreds of people at the Kwinana Motorplex, sparking an unprecedented response from both police and politicians. Taskforce Ravello smashed in doors, raided properties, locked up people in the hunt for Martin’…
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Why Donald Trump will NEVER go to jail
This month, Donald J Trump became the first president, present or former, to face a criminal trial in the United States. And the allegation was that he, and his minions, along with the National Enquirer “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election”. A scheme involving a porn star,…
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Attack on free speech? Govt. vs Elon Musk
It began with a man, and then a boy. The massacre at Bondi Junction. And the stabbing of a bishop during a Wakeley church service. Both horrific actions were captured in real time, and the images of the knife, of the death, the horror the shock and the grief, then broadcast to the world. The …
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