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Returning to the stand-off at the Claremont jetty between police and the driver of a red Jeep.
The driver has just driven the vehicle at speed down the jetty, and into the river.
Footage shows him climbing out of the up-side-down car and standing on it as police and TRG officers rush to him.
The Jeep has driven at speed up the jetty, crashing into the Swan River (top) in Claremont before the driver scrambled onto the vehicle’s under side (bottom). Credit: 9 News Perth
Police had been negotiating with the man for more than an hour after he drove up the jetty, with his mother also arriving to try and assist.
To the courts now, and a man who ran down another with a ute, severing his leg before attacking him with a hammer has had his sentencing date set.
Matthew William Lawson, 26, just appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court where he formally pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Trae Black, 30.
It comes nine months after Lawson refused legal advice and attempted to plead guilty to the crime during his first court appearance in July 2024.
At the time, the magistrate encouraged him to seek legal advice, which he since has.
A neuropsychologist report will be prepared for Lawson’s sentencing on November 25, which will include an assessment for untreated ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Police said Lawson was involved in a verbal stoush with Black on July 29 at a construction site in the affluent suburb of City Beach.
Black ran from the site and Lawson chased him in a silver Mazda BT-50 utility onto busy West Coast Highway. It is understood Lawson struck Black with the vehicle, severing his leg, before assaulting him with a hammer.
After the incident, police said Black’s life was likely saved by members of the public, who provided first aid at the scene.
“The victim has sustained significant injuries to his leg region … there is a likelihood that he would have lost his life,” Superintendent Manus Walsh said.
“We are very, very thankful for the off-duty doctor and the member of the public who assisted in helping this victim.”
There’s a police incident unfolding in our western suburbs with a car on the Claremont Jetty.
A WA Police spokesman said a number of police resources have been deployed to the area including air wing and water police.
Police are talking to a person who has driven up the Claremont jetty. Credit: 9 News Perth
Officers are attempting to engage with the driver of the vehicle.
It’s believed the driver may have been involved in a minor collision earlier this morning.
The public is advised to avoid the area.
A caller to Radio 6PR said she saw the man driving erratically along Stirling Highway, mounting the footpath and screaming.
“It was a red Jeep and I thought, that guy’s in trouble”, she said.
A WA bikie is due in court today after security officers allegedly found a knuckleduster inside his luggage at Perth Airport earlier this year.
The Australian Federal Police said the 57-year-old man was travelling from Perth to Melbourne in January when the contraband was detected in his carry-on.
The knuckledusters. Credit: AFP
The item was seized, but the man still travelled to Melbourne.
Months later AFP officers attended his home in Chittering and issued him with a summons for carrying a prohibited weapon.
The maximum penalty for the offence five years’ imprisonment or a $60,000 fine.
It is an offence to carry knuckledusters in a public place, including in the airport and on planes.
Two people spearfishing off WA’s coast south of Exmouth have filmed a close encounter with a tiger shark.
Jasmine Warneford and Sam Anderson were staying at Red Bluff campground, popular for surfing and diving, when a tiger shark stole their catch.
The shark then tried to bite Anderson, who was prodding it away with his spear gun, before darting away and inadvertently dragging Warneford with it, who was attached to a float line which the shark got tangled in as it made its escape.
Anderson rushed towards her as she was dragged underwater for about 10 metres before Warneford managed to cut the line with a knife in her weight belt.
Watch the vision of the encounter below:
Here’s what’s making headlines across the nation and around the world:
A court artist’s sketch of Erin Patterson.Credit: Paul Tyquin
Good morning readers, welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, April 30.
Making headlines today is the story of a Perth family burnt by a building company’s collapse – twice.
In 2021, Cara Godwin and her husband Jason employed Modco Residential – the building company helmed by glamour couple Yusuf Khan and Cynthia Lu who left behind a trail of shattered hopes, unpaid bills, and unanswered questions when the empire crumbled within years.
The Godwins picked themselves up and brought in Ultimo Constructions, then thought of as one WA’s best boutique builders.
Cara and Jason Godwin with their two children Sage (2) and Summer (8 months) on their family home building site in Doubleview.Credit: Ross Swanborough
Fast forward a year – and through “many delays, money wasted, numerous emails and calls” – and all the family has is a concrete slab after the company collapsed last month.
Sarah Brookes has the full story. You can read all about it here.
Speaking of the state of housing, a new report reveals anyone on JobSeeker, youth allowance or the disability pension was totally locked out of every single private rental in WA.
Anglicare WA’s Rental Affordability Snapshot looked at the 3523 private rentals available on March 15 and 16 and found the median rental cost was up 5 per cent from last year to $680 per week.
Of these houses, there were none affordable for people living with government income support – including single rooms.
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