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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced for breaching a family violence restraining order after sending his ex-partner abusive voice messages over a more than 12-hour period.
A former immigration detainee, released after the High Court ruled indefinite detention was unlawful, receives a suspended sentence for breaching his curfew and letting his GPS tracker's battery run out.
A 39-year-old man facing a serious charge of indecently dealing with a child has been hit with three other drug-related charges.
Staff at the maximum security facility in the city’s south-eastern suburbs provided first aid until paramedics arrived, but could not revive the 28-year-old.
The extraordinary move comes as the Prison Officers Union warned Hakea Prison was a tinderbox waiting to explode as fewer staff deal with more prisoners in trying summer conditions where cells can exceed 50C.