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WA bikie Troy Mercanti has yet again come before the courts after he repeatedly entered a Cockburn Central pub he was barred from.
The 58-year-old head Mongol had been banned from entering the Local House Bar and Grill in Cockburn Central and given a prohibition notice but went there anyway on August 8.
Perth bikie Troy Mercanti leaves court on Friday.Credit: 9News Perth
He previously pleaded guilty to the offence of entering a premises contrary to a barring notice.
His lawyer Paul Holmes argued he was just there to pick up some friends and did not stay to drink but prosecutors said he was seen repeatedly entering and leaving the premises between 6.30pm and 8pm.
Despite the maximum fine for the offence being $10,000, Mercanti was slapped with a $750 penalty.
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Three children have been charged following a series of burglaries in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Police allege the charges stem from break-ins and thefts in Ocean Reef, Butler, Burns Beach and Mindarie from last week.
The cars allegedly stolen from the property.Credit: WA Police
It’s understood the children were armed with machetes when they first broke into a home in Butler on Wednesday, and stole a car.
Shortly after, the car was used to ram into the garage of another home in an attempted break-in.
About 10 minutes later, the group broke into a house in Ocean Reef and confronted the woman inside with a machete.
They hit her with the handle and stole a car from the property before taking off.
Police further allege two of the group were involved in a string of burglaries in Burns Beach and Mindarie again yesterday evening.
Three of the offenders have been hit with a total of 55 charges between them, including aggravated home burglary, car theft, and unlawful and indecent assault.
They came before Perth Children’s Court today.
The investigation is ongoing.
The Wallabies are vowing to produce a Bledisloe Cup performance that retiring prop James Slipper can be proud of as they attempt to avoid an unwanted piece of history.
Wallabies skipper Harry Wilson.Credit: Getty Images
Emotions are set to flow in Perth when the Wallabies farewell Slipper in front of a sold out Optus Stadium crowd in Saturday night’s blockbuster against the All Blacks.
The Wallabies can’t win the Bledisloe Cup, given New Zealand won the series opener 33-24 at Eden Park last week.
The Rugby Championship is probably out of the question as well, given Australia would likely need a bonus-point win over NZ and then rely on Argentina upsetting South Africa in order to snare the silverware.
But with Slipper bowing out from Test rugby after the match, the Wallabies feel like they have everything to play for.
And in a bit of added motivation, the hosts must win if they are to avoid posting a record losing streak against the Kiwis.
The All Blacks have won 10 consecutive matches against Australia, equalling the mark they set against the Wallabies between 2008-2010.
Australia’s most recent win against their arch rivals came back in 2020 in Brisbane.
NZ setting an outright winning record with victory in Slipper’s final game is simply unthinkable, says the Wallabies captain.
“When you’ve got someone like James that is playing his last game for our country … it’d be crazy for us not to really lean into that,” Harry Wilson said on Friday.
“We really want him to have a lasting memory of the Wallabies, something to be really proud of.
“It’s on all of us to make sure we go there and do that.”
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Sticking to the press conference where Reece Whitby, under his hat as police minister, was asked about the fight in a Zambrero carpark on Thursday night that left a 16-year-old boy fighting for life in hospital.
“I hope that young fellow recovers – I hope he’s okay, and my thoughts are with him and his family. It is a very serious situation,” he said.
“There is no need, no need, for anyone to be carrying a knife in Western Australia, there is no need for a youngster, a teenager, to go anywhere with the knife.
“There is never a reason to go armed in public like that, to carry a serrated weapon on you.”
He said it was why WA had tough laws surrounding carrying edged weapons, and the “toughest laws in the country” that allowed police to use wands to search for those weapons on the streets.
“Police are very well resourced, and they’ll be investigating this thoroughly. We’ll always do everything we can to keep West Australians safe,” Whitby said.
WA’s Tourism Minister Reece Whitby has thanked the thousands of tourists who would be travelling to Perth for the sold-out Bledisloe Cup at Optus Stadium for “spending their money” in WA.
Tourism Minister Reece Whitby.Credit: AFR
“It’s rugby’s most famous rivalry between the All Blacks and the Wallabies,” Whitby told media at a press conference today.
“We know that there are going to be thousands of people come from outside of Western Australia – from overseas, from interstate, and they will be spending millions of dollars.
“I want to say a big thank you for what you’re doing – you’re here, you’re spending your money, you’re in our hotels, you’re in our cafes and restaurants, and you’re having a great time.
“Those dollars are helping grow our economy and employ people, and it’s good for the vibrancy of Western Australia.”
He said it was not the only sporting event to achieve this, citing the UFC fights held last weekend and the upcoming Ashes Test match and 2027 Rugby World Cup.
“So it’s very disappointing that the opposition leader is so negative,” Whitby said.
“The UFC Fight Night, he was attacking it as something that was going to be a failure. He was mocking it, and of course, on the day itself we had 12,500 fans packing into RAC arena – once again, he got it wrong.
“He is Western Australia’s Dr. No, the only thing he’s missing is a hairless cat. He is the leader of the ‘noalition’.”
WA bikie Troy Mercanti has yet again come before the courts after he repeatedly entered a Cockburn Central pub he was barred from.
The 58-year-old head Mongol had been banned from entering the Local House Bar and Grill in Cockburn Central and given a prohibition notice but went there anyway on August 8.
Perth bikie Troy Mercanti leaves court on Friday.Credit: 9News Perth
He previously pleaded guilty to the offence of entering a premises contrary to a barring notice.
His lawyer Paul Holmes argued he was just there to pick up some friends and did not stay to drink but prosecutors said he was seen repeatedly entering and leaving the premises between 6.30pm and 8pm.
Despite the maximum fine for the offence being $10,000, Mercanti was slapped with a $750 penalty.
Perth’s Cam Green has declared he will not be under any bowling restrictions by the time the Ashes starts, and is up for the challenge of batting at No.3 as an allrounder.
Green hasn’t bowled in a match since undergoing radical spinal surgery last October after suffering his fifth stress fracture.
Cameron Green – seen here playing for Australia against the West Indies – will return to the crease for WA in the Sheffield Shield opener against NSW this weekend.Credit: AP
That will change this weekend when Green makes his bowling return in Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield opener against NSW at the WACA ground, starting Saturday.
Green will be restricted to just eight overs for the match, but will build up steadily in the ensuing Shield matches and ODIs for Australia.
In total, Green expects to play three Shield matches as well as Australia’s ODI series against India before the Ashes begins at Perth’s Optus Stadium on November 21.
“It’s been a long 12 months, but feeling really good,” Green said on Friday, before adding he was feeling no apprehension ahead of his bowling return.
“The body’s in a good place. It’s been a really good rehab journey. I feel stronger, fitter, my action feels good.
“It will be eight overs for the (Shield) game. Just a steady build-up.
“The first Test should be no restrictions. That’s kind of the whole plan of the last year.
“That’s why it’s been such a slow build up – so that you’re peaking by the time the Ashes comes around.”
Green is slated to bat at No.4 for WA in their Shield opener, but it’s highly likely he will slot in at No.3 for the Ashes.
Since making his Test return in June – as a batter only – Green has been batting at No.3.
There are big questions as to whether Green can handle the workload of batting so high in the order and also bowling crucial overs.
But with fellow allrounder Beau Webster also in the Test side, Green is confident of being able to bat at first drop.
“Shane Watson used to open the batting and bowl,” Green said.
“People probably don’t realise how tough that was.
“Spending so long in the field bowling, and then expected to go out there and bat the last 10 overs of the day for example, is really challenging.
“But I think I’m in a bit of a different place. Let’s say I’m batting up the top, and Beau’s batting six, for example – he might take more of the (bowling) load.”
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A man who was one of the first on scene at the fatal crash that killed 60-year-old grandfather Johnny Gray on the Mitchell Freeway has joined the voices of other locals who say the Romeo Road intersection is dangerous.
James King, who lives near the site of the crash, described the scene as “pretty horrific … out of this world almost”.
“I was asking around to see if anyone needed help, I’m just in a bit of shock, to be honest. The pink car, it’s just almost unrecognisable,” he told 6PR.
“I go down Romeo Road a fair bit … I think having the entry and the exit so far apart, I’m not sure if that plays a part in it.
“Obviously, that late at night, there wouldn’t be many cars around. You’d just be an autopilot, I’m guessing, and I could see how it happened.”
Other locals also spoke out about the Romeo Road intersection. You can hear those concerns below.
The Perth Wildcats have overcome a sluggish start to defeat Illawarra 92-84, leaving the Hawks still winless in their title defence.
Perth trailed by 14 points early in Thursday night’s open-air clash at their home RAC Arena before recovering brilliantly in the middle two quarters, which they dominated 34-23 and 23-13.
Biwali Bayles of the Hawks attempts to break clear down the court as Mason Jones of the Wildcats tries to stop him.Credit: Getty Images
Illawarra’s ex-NBA superstar Javale McGee (26 points, 14 rebounds) shook off a knee injury scare to narrowly take the individual honours against Jo Lual-Acuil Jr (22, three rebounds) in the marquee match-up between the league’s two best centres.
Imports Kristian Doolittle (17 points, nine boards) and Dylan Windler (16, 14) were influential in Perth’s fightback, while Tyler Harvey scored 15 of his 19 points before half-time for Illawarra.
“I would like us to play a little bit better, but that will take some time, take some moments,” Wildcats coach John Rillie said.
“Our bench, at different points throughout the game, had pivotal plays for us.
“We’re finding an identity on defence.”
The Wildcats were ice-cold early, taking more than four minutes to register their first score and falling 20-6 in arrears, McGee’s rebounding and interior defence causing issues.
Perth went 3-of-16 from the floor and 0-of-9 from three-point range to trail 20-10 at the end of a physical opening quarter.
The gap was still double digits deep into the second term, before the Wildcats – led by Windler and Doolittle – found their range offensively, pressing the Hawks into regular error and indecision to take a 44-43 lead at half-time.
Lual-Acuil attacked McGee on the dribble in the third stanza as Perth built on their momentum.
Illawarra fans feared the worst when McGee, a 983-game NBA veteran and Olympic gold medallist, went down heavily clutching his right knee following a collision with Lual-Acuil.
The big man received treatment before returning after three minutes off, but his presence couldn’t prevent the Wildcats from steaming ahead 67-56 at three-quarter-time.
The gap ballooned to 17 points in the fourth before the Hawks saved some face late.
“Perth played well, we didn’t,” a terse Illawarra coach Justin Tatum said.
“Their effort plays were the difference – we didn’t match it.”
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A teenage boy is fighting for life in hospital after receiving lacerations to his face, arm and body during a fight in the carpark of a fast food outlet in Canning Vale.
Police and St John were called to the scene at a Zambrero restaurant at a shopping centre on Ranford Road around 6.45pm on Thursday, after receiving reports of an altercation between a group of eight men.
A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition in hospital after a stabbing outside a Zambrero restaurant in Canning Vale.Credit: 9News Perth
It is alleged five young men were walking back to their vehicle and became involved in a verbal altercation with three other men who arrived at the location on e-scooters.
The altercation allegedly escalated and became physical and a 16-year-old boy was stabbed.
He was conveyed by ambulance to hospital for medical treatment where he remains in a critical condition.
A second victim, a 17-year-old boy, was sprayed in the face with what is believed to have been pepper spray and a third victim, an 18-year-old man, sustained a cut to his nose and irritation to his eyes.
A 19-year-old man from Canning Vale is in custody and has been charged with unlawful wounding using pepper spray and assault occasioning bodily harm.
He is due to appear before the Armadale Magistrates Court today.
The investigation is ongoing detectives have urged anyone with any information or vision relating to this incident to contact Crime Stoppers.
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