MURDER – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

‘Head in bag’ killer appeals

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Original article by Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 9 : 18-Nov-14

Lawyers for a 28-year-man have launched an appeal against his murder conviction and the length of his sentence. Aaron Carlino was given a minimum sentence of 23 years after being found guilty of killing and dismembering Stephen Cookson. The appeal will be based on the claim that Carlino experienced a version of "battered woman syndrome" after being subjected to bullying and threats of violence by his late employer

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Head-in-bag jury rejects self-defence for killing

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Original article by Amanda Banks, Elle Farcic
The West Australian – Page: 6 : 30-Oct-14

Aaron Carlino has been found guilty of murdering Stephen Cookson on 15 December 2012 and disposing of his body by dismembering it and dumping the remains at sea. The Supreme Court of Western Australia jury dismissed Carlino’s claim that he acted in self-defence due to concerns that Cookson would kill him. Carlino’s cousin has been acquitted on a charge of assisting him to dispose of the body

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Second bullet out of ‘mercy’

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Original article by Amanda Banks
The West Australian – Page: 11 : 22-Oct-14

The Supreme Court of Western Australia heard evidence from Aaron Carlino on 21 October 2014. Carlino has been charged with the murder of Stephen Cookson in Decenber 2012. He claims that he was acting in self-defence when he shot Cookson and dismembered his corpse in order to dispose of the body. Carlino has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and claims that he had been assaulted and threatened by Cookson in the months before he died

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Body cut up with angle grinder in bathroom

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Original article by Amanda Banks
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 10-Oct-14

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has been told that an alleged murderer used an angle grinder to dismember his victim before dumping the remains at sea. Aaron Carlino has been charged with the December 2012 murder of Stephen Cookson, with whom he shared an apartment in Perth. The jury was told that the accused shot Cookson twice in the head before cutting up and disposing of his corpse

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‘Monster deserves to rot in hell’

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Original article by Elle Farcic
The West Australian – Page: 17 : 24-Sep-14

The family of a murder victim was distressed by the acquittal of the accused. Nicolle Bates disappeared in February 2012 and her body was found over two weeks later buried in a pine plantation. On 23 September 2014, Bradley Harvey was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter

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Detectives investigate second murder case

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Original article by Tayissa Barone, Liam Croy
The West Australian – Page: 13 : 8-Sep-14

Western Australian police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people at a home in the Perth suburb of Yokine. The bodies of a man and a woman were found at the property on 7 September 2014. Meanwhile, 23-year-old Jason Stefanski has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his 68-year-old neighbour in Woodvale on the previous day

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE SERVICE

Kill accused’s version ‘not convincing’

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Original article by Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 22 : 3-Sep-14

The murder trial of Mervyn Bell continued in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 2 September 2014. Prosecutor Amanda Forrester told the court that the accused was responsible for the death of a baby in March 2013, but acknowledged that the exact cause of his death cannot be determined. Bell has been charged with raping and killing the child, who was 10 months old at the time of his death

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Inquiry into botched kill case

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Original article by Tim Clarke, Amanda Banks
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 10-Jul-14

Western Australian Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has requested a Corruption & Crime Commission investigation into the conduct of some officers in Broome. Attorney-General Michael Mischin also wants to be briefed on the issue by the Director of Public Prosecutions, after a murder charge had to be downgraded to manslaughter and the accused was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser crime. The Supreme Court ruled that the police officers had repeatedly breached the law when they interviewed the suspect

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE SERVICE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION, SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA