Phil Hickey

Journo for The West Australian covering crime and police rounds. Man U supporter, optimistic St Kilda fan, terrible golfer. Tweets are mine. Stay classy.

[Phil Hickey @HickeyPhil]

This story is very close to my heart because I firmly believe that shining a spotlight on these unsolved crimes is one of the most meaningful and worthwhile topics that the media can cover. Please, if you know anything about any of these cases please come forward 🙏 It’s time.

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: Rewards of $1 million will be offered for information about dozens of unsolved murders and missing persons cases that have haunted WA for decades. See the full list of cold cases that now attract the reward. https://t.co/5rtMM1ytLW

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: An Italian national has copped three years in jail for his role in a Christmas Day drug plot which saw him import the deadly drug ketamine into WA. https://t.co/Jt401TmFjI

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s worst serial killer couple David and Catherine Birnie are back in the spotlight as lawyers acting for a man accused of murdering his wife in 1986 pursue decades old exhibits connected to the pair.
https://t.co/Q3ah7kGUeK

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: A Canberra man accused of breaking into a Nedlands college and sexually assaulting a young woman as she slept more than 30 years ago has admitted to the crime. https://t.co/CBuNoi5HRE

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: A bombshell report compiled by WA Police into Josh Warneke’s death reveals new and never before released information about his tragic death in Broome in 2010.
https://t.co/lOZ0ONCPIh

[Phil Hickey @HickeyPhil]

A great result for WA Police and for the 4 women subjected to these terrible crimes all those years ago @westaustralian #perthnews #coldcase

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: The case of one of WA’s most brutal and elusive serial rapists has officially been solved after a Perth man admitted he was the person behind several shocking sex attacks on women in the 1990s. https://t.co/JMR8JQZXgq

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: One of Britain’s most sought after fugitives who is still wanted over two brutal murders may have stayed on a remote farm in WA and could have also frequented a well known Perth pub some years ago. https://t.co/27fZPUx0rF

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

An experienced police detective remains in a serious but stable condition in Royal Perth Hospital after he was allegedly run over by the driver of a car he had stopped as part of a ‘targeted’ operation. https://t.co/cNIFoTSdfa

[Phil Hickey @HickeyPhil]

In what has been described as an abhorrent act of animal cruelty, police have charged a man with running down several young calves in his vehicle at a WA farm https://t.co/JNLOwLSRDm #perthnews

[Phil Hickey @HickeyPhil]

Live bigger, shine brighter and love harder.
That’s how Perth brothers Callum and Jake Robinson lived their lives.
It’s also the motto behind a new foundation established in their memory https://t.co/6e8jqy25t0 #perthnews

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: Yusuf Khan – one half of the glamour couple behind failed home builder Modco Residential — has allegedly been stabbed as he sat in his car while waiting at a red light. https://t.co/qxeJtdRgPg

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

JUST IN: One-punch attack survivor Danny Hodgson faces yet another hurdle as he fights for compensation. https://t.co/mLIZpojt7I

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Bright, talented and special is how Nick Campo was remembered on Saturday as his stoic South Fremantle footy teammates took to the field in his honour - a week after a horror crash claimed his young life. https://t.co/IoR0y60UjI

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

New details are emerging about the police investigation into the terrible crash that killed young South Fremantle footballer Nick Campo.
https://t.co/DLJJvbrs4V

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: The UK man who allegedly helped coordinate the failed $1 billion drug bust in the Abrolhos Islands in 2019 is still firmly in the sights of WA Police.
https://t.co/5f4W5RQdwz

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

The organisation in charge of making sure West Australians are staying safe on our roads has been accused of being 'missing in action” by a former senior cop. https://t.co/y9hfzYXKEk

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EXCLUSIVE: New and somewhat bizarre details surrounding a massive attempted drug importation into WA - which has led to a 17-year-old Chinese tourist being arrested – can be revealed for the first time. https://t.co/VQJQOBQOqp

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: A police blitz on motorcycle morons has seen 350 speeding fines issued and 13 bikes seized with one lair-devil being clocked at 230kmh on his $50,000 racer. https://t.co/PiDoUmByE1

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: It has emerged that the injuries suffered by one of the teenagers stabbed during a suspected botched drug deal in Karrinyup could have cost him his life.
https://t.co/JUuWptLfae

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: WA’s so called meth buster laws have yielded their first major success as part of a major money laundering investigation which has so far uncovered more than three-quarters of a million dollars. https://t.co/xED68yA8XP

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

More than 14 years after he died, a Coroner is expected to finally list Josh Warneke’s 2012 death in Broome for an inquest. https://t.co/9828O7yps9