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'Put our mind to rest': WA family plead for information after grandfather's mystery death
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here The homicide squad is investigating a mystery in a Bedfordale car park, in Perth 's southern suburbs. The family of 53-year-old grandfather Elmars Kalejs have spoken out and are desperate for answers after he suffered serious head injuries that months later claimed his life. Some of Kalejs final moments of normality were caught on CCTV, but what happened to him just hours later remains a mystery. WA's homicide squad are investigating the mystery surrounding a 53-year-old grandfather's death after he was discovered in a Bedfordale car park, in Perth southern suburbs. (9News) The 53-year-old had been sleeping in his car at the Settlers Common Environmental Centre in Bedfordale. On April 18 about 12.30pm he was found lying injured next to his silver Holden Commodore. He was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital with bleeding on the brain, broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He stayed there for more than 60 days, dying from his injuries on June 24. He was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital on April 18 with bleeding on the brain, broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He died in June. (9News) "He was able to start talking again, and then, unfortunately, he went downhill and we lost him," daughter Courtney Mallard said. "We just want to know what happened, and put our mind to rest." Police are also putting out the call for more information. "Elmars wasn't in the state where he could tell us what happened, hence why we're still here now trying to figure that out," Detective Senior Sergeant Jarrod Manson said. The homicide squad has been called in, trying to piece together the 24 hours before the grandfather was discovered. Daughter Courtney Mallard said the family just want to know what happened so they can have closure (9News) CCTV from a Maddington shopping centre showed the clothes he was wearing. "We're still unsure of how these injuries have occurred. It may be from a vehicle and it may be from an assault, and that's what we're here trying to figure out," Manson said. Flyers of information will be put into food hampers and handed out to homeless people in the area in the hopes someone knows something. A mobile police unit has also set up at the old Armadale courthouse until tomorrow. WA Police are also putting out the call for more information. (9News) "Please just help if if you know anything," Mallard said. "It's OK, we forgive anyone who's done it, please just come forward. We just need closure as a family." Anyone with further information has been urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Western Australia Perth police WA police CONTACT US Auto news: Why Australians are still driving around without insurance.
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Millions of dollars of Queensland Police vehicles 'sit idle in depot'
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Millions of dollars of Queensland Police vehicles are claimed to have been sitting idle in car parks, waiting to be fitted with radios, lights, and branding by the organisation's Fleet Services department. 9News understands the vehicles have been unable to be rolled out to the frontline for up to four years. According Queensland Police Union president Shane Prior, there is $8 million worth of vehicles sitting in a depot. 9News understands the vehicles have been unable to be rolled out to the frontline for up to four years. (Nine) "Something needs to be done better because taxpayers' money is being spent on this," Prior said. "We are aware that Fleet Services have taken delivery of vehicles in 2021, not kitted out those vehicles and delivered them to the front line till 2025. "Those vehicles no longer have a warranty attached to it. "They've been sitting on flat tyres, which also is a significant workplace health and safety issue, but we've also heard reports of vermin making a home in the vehicles sitting there in the yard." Last week, 9News filmed a number of 2023 Land Cruisers with registration due to expire in October. According Queensland Police Union president Shane Prior, there is $8 million worth of vehicles sitting in a depot. (Nine) 9News has been told officers are driving cars that have clocked 250,000 kilometres, despite police policy dictating vehicles should be replaced once they have been driven 100,000 kilometres. "We've also got a prisoner van up in Caboolture that has over half a million kilometres on the clock," Prior said. Acting Commissioner Shane Chelepy said issues were raised in May and the "backlog has now been cleared". He said there's a "working group meeting weekly to manage the ongoing volume to ensure vehicles are delivered to the frontline as soon as practicable". CONTACT US
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UNSW PhD candidate Ali Alghamdi charged after police allegedly find 25,000 child abuse images on phone
A PhD candidate at a prestigious Australian university and father of two has been charged after police allegedly found more than 25,000 child abuse videos and images on his phone. Ali Alghamdi, a 35-year-old Saudi Arabian national, was arrested at the University of NSW's Randwick campus about 3pm on Monday. He was identified as a suspect in the online distribution, supply, and access of child abuse material after a strike force trawled the dark web in late 2022. Police allege that during a search of his phone, they located more than 25,000 videos and images of child abuse material, with 42 marked as 'favourites'. He was charged with using a carriage service to access child abuse material. The part-time Uber driver faced court on Tuesday, where it was revealed the alleged material was 'significantly depraved', involving children between the ages of two and four, as well as infants. The material was described as too graphic to be published. Commonwealth prosecutor Melanie Tam told the court Alghamdi denied knowing about the 42 favourited files and claimed he had obtained the content in order to report it to authorities, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. He allegedly stored child abuse content on encrypted messaging apps, and one of his three email accounts reportedly contained nearly 650 gigabytes of material. According to Alghamdi's LinkedIn and UNSW profile, he began a Master's degree in Optometry at UNSW in 2020, funded by a scholarship from the Saudi Ministry of Health. He then received the University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) scholarship to undertake a PhD in Optometry in 2022. Before coming to Australia, he completed his bachelor's degree in optometry at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia in 2014 and worked as an optometrist for three years at a general hospital there. The court heard his wife joined him in Sydney six weeks ago and currently lives in Waterloo. In a translated reply on Facebook, Alghamdi wrote to someone: 'May God protect your children, and may we see you in good health, God willing.' Magistrate Michael Barko refused bail, describing Alghamdi as an 'extreme' flight risk due to his student visa status. 'They searched devices which contained film which could only be said to be the most perturbing child sexual abuse,' he said. Alghamdi is due to return to court on September 23.
