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Man admits murdering partner and mother-of-two in their home

A man has admitted murdering his partner in their Perth home before robbing a service station and crashing his ute.

Steven James Alan Dean, 37, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Mother-of-two Emmerich Lasakar, aged 35, was found seriously injured by police at the Kewdale home in Perth's east on April 17 and died at Royal Perth Hospital.

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35-year-old Emmerick Lasakar was rushed to Perth Royal Hospital where she died last night after she was found with serious injuries at a home on Knutsford Avenue in Kewdale.

Dean also pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated armed robbery, aggravated home burglary and reckless driving, with offences allegedly committed on the same day.

The armed robbery charge allegedly relates to an incident at a service station in nearby East Victoria Park.

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35-year-old Emmerick Lasakar was rushed to Perth Royal Hospital where she died last night after she was found with serious injuries at a home on Knutsford Avenue in Kewdale.

Police arrested Dean after a dual-cab utility he was driving was involved in a serious crash in St James.

He was remanded in custody and is scheduled to reappear for mention in the same court on August 28.

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Man on mobility scooter killed after falling onto tracks at Sydney's Central Station

A man has died after falling onto the tracks at Sydney's Central Railway Station.

The man who was on a mobility scooter was pulled from the tracks by staff at the busy CBD train station after falling from platform 18 about 2.30pm on Wednesday.

He was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown, where he died, NSW Police said.

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There was not a train on the platform or nearby at the time of the incident, and train services were halted, Transport for NSW told 9News.

All lines resumed at 3.23pm but passengers have been warned to expect major delays as police investigate.

"Passengers can expect flow on delays for T1 North Shore and Western Line, T9 Northern Line, T8 Airport line, T2 Inner West & Leppington line and T3 Bankstown line," Sydney Trains said.

"We remind commuters to be vigilant while on platforms."

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Husband and wife daycare fraudsters spared jail time

A husband and wife have been spared jail time for their role in directing a childcare subsidy fraud syndicate.

The pair apologised to the country they defrauded before they were allowed to walk out of Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday afternoon.

Judge Jane Culver sentenced Alee Farmann and Lubna Hashimy to imprisonment but granted the couple a three-year recognisance release order.

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Judge Jane Culver sentenced Alee Farmann and Lubna Hashimy to imprisonment but granted the couple a three-year recognisance release order.

Farmann was to serve 33 months imprisonment and his wife was to serve three years for directing a fraud syndicate through company Red Roses Family Day Care Pty Ltd.

The couple instead will be required to maintain good behaviour for three years under community corrections supervision.

The daycare company was used to defraud the federal government's childcare subsidy scheme from 2018 to 2019.

At least $89,000 worth of claims were made by Hashimy and $79,000 by Farmann.

"Not a single cent has been recovered," Judge Culver told the court.

Farmann, 53, was the sole owner of the company and had directed staff to bring and photograph children at care locations to legitimise company records.

The Georges Hall man instructed two educators on how to evade detection during periods of intensified government scrutiny, even going so far as to terminate then reinstate one staff member to avoid suspicion.

Hashimy, 44, instructed staff members on how to fill out timesheets and submissions to the Department of Education.

She also signed off on the fraudulent claims made to the department.

In one instance, one Red Roses educator made subsidy claims for regular morning sessions of care for Hashimy's children.

The children never attended the educator's home for care and were instead collected then delivered to school, the court heard.

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Hashimy knew educators were not entitled to claim a subsidy for driving children but continued to repeatedly submit via Red Roses claims for sessions of care.

Culver acknowledged full-time custody for the couple would be difficult for their mental and physical health.

Farmann fled to Australia in 1999 by boat following deteriorating conditions for Iraqi expats in Iran after the Gulf War.

He apologised to Australia in a letter to the court.

"I've let the principles of my country down," he wrote.

Hashimy left Iraq due to her mother being of Iranian background, moving to Sydney in 2006 on a partner visa.

"I apologise to the Australian people. This is a shameful event in my life that will stain my heart," Hashimy wrote in a letter to the court.

The judge also acknowledged imprisonment would challenge caretaking of their children.

The couple's daughter, 23, wrote a letter to the court, outlining the impact media reports of the court proceedings had on her two younger siblings.

"We began to feel racially attacked," the daughter wrote.

"As for my younger brother, boys from his school began to recognise his name… and to harass him about it."

Culver agreed imprisonment was the only appropriate sentence, but it did not necessarily have to be conducted in full custody.

Imprisonment within the community would be more suitable for the offences, she said.

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