Western Australia's Supreme Court judge will be asked to decide whether the murder of a resident at an aged care facility in Albany was a "thrill kill" or a "mercy killing". Jacob Anthony Hoystead murdered 70-year-old resident Monica Mary Stockdale ...

After pooling dozens of cases involving violent crime against older people, researchers discovered that the most likely victims of homicide were women and they were most likely to be killed in their home. The first comprehensive study into cases of ...