A 39-year-old mother-of-four leaves her house in Duncraig on the morning of March 18, 1986. She is never seen again.

Four devastated children. Puzzled family and friends. Many public appeals.

The disappearance of Sharon Fulton resulted in a decades long investigation by police, determined to find out what happened to the devoted mother.

A 77-year-old man has now been charged with murder.

The West Australian’s senior crime reporter Phil Hickey takes host Tim Clarke through the many twists in the long and winding police case – including the links to some of Australia’s most infamous serial killers, the Birnies.

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Rachel Michael was much loved – by her mother. By her sister. She was well liked – particularly at St Pats Community Centre in Fremantle, where her face was familiar.  

She was planning a big celebration for her 40th birthday but she would never see that birthday, or that party because she was murdered in a cruel and callous way. 

Police set about catching her killer, Adam Vidot, in one of the more exceptional pieces of police work in WA in recent years. 

It involved intensive surveillance by real undercover cops, an introduction to a fake crime lord – and the use of a scenario which had previously helped solve one of the most infamous child murders in Australian crime history. 

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He was a regular and regarded criminal lawyer in Perth. Busy representing drunk drivers, drug dealers and COVID breachers. 

But in 2018, Gary Rodgers was arrested and charged himself – accused of plotting with former Rebels bikie Steven Wayne Taylor, his mother Christine Taylor and another man, Simon Curry to pervert the course of justice.

Rodgers, who denied the allegation, was convicted and sent to jail. He served 15 months in prison until being the State's highest court said he was not guilty of the crime prosecutors alleged. 

Rodgers joins host Tim Clarke to tell how he proved his innocence while locked up with violent prisoners and convicted rapists.

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A three-year-old boy dressed in a Spider-Man suit goes missing while playing at his foster grandmother's house in rural NSW in 2014.

His name is William Tyrrell and he is never seen again.

Today, barrister John Hammond joins host Tim Clarke to step through the serpentine search for William Tyrrell, the disturbing developments, the shocking police tactics, and the ongoing legal process. 

They will discuss the ramifications of when a legal process turns into soap opera -- and what that can mean for the guilty and innocent alike. 

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Some killers are pathetic. Some are genuinely sorry. And then there are a few – rare but always memorable – that are truly evil. 

To the outside world, he was a young, urbane, university educated qualified psychologist.  A nice boy, and a good next-door neighbour.

When in fact, he was the devil next door.

Over Easter weekend 2021 Luke David Fawcett murdered his next door neighbour Maree Collins and her brother Wayne Johnson for no apparent reason.

The details of their murders, and the things he did during, in between and after the crimes sent shivers up the spine of everyone in the courtroom.

The West Australian’s Police Editor Shannon Hampton was inside the courtroom. She joins host Tim Clarke as they go through the details of the chilling crimes.

**WARNING: This case is very graphic and contains details which may disturb some listeners *** 

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Feral and fascinating. Arrested, but still arresting.

The membership and movements of WA’s bikie gangs and the plans authorities have to crackdown on them are always in the headlines.

None more so than Dayne Brajkovich, former sergeant at arms of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

Michael Tudori, partner at law firm Tudori Hager Grubb, is one of the busiest barristers in Perth, partly because of his client list including a decent number of heavy-set motorcycle enthusiasts. 

He joins Tim Clarke to talk all things Brajkovich, what it’s like to represent other bikies and tells us what he thinks of the government’s new bikie laws.

Plus,  as his a former lawyer, Tudori gives an insight into what slain Rebels boss Nick Martin was really like.

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Step into any court, in any town or city, on any day and within an hour you'll hear the word drugs. 

Today's case is one of the strangest in recent memory and involves 1 tonne of illicit drugs destined for Western Australian shores.

It also involved wrong numbers, rotten weather, a yacht from Madagascar, a skipper from France, a crewman from Wales – and a whale which began the downfall of a smuggling plot. 

Join host Tim Clarke and one of Australia's leading legal minds Tom Percy KC, as they go through blunder after blunder which saw the Abrolhos drug smuggling case foiled, discuss the mistakes that drug dealers often make and whether the war on drugs is really working.

Plus, Percy reveals one of the strangest cases he's experienced in his career. 

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Lynn Cannon was murdered by her estranged husband Paul in December 2022. He was recently sentenced to 19 years in prison for the horrific crime.  

It is just one of the many tragic domestic violence cases that flood our court systems.  

Join host Tim Clarke and veteran barrister Bernard Standish, of Albert Wolf Chambers, as they discuss the Cannon case and ask what can be done about the scourge of domestic violence. 

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Do you live and breathe true crime? Want the inside story? All the juicy details?

You’re in luck. Court in the Act with Tim Clarke goes inside the courtroom with an in-depth look at the cases happening right now.

Join Clarke and Australia’s leading legal minds for all the twists and turns of the nation's most interesting cases.  

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