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Malcolm Knox Journalist, author and columnist November 7, 2025 — 3.30pm

Parking is war. It was always going to end up with an architect going after a rheumatologist, allegedly with a knife, in one of Australia’s poshest suburban streets.

The architect, Louise St John Kennedy, is in Perth Magistrates Court representing herself against charges that she told the medical specialist, Prudence Manners, to “move your car, you f---ing dumb bitch”. Kennedy’s dog had a medical emergency. Manners allegedly replied, “Hope the dog dies, Louise.”

This prompted Kennedy to “momentarily lose control”, but the confrontation, she said, never escalated beyond “a debate”.

Manners told the court that Kennedy waved a knife in her face before grabbing her by the throat. Manners

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