Western Australia

WA man Simon Peter Carman pleads not guilty to murdering Thai teenager and hiding her body in suitcase

18 Sept 2026 16:13 AEST Summary

From the report

A West Australian man accused of murdering a 17-year-old Thai girl and hiding her body in a suitcase has pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 4.1 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

body2guilty2hiding2man2murdering2suitcase2

Sentiment +0.0 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The West Australian’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The West Australian WA man Simon Peter Carman pleads not guilty to murdering Thai teenager and hiding her body in suitcase plain
WAtoday Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges plain
The Guardian Australia Australian man accused of murdering Thai teenager and putting body in suitcase pleads not guilty plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	4.1	0	42	50
The Guardian Australia	7	4	70	37.7

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The same event elsewhere

5 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

WAtoday Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges Niral 13.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges Niral 13.7 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges Niral 13.7 political 0 The Age Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges Niral 13.7 political 0 The Guardian Australia Australian man accused of murdering Thai teenager and putting body in suitcase pleads not guilty Niral 7 political 0