Tennis great Margaret Court has allegedly had some of her awards and medals stolen during a burglary at her City Beach home on Australia Day.
A WA Police spokeswoman claimed the coastal abode of Court, 80, and her husband Barry was targeted on Thursday evening.
Margaret Court with her husband Barry at the Australian Open in January, 2020.Credit:Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
“Perth detectives have charged two men in relation to an aggravated home burglary,” she said.
“It will be alleged about 8pm, two men gained access to the premises via the front entrance door.
“Once inside, it will be further alleged the accused rummaged through the victim’s property and stole a number of items including awards, medals and jewellery.
“A number of the items were located in nearby bushland and gardens.”
Two men from Edgewater, aged 33 and 34, have been charged with one count of aggravated home burglary and commit and one count of stealing.
They are due to appear in a Perth court next month.
Court, who won 24 major singles titles, is also known as the Reverend Dr Margaret Smith Court.
Brought up as a Catholic, she is now a prominent voice of a Perth-based Pentecostal movement she established 25 years ago.
She has been a vocal critic of same-sex marriage and believes homosexuality is a choice.
Court has lived in her oceanside home in City Beach for 24 years, after briefly putting the property on the market in 2021 for $2.9 million.
The home, which sits on a quiet 1204 square metre corner block a stone’s throw from Floreat Beach, was also listed in 2013 but never sold.
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