A 23-year-old man accused of swinging the fatal blow that killed Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey claims self-defense. His lawyer alleges Cassius stabbed him first, and another man then struck the fatal blows. The prosecution denies racial motivation, but acknowledges that racially charged evidence will be presented. The trial, expected to last 40 days, continues.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. A man accused of swinging the weapon that killed an Indigenous teenager says the dead boy stabbed him before a mate allegedly struck the fatal blows, with a court told the attack was not racially motivated.
He told the jury that Cassius was with a “large mob” of about 20 teenagers, some as old as 18, and the pair had struggled on the ground, describing the boy as six feet tall and 110 kilograms. “He noticed a little kitchen steak knife in his hands,” he said. Watters alleged that Brearley, who described Cassius as the “fat one” to police, tried to run but the teen had a hold of his clothes and slashed his leg three times with the knife.
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