A man accused in the death of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey claims the boy stabbed him before a friend allegedly delivered the fatal blows. Defense lawyers argue the attack wasn't racially motivated, alleging Turvey was part of a large group and initiated the confrontation.
A man accused of swinging the weapon that killed an Indigenous teenager says the dead boy stabbed him before a friend allegedly struck the fatal blows, with a court told the attack wasn’t racially motivated.
Jack Steven James Brearley, 23, Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, Mitchell Colin Forth, 26, and Aleesha Louise Gilmore, 23, have denied murdering him. “What a luxury for them ... but that cannot happen here in this courtroom,” he told the Western Australian supreme court on Tuesday as he finished his opening statement.He conceded the jury would hear racially motivated evidence, such as people saying: “Black this.”
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.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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