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Four folks accused of fatally bashing Indigenous Perth teenager Cassius Turvey have pleaded not responsible to his homicide and been dedicated to face trial.
Cassius, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, was allegedly chased down and attacked with a steel pole as he walked dwelling from college with buddies on October 13, 2022.
He suffered critical head accidents and died in hospital 10 days later, triggering an outpouring of grief and anger throughout the nation, with some Indigenous leaders condemning the alleged assault as cowardly and racist.
Brodie Lee Palmer, 27, Mitchell Colin Forth, 24, Jack Steven James Brearley, 21, and Aleesha Louise Gilmore, 20, have been charged with homicide.
They briefly appeared on Wednesday through video hyperlink in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court the place they entered not responsible pleas.
Brearley and Forth additionally denied kidnapping and wounding one other 15-year-old boy within the days earlier than Cassius was attacked.
The teen was allegedly chased down on October 9 and punched, kicked and stabbed earlier than being taken to a home the place he was held for a time frame.
Gilmore pleaded not responsible to detaining the identical boy.
Brearley, Forth, Palmer and Gilmore additionally pleaded not responsible to assaulting and stealing from a 3rd individual on the identical day as Cassius was allegedly attacked. Gilmore additionally denied inflicting bodily hurt to the identical youth,
The group have been remanded in custody till July 31 for his or her first look within the Supreme Court, when a trial date is anticipated to be introduced.
Brearley was charged in October. Palmer, Forth and Gilmore have been charged in January.
Cassius has been remembered as a loving son and a job mannequin to his buddies. He had began his personal lawn-mowing business and was invited at age 11 to ship an acknowledgement of nation on the WA parliament.
Some members of his household attended courtroom on Wednesday however they declined to talk to media.
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Source: www.9news.com.au
