Two men found guilty of murdering Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey

News.com.au

08-05-2025

WARNING: This story features the name and image of a deceased Indigenous person.
Two men have been found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey after a three-month trial.
A 12-person jury found Jack Brearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 29, killed the 15-year old schoolboy, who was fatally struck with a metal pole on 13 October 2022.
Cassius died from his injuries in hospital 10 days later.
Mitchel Forth, 27, and Aleesha Gilmore, 23, were also charged with murder over the boy's death.
Forth was found not guilty of Cassius' murder but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Ms Gilmore was found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.
The group denied all allegations related to a series of events in the lead-up to Cassius' death on October 23, 2022 – 10 days after he was struck.
The prosecutor had argued in court it was Brearley who delivered the fatal blows, but his co-accused all shared a common purpose when they set out that day.
The state alleged Brearley chased after and caught up with Cassius, knocking him to the ground and striking the 15-year old twice with a metal pole.
Cassius managed to walk to his group of friends after he had been attacked despite suffering multiple head injuries – including a laceration to his forehead and split ear – as they had gathered a short distance away at a nearby TAFE.
Paramedics arrived and treated Cassius, who was transferred to the Perth Children's Hospital and sent home on October 18, but was re-admitted to the Midland Hospital after he suffered seizures hours later.
He died in hospital days later.
Brearley denied all allegations against him and said it was Cassius who stabbed him first, then blamed Palmer for inflicting the fatal blows to the 15-year old schoolboy.
Palmer maintained he was in his vehicle when the fatal attack happened and heard Brearley call out he'd been stabbed. He claimed he saw Cassius covered in blood when he approached them.