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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Men found guilty of violent murder of Aboriginal schoolboy
Warning: This article contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. Two men have been found guilty of the murder of Cassius Turvey, an Aboriginal schoolboy who was chased down and beaten by a vigilante gang, in a case which outraged Australia. The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy died of head injuries in October 2022, 10 days after he was brutally assaulted on the outskirts of Perth - prompting vigils and protests nationwide. Four people were charged with his murder and Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, and Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, were on Thursday found guilty after a 12-week trial. Mitchell Colin Forth, 27, was instead found guilty of manslaughter, and a woman who was with the trio in the moments before the attack was acquitted. The jury was told the attack on Cassius was the culmination of a complex series of tit-for-tat events "that had absolutely nothing to do with him", according to the Australian Associated Press. The group had been "hunting for kids" because somebody had damaged Brearley's car windows, prosecutors said. "Somebody smashed my car, they're about to die," Brearley was heard saying on CCTV footage captured shortly before the incident. There is no suggestion Cassius had any involvement in what happened to the car, but he was among a throng of kids who were confronted by the trio of men while walking along a suburban street after school. A boy on crutches was assaulted, sending the others scattering through nearby bushland to escape. Prosecutors alleged the trio caught Cassius and knocked him to the ground, where he was hit on the head at least twice with a short metal pole, leaving him with a brain bleed. While Cassius underwent surgeries in hospital, aimed at relieving the pressure on his brain and saving his life, Brearley was caught on camera boasting about beating the child. Brearley told the court his assault on Cassius was self-defence, alleging the teenager had stabbed him in the leg, and he claimed it was Palmer who had hit him with the metal pole. Palmer said the opposite, telling the trial he intervened to stop Brearley inflicting further blows. Ultimately the jury found both responsible for his murder, and Forth guilty of manslaughter. The men are due to return to court for sentencing hearing on 26 June.
ABC News
08-05-2025
- ABC News
VIDEO: Cassius Turvey's mother Mechelle speaks outside court after two men were found guilty of his murder
The mother of murdered Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey has spoken to reporters after two men, Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer, were found guilty of his murder.
The Guardian
08-05-2025
- The Guardian
Cassius Turvey: two men found guilty of murdering Indigenous teenager
Two men have been found guilty of murdering an Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and bashed with a metal pole. Another man was found guilty of manslaughter, and a woman was acquitted over the attack on Cassius Turvey in Perth's eastern suburbs on 13 October in 2022. The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy died in hospital 10 days later from complications related to severe internal head injuries, causing outrage across the nation. In a packed courtroom, Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, and Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, were convicted of murder by a jury after three days of deliberations. Mitchell Colin Forth, 27, who was also on trial in the West Australian supreme court for Cassius' murder, was not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. Aleesha Louise Gilmore, 23, was acquitted by the jury of eight men and four women. Prosecutor Ben Stanwix told the jury at the start of the mammoth 12-week trial that Brearley delivered the fatal blows while 'hunting for kids' because somebody had smashed his car windows. It was alleged Forth and Palmer aided him. Brearley denied he struck Cassius with a pole, saying he only punched him after the teen knifed him and that Palmer did the deed, which he in turn denied as the two men attempted to blame each other for the murder during the trial. The jury was told the attack on Cassius in bushland near a creek was 'the end point of a complex series of events that had absolutely nothing to do with him'. They started on 9 October when Forth, Brearley, Gilmore and another man allegedly 'snatched two kids off the street' and unlawfully detained them, punching, kicking and stabbing one of them. The next incident happened three days later, on 12 October, when a group of school-aged kids allegedly and 'almost certainly in retribution' smashed the windows of Brearley's car. Stanwix told the jury it was 'tit-for-tat escalation' and Brearley and Forth had later used a car as a weapon and chased down two boys, hitting one of them. The following day, Cassius and a group of about 20 fellow students caught a bus to the same area to watch a fight being talked about on social media. Brearley, Forth and Palmer intercepted them near the field and in a series of incidents, Brearley was allegedly slashed with a knife, and another boy was struck in the face with a metal pole. Cassius and some other 'terrified school kids' fled into nearby bushland. 'Cassius didn't make it as far as the fence,' Stanwix said. 'He was caught, knocked to the ground and deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole.' Cassius was struck at least twice, the impact splitting his ear in half and causing bleeding in his brain. His death shocked the community and the attack was described by some, including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, as racially motivated, although Stanwix said this wasn't the case in his opening remarks. All told, the five defendants variously faced 21 charges over the events of 9 October and 13. The jury found them guilty of all except Gilmore's murder charge, and a stealing charge faced by Brearley.
News.com.au
08-05-2025
- News.com.au
Two men found guilty of murdering Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey
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.
ABC News
08-05-2025
- ABC News
Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer found guilty of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey
Two men have been found guilty of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey, who was chased into bushland and savagely beaten with a metal pole ripped from a shopping trolley. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family. The 15-year-old died in hospital ten days after he suffered a head injury during the vicious assault in the Perth suburb of Middle Swan in October 2022. His death led to vigils and protests nationwide as thousands turned out to express their anguish and anger. While four people were charged with murdering the schoolboy, a jury has determined it was Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer who were responsible for his murder. The fourth person, Aleesha Gilmore, was acquitted of both murder and manslaughter. The jury took just over three days to arrive at their verdicts. The accused did not react as the verdicts were read out, although Forth appeared to be unwell. There were about 100 people in the courtroom, including security, legal counsel and media. Loading
