Prosecutor tells jury ‘it is not the state’s case’ the alleged murder was racially motivated
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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 wasn’t racially motivated.
Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was allegedly struck in the head with a metal pole in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October, 2022.
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/11/indigenous-teen-cassius-turvey-alleged-murder-not-racially-motivated-court-hears-ntwnfb
