Cassius Turvey’s murderers have been jailed for life, with the judge finding Jack Brearley viciously struck the Indigenous teen twice to the head then bragged about it in a “grotesque display”.
The 15-year-old died from bleeding on the brain 10 days after he was bludgeoned with a shopping trolley pole in a Middle Swan field where local youths had gathered to watch a fight on October 13, 2022.
Brearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 30, blamed each other at their three-month Supreme Court of WA trial.
They were both found guilty by a jury of murder.
The shocking crime came as they searched for whoever broke Brearley’s car windows and was the culmination of days of rolling mayhem among neighbourhood youths.
It included the group’s assault and unlawful detention of two different teens four days earlier.
There was applause from the public gallery as Brearley was sentenced by Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Quinlan on Friday to a minimum term of 22 years behind bars, while Palmer was handed at least 18 years.
Mitchell Forth, 27, who was found guilty of Cassius’ manslaughter, was jailed for 12 years, with eligibility for parole after serving 10 years.
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