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Cassius Turvey’s murder has ‘torn at the very fabric of our society’, his mother tells court


Heinous and ‘racially motivated’ attack on Indigenous teenager left mother and community traumatised, court hears

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A murdered Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten with a metal pole was the victim of a heinous racial attack that has torn at the fabric of society, his mother says.

Cassius Turvey, a Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was deliberately struck to the head in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/26/cassius-turvey-murder-tore-at-fabric-of-society-mother-tells-court-ntwnfb

Author : Australian Associated Press

Publish date : 2025-06-26 04:20:00

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