These were the most publicised incidents of violence of the year,but not the only occurrences of brutality in our state,and we hope that if as a community we reflect on the patterns and root causes of violent crime,it might help us build a better society.
The crimes that shocked the nation in 2022 emphasised the vulnerability of women and children. L-R:Adrian Moore,the Coogee car fire,Jareth Harries-Markham,the Port Hedland house fire and Jack Brearley.Composite
The death of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, on October 13,garnered national and international attention.
Cassius was allegedly beaten to death with a metal pole. While the facts of the case are yet to be heard in court, His accused killer,21-year-old Jack Brearley,is facing assault and murder charges and will be back in court on January 18.
When firefighters were called to extinguish a burning car at a beach carpark on March 14,they had no idea there were three bodies inside:of Abiyah Selvan,10,and Aiden Selvan,8,along with their mother,Selvamma Doreswamy..
The tragedy rocked the community and. “The government doesn’t fund any transcultural mental health services or networks in Western Australia and what we’ve found from all of the work we have done is that there’s a higher propensity to suicide in some cultural communities,” Ethnic Communities Council of WA president Suresh Rajan said at the time.
while pushing a pram through a park,the whole state was in uproar.
The 37-year-old woman was walking through an eastern suburbs park on September 5 when a 15-year-old girl grabbed her from behind,causing the stroller containing her two small children to capsize. The teenager for the random attack and other similar offending which the judge described as “extraordinary and frightening” last month.
A teenager has been sentenced after a pregnant woman was bashed while walking with a pram.
Duping unsuspecting parents into leaving their children with him,Jareth Harries-Markham of Bennett Springs,in Perth’s north-east,went on to commit shocking crimes over 2020-21 that came to light upon his arrest this year. The 24-year-old advertised himself as a trustworthy babysitter on local Facebook pages before his arrest. two of them younger than two years old.
The story sickened the community with even a seasoned during his sentencing in the WA Supreme Court in September. Harries-Markham was locked up for 18 years for his crimes.
When three children were found to have died in a Port Hedland house fire in July,it initially seemed like a terrible tragedy. Now. The children were aged five months,seven years and 10 years,and while the circumstances of the case have yet to be formally revealed,when she appeared in court recently.
She will be sentenced in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in April with her lawyer stating a psychological and psychiatric report would be prepared for the hearing.
Dubbed the Tinder Cop,Adrian Moore of Kelmscott committed crimes so serious and extensive his trial took five weeks to conclude. The former WA Police officer he mostly met online during a pattern of abuse that spanned the entire city of Perth for more than a decade.
Labelled “horrendous” by those privy to all the details,some of Moore’s victims are still receiving support for the impact of his crimes.
Diane Miller was the mother of an eight-month-old baby boy,and was pregnant with her second child when a teenager embroiled in a shopping centre carpark brawl allegedly threw a lump of concrete at her through her car window on November 29. Miller,30,died in hospital after spending three days on a life support machine.
The 17-year-old who police allege is responsible for her death while a legal case is prepared against him.
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