Jack Brearley,22,allegedly bashed the 15-year-old with a metal pole after chasing a group of children in school uniforms through a reserve,with Cassius picked off for being the slowest.
Cassius Turvey was 15 years old when he died.Supplied
Brearley,along with co-accused Mitchell Forth,Aleesha Gilmore and Brodie Palmer,had allegedly been on a violent vigilante mission to find out who had smashed Brearley’s car windows four days earlier when Cassius was attacked after school in Middle Swan in October 2022.
His death in hospital 10 days later from bleeding on the brain sparked a nationwide outcry of grief,with vigils held for the schoolboy across Australia.
On Thursday,during a status conference for the four accused,state prosecutors said new electronic evidence had been received “very recently” that could lead to more charges for Brearley.
They said the evidence was of an “electronic nature”.
Mechelle Turvey faced the people accused of killing her son on Thursday.Rebecca Peppiatt
“The state,as a result of that,is contemplating further charges in relation to Mr Brearley,” prosecutors said.
“The new evidence essentially confirms that what is described is,in fact,what took place”.
The court was also told some charges against the four accused relating to a separate incident would be dropped,and that prosecutors were still waiting for a pathology report outlining Turvey’s cause of death.
Prosecutors also told the court police forensics officers would be creating an interactive map “that will link the CCTV that the state proposes to adduce at trial”.
All four have pleaded not guilty to murder and remain in custody.
Their trial has been set down to run for eight weeks from February 2025,with each accused person represented by a separate lawyer.
Cassius’ mother Mechelle Turvey attended Thursday’s hearing with detectives,saying outside court that it was part of her healing to “start facing their faces”.
She praised the police and the work they had done.
Brearley,Forth,Gilmore and Palmer will be back in court next June.
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