Trial over alleged murder of Cassius Turvey hears of previous attack on another teenage boy

Teen witness tells court of separate attack by two defendants in the days before the Indigenous teen was killed

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A teenage boy was allegedly punched in the face, stabbed and stomped on before he was abducted by some of the men accused of murdering Cassius Turvey, a court has heard.

Cassius, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased down, knocked to the ground and deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole" in Perth's eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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