Warning: This essay contains the name and pictures of a deceased Aboriginal people.
In a situation that shocked Australia, two people have been found guilty of the murder of Indian boy Cassius Turvey, who was chased along and brutalized by a vigilant group.
The Noongar Yamatji child, 15, died of brain injuries in October 2022, 10 weeks after being brutally assaulted on the fringes of Perth, causing global vigils and protests.
After a 12-week test, Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, and Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, both of whom were charged with his death, were found guilty on Thursday.
Mitchell Colin Forth, 27, was rather found guilty of manslaughter and a person who was a member of the group times before the attack was cleared.
According to the Australian Associated Press, the jury was told that Cassius ‘ invasion was the culmination of a sophisticated set of “tit-for-tat” activities that “had absolutely nothing to do with him.”
According to the prosecution, the party was “hunting for kids” because someone had broken the windows on Brearley’s vehicle.
On CCTV footage that was gathered immediately before the tragedy, Brearley was heard saying,” Guy smashed my car, they’re about to die.”
There is no evidence that Cassius was involved in what transpired in the car, but he was one of a gang of children who were confronted by the group of men as they walked along a residential road after school.
A boy wearing crutches was attacked, sending the people escaping through local bushland.
According to the prosecution, the pair allegedly grabbed Cassius and knocked him to the floor, where he was hit on the head at least half with a small metal shaft, leaving him with a mind bleed.
While Cassius received medical procedures to relieve the pressure on his head and save his existence, Brearley was caught on camera brag about beating the child.
According to Brearley, the girl claimed Palmer struck him with the steel pole, and that the teenager had stabbed him in the calf.
Palmer asserted the same, claiming during the trial that he had intervened to stop Brearley from causing more injuries.
In the end, the judge found Forth guilty of manslaughter and both innocent of his crime.
The people are scheduled to appear in court again on June 26 for a sentencing reading.