Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that A GoFundMe organised for 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, Cassius Turvey’s family, titled #justiceforcassius, has raised more than $250,000, after being lynched to death in Australia. (Read More Here).
Jack Brearley, 21, was charged with Turvey’s murder on Monday and has been remanded in custody.
His friends claim he has received death threats while in custody.
A candlelight vigil will be held for Turvey at Midland Oval on October 31 at 5.30pm to coincide with Halloween, one of his favourite events. National rallies are also planned for November 2.
His grieving mother, Mechelle Turvey, described her son as a vibrant, caring and funny boy with a beautiful smile.
“I’m heartbroken for my son; 15 years of age; for no reason, I have lost him,” she said.
“I’m just appalled at some of the violence going on in our communities.”
A GoFundMe page set up to help Turvey’s family, titled #justiceforcassius has raised more than $178,000. Turvey and another boy who was on crutches were allegedly beaten with metal poles. Turvey sustained serious head injuries and died 10 days later in hospital.
In the wake of the attack, Blanch discouraged the community from taking the law into their own hands.
“There is no place for people to seek revenge for what is likely to be a relatively minor crime and in fact you can often choose the wrong person and make the wrong assumptions, that is why we have a justice process,” he said.
“If anyone acts like a vigilante, tragic things like this may occur.” Cassius and his friends had just got off a bus in Middle Swan on October 13 when they were approached by a group of men in a black ute, according to police.
The young boys ran towards Midland TAFE when they turned around and realised Cassius was not with them.
Police say Cassius was allegedly beaten with a metal pole, causing injuries so horrific he suffered brain bleeds and two strokes.
He was placed in an induced coma and died in hospital on Sunday. Police allege one of the assailants is 21-year-old Jack Brearley, who has been charged with murder over the incident.
“At this stage we’ve not established the motivation for why this occurred,” Detective Senior Sergeant Cleal said on Monday.
“He’s clearly seen the group of kids walking along and approached that group.
“The two people that we believe were subject of an assault within that group, which includes Cassius, just happened to be the two people they managed to catch up with, so there’s no indication that they knew them personally or singled them out.”
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch on Wednesday said police were investigating whether the incident was a case of mistaken identity.
“It may be a case of wrong place, wrong time, but I wouldn’t want anyone in the community to jump to any conclusions at this time other than we have charged a person,” he told 6PR.
Blanch said at this point in the investigation there was nothing to suggest it was racially motivated.
“I think it would be wrong of me to speculate at this time what the reasons were for this murder,” he said.
“We’re still early in the investigation … we’re still collecting evidence, we’re still collecting more witnesses.”
“It may be a case of mistaken identity, it may be a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I wouldn’t want anyone in the community to jump to any conclusions at this time other than that we have charged a person,” he said.
“We’re not operating on any principles of racism or motivation at this point, other than to say we believe there was a damage incident that occurred, and that’s resulted in the [alleged] murder of a very young boy.
“It may be a case of mistaken identity, it may be a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I wouldn’t want anyone in the community to jump to any conclusions at this time other than that we have charged a person,” he said.
“We’re not operating on any principles of racism or motivation at this point, other than to say we believe there was a damage incident that occurred, and that’s resulted in the [alleged] murder of a very young boy.
“I do understand the high public interest, this is a devastating outcome to have a young boy killed on the streets in Western Australia, it’s absolutely horrific.”
Friends who were with Turvey claim a group of males jumped out of a black ute and chased them with weapons while accusing them of smashing one of their car windows.
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