Person accused of killing Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey seemed keen to help police, court told

A woman accused of killing Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey had helped police about another matter before the teen was allegedly attacked, a court has been told.

A woman accused of killing Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey, 15, was keen to help police about another matter around the time the boy was allegedly attacked by a group of 20-somethings, a court had been told.

Police officers went to the home of Jack Brearley, 23, and Aleesha Gilmore, 23, about another matter that occurred earlier in the day on October 13, 2022.

Mr Brearley and Ms Gilmore along with Mitchell Forth, 26, and Brodie Palmer 29, are on trial in the WA Supreme Court charged with the murder of 15-year-old Cassius.

A fifth man Ethan McKenzie, 20, has not been charged with murder, but has been charged with deprivation of liberty and assault involving the alleged detainment of two teenage boys days before Cassius was attacked.

Mr Brearley, Mr Forth and Ms Gilmore are also facing additional charges over the same incidents.

The state alleges a group of 20-somethings hunted down school kids through streets in Perth’s east after a teenage love triangle sparked a series of complex events. Picture: WA Police

On the day Cassius was allegedly attacked by four of the accused, police were called to the home of another boy who had fuses stolen from his house.

The boy told officers they should visit an address in Middle Swan, where Mr Brearley, 23, and Mr Gilmore, 23, resided.

When officers arrived at the home in Perth’s east, Ms Gilmore’s younger brothers were there but no one else.

Officers asked to speak to a responsible adult and were told to call their older sister Ms Gilmore who was 21 at the time. the court heard.

An officer recalled Ms Gilmore seemed cooperative and keen to help because she did not want her brothers to get in trouble when they spoke on the phone.

“I discussed with Aleesha the stealing that had taken place … and it would be in the boys best interest to let us know where the fuses were,” Constable Alan Hall told the court.

Cassius Turvey’s mother Mechelle Turvey arrives at court. Picture: NewsWire/Philip Gostelow

“She said there had been a previous incident about vehicle damage, I recall seeing a vehicle with some damage on it.

“The boys told me where to find the fuses, there was a green wheelie bin at the front of the property and the fuses were found there.”

A witness who was 13 years old at the time, told the court he had been in the car with the Mr Brearley, Mr Forth and Mr Palmer when the fuses were stolen.

He said the men wanted him to show them where another boy lived, and Mr Brearley ripped the fuses out when no one answered the door.

He said when they returned back to the Gilmore house, he witnessed one of the accused grab a baseball bat and put it in Mr Palmer’s black ute before the men left and returned 15 minutes later arguing.

The trial continues.

Originally published as Person accused of killing Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey seemed keen to help police, court told