1 day Ago By David Weber
Emergency specialists who treated Cassius Turvey in the days prior to his death have told his accused killers' murder trial how his worsening condition led him to being admitted to hospital just hours after being discharged. Four people are on trial, accused of murdering the schoolboy who was assaulted in Middle Swan on October 13, 2022. Cassius Turvey on the bus before he was allegedly attacked.
Jack Brearley, Brodie Palmer, Mitchell Forth and Aleesha Gilmore have all pleaded not guilty — and the prosecution case is that Cassius Turvey was hit on the head with a pole. A timeline of events On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard evidence from doctors who assessed and treated the schoolboy in the days after the assault. Dr William Begg told the court he assessed Cassius Turvey four hours after he first arrived by ambulance at Midland’s St John Of God Hospital.
The emergency specialist said the teenager had a laceration to the front left part of his head, bruising on the right side and a laceration to the top part of his right ear. People gather and hold signs during a rally for Cassius Turvey at Forrest Place in Perth. Dr Begg said a CT scan showed bleeds between the brain and the skull, and inside the brain itself — injuries he said were consistent with blunt force trauma.
He was then taken to Perth Children’s Hospital, where he stayed for the next five days before being discharged on October 18. Neurosurgeon Snigdha Saha told the court he was approved to go home because the bleeds "appeared to be stable". But in the early hours of October 19, Cassius Turvey was readmitted to St John Of God in Midland.
Dr Eugene Henry, who was at the hospital, testified the 15-year-old was “already in a bad way” when he arrived and within the hour was transferred by ambulance to Perth Children’s Hospital. Dr Henry said Cassius Turvey was having seizures and needed to be "operated on soon". Dr Snigdha Saha is a neurosurgeon who treated Cassius Turvey in 2022.
Dr Saha told the court the bleed inside the teenager’s brain had “increased” at that point and he was "observed to be acutely unwell". There was an operation at PCH to relieve the pressure on Cassius's brain, but he ultimately died on October 23. Forensic pathologist Leana Downs determined that the cause of death was a head injury.
She told the court there was evidence of strokes and swelling of this brain. The trial continues..
