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Accused murderer's drug-dealing defence questioned

A "skinny man" accused of causing Cassius's fatal injuries has been grilled about his defence story. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager has denied stuffing weapons down his pants and muddling up his alleged victims, as his version of events was dismantled while giving evidence in his defence.

Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, told a jury that prosecutors had it wrong and he did not strike Cassius Turvey in the head with a metal pole in Perth's eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022.

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