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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Hundreds of mourners gather to remember ‘beautiful life’ of Cassius Turvey

The funeral service for 15-year-old Cassius Turvey in Perth.
Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey has been remembered as a ‘born leader’ who inspired his friends and family. Photograph: Trevor Collens/AAP

Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey has been laid to rest, with hundreds of mourners gathering to farewell the “beautiful” 15-year-old.

Mourners, many of whom wore black T-shirts bearing his face with “kids matter” printed on the back, gathered in a large, tightly packed hall, to farewell Cassius, who was attacked and killed while walking home from school in Perth last month.

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