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Aaron Bunch

'I seen him hit him': accused murderer blames mate

Cassius Turvey, 15, died after allegedly being chased down and struck in the head with a metal pole. (Daniel Wilkins/AAP PHOTOS)

A man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager with a metal pole has told a jury it was his mate who hit the boy and that he only punched him.

Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased down and "deliberately struck to the head" with a metal pole in Perth's eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022.

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