<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains an image of a person who is deceased.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It took about four hours for an injured Indigenous teenager, who died in hospital days after an allegedly murderous attack, to be seen by a doctor, a court has been told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased, knocked to the ground and "deliberately struck to the head" with a metal pole in Perth's eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Aleesha Louise Gilmore, 23, her boyfriend Jack Steven James Brearley, 23, and his mates Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, and Mitchell Colin Forth, 26, are on trial, charged with murdering Cassius.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-prime-minister-says-he-wants-lowest-paid-workers-to-get-pay-rise/f3aa438c-5746-4a00-a07b-81f80ed49a58" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Albanese pledges pay rise above inflation under Labor</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>William Begg treated Cassius at Midland hospital about 9.30pm on the day he was allegedly attacked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He told the court Cassius had suffered multiple head injuries, including a five-centimetre laceration on his forehead.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/courts-western-australia-cassius-turvey-at-hospital-four-hours-before-doctor-treated-him/ad45c385-4382-498b-8222-efb79f7c8286" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It penetrated all layers of the skin to expose the skull," Begg told the West Australian Supreme Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was quite a clean laceration."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also found a bruise near Cassius's temple and a "complex" wound that "penetrated the full thickness of (his) ear".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-flooding-likely-to-cause-meat-prices-rise/d1b550cd-d271-4348-9dbe-145528964b8e" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie food staple tipped to rocket in price in wake of disaster</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He observed that Cassius was asking the same questions repeatedly, prompting Begg to order a CT scan of his head.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That found bleeding inside Cassius's brain and bleeding between his brain and his skull.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury heard paramedics arrived at the hospital about 5.30pm and Begg treated Cassius soon after he was triaged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under cross-examination by Brearley's lawyer Simon Watters, Begg said he was unaware of the delay.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>For 24/7 crisis support run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contact 13YARN (13 92 76).</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></div></div>