Commonwealth rests in Michaelis murder trial

Commonwealth rests in Michaelis murder trial

CLEARFIELD — The commonwealth rested its case in the murder trial of Bryan S. Michaelis, 49, of Morrisdale, on Wednesday before Judge Paul E. Cherry at the Clearfield County Courthouse.

Defendant interview highlights day 2 of murder trial

“I didn’t do anything to Karena. I wouldn’t do anything to Karena.”

Self-defence floated at Indigenous teen's murder trial

A lawyer for one of the people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury it could find that his client acted in self-defence when he hit the boy.

Self-defence floated at Indigenous teen’s murder trial

A man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager with a metal pole could have been defending himself against a knife attack, his lawyer has said. Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, is accused of striking Cassius Turvey in the head with a metal pole after another teen slashed him with a knife in Perth’s eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022. He claims one of his co-accused, Brodie Lee Palmer, 29, swung the blows that led to the 15-year-old Noongar Ya…

Self-defence floated at Perth schoolboy’s murder trial

A lawyer for one of the people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury it could find that his client acted in self-defence when he hit the boy.