A teenage boy charged with killing a Perth woman while riding an allegedly unlicensed high-powered electric motorbike will spend another seven days in juvenile detention, as the court considers how he could be safely granted bail.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old appeared in the Perth Children’s Court via video link from the centre, as two extra charges were read out against him in relation to the death of a 59-year-old woman in Picnic Cove Park in Edgewater on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Police allege he unlawfully killed the woman as he was riding through the park, also charging him with riding an unregistered battery-powered motorcycle without a licence.<\/p>\n
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The teenager charged with manslaughter over the death of a 59-year-old woman has been hit with two more charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In court today, Magistrate Alana Padmanabham told the teen two new charges had now been added \u2014 failing to comply with a direction to stop and reckless driving to escape pursuit.<\/p>\n
In relation to the new charges, police allege that about five minutes before the incident in Edgewater, a police officer on a motorcycle turned on the bike’s lights and sirens to try and stop the accused.<\/p>\n
“It will be further alleged the rider failed to stop and accelerated away from police, then travelled off road,” police said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
“The evade police incident was terminated due to public safety concerns, and Police Air Wing continued to monitor the vehicle.”<\/p>\n
The youth said little, except to acknowledge his name and that he understood the charges.<\/p>\n
Teen held at Banksia Hill<\/p>\n
His lawyer Simon Watters said his client was “not coping well” in Perth’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Padmanabham said the teen had a qualified right to bail, but wanted to be sure he could be safely released and ordered a bail suitability report.<\/p>\n
It came after prosecutor James Nicholls listed several concerns with bail, namely a complicated family situation.<\/p>\n
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During an appearance in Perth Children’s Court the boy was charged with failing to comply with a direction to stop and reckless driving to escape pursuit. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)<\/p>\n
He said the 17-year-old’s parents had separated and lived fairly far from each other, while there had previously been a “number of stressors” in the family home related to the boy’s behaviour.<\/p>\n
Mr Nicholls said the teen’s father “had no control over him” and there had been reports of physical violence in the home related to his behaviour.<\/p>\n
He said there were some concerns from police that if the teen was released to his parents, that may “set him up to fail” any bail conditions because of the “volatile situation at home”.<\/p>\n
“[He] doesn’t listen to his father,” the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
While the teen does not have a prior criminal record, Mr Nicholls said he had been cautioned in 2023 over an alleged assault on another child in another e-motorbike incident.<\/p>\n
But Magistrate Padmanabham quickly shut that down, saying it was unfair to include this matter in bail deliberations given it was a caution only and nothing had been proven.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Padmanabham wanted the bail report to look at how he could be suitably supervised, especially if he were to split his time between his two parents’ homes, as proposed by Mr Watters.<\/p>\n
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The incident occurred in Edgewater on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 (ABC News\u00a0)<\/p>\n
She also said any bail conditions would have to be tight enough to ensure he was not a flight risk.<\/p>\n
Mr Watters said the 17-year-old had an NDIS plan which included an extensive sub plan to address his behaviours.<\/p>\n
His parents, who had sat at the back of the court, said nothing as they left.<\/p>\n
He is due back in court on August 5.<\/p>\n
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