A night of violence that ended with a young mother falling out of a moving car and being killed happened after she was lured to a house with two of her friends in a set-up, a court has heard.
Lucas James Yarran and Leroy Smith, both 22, and Ross James Boag, 20, are on trial charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawfully killing mother-of-three Peta Fairhead, 27, on August 3 2016.
Ms Fairhead was dumped on the night outside Joondalup Health Campus in Perth where she was unable to be revived.
A night of violence that ended with Peta Fairhead (pictured) falling out of a moving car and being killed happened after she was lured to a Perth house with two of her friends in a set-up, a court has heard
Lucas James Yarran (right) and Leroy Smith (centre), both 22, and Ross James Boag (left), 20, faced court on Thursday charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawfully killing the mother-of-three
Ms Fairhead was dumped on the night outside Joondalup Health Campus (pictured) in Perth where she was unable to be revived
State prosecutor Laura Christian told the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Thursday Yarran had asked his friends if they ‘knew anyone we could roll’.
A teenager – who cannot be named and is also on trial over the alleged robbery, but not Ms Fairhead’s death – said she did.
She allegedly lured a man she only knew on Facebook, Corey Watson, to the house after discussing ‘drugs and intimacy’ with him.
Mr Watson turned up to the house with Ms Fairhead and a friend William Wilton and they were allegedly ambushed.
The court heard a harrowing tale about how Mr Watson, Mr Wilton and Ms Fairhead were terrorised and attacked with baseball bats and a machete.
Court heard they were also robbed, punched, humiliated by being stripped and threatened with having their fingers cut off.
Ms Fairhead and two friends were allegedly ambushed on August 3 2016 after they were lured into a home
The court heard a harrowing tale about how Ms Fairhead (pictured) and two friends were terrorised and attacked with baseball bats and a machete
They were then allegedly forced into Ms Fairhead’s car, which Yarran drove.
He’s accused of making threats to burn them alive inside, allegedly prompting Ms Fairhead to jump out in fear.
‘Lucas Yarran was driving erratically, Ms Fairhead opened the passenger door, reached for the machete and fell or jumped out along with the machete, fell onto the road and suffered a serious head injury,’ Ms Christian told the court.
Yarran went back and collected Ms Fairhead, who was bleeding and unconscious, and was picked up and dumped outside the Joondalup Hospital shortly before 3am on August 3, 2016, which was caught on CCTV.
She was unable to be revived by doctors and died.
Yarran is accused of making threats to burn them alive inside, allegedly prompting Ms Fairhead (pictured) to jump out in fear
Yarran went back and collected Ms Fairhead (right), who was bleeding and unconscious, and was picked up and dumped
Ms Fairhead’s father Bart Diaz attended court and was seen in tears at one stage.
The accused’s lawyers presented a different version, saying the group had been getting along well earlier, but were all behaving erratically because they were taking the drug ice.
‘This tragic accident occurred against the backdrop of drug use and chaos, Mr Yarran (who was driving) had no ability or capacity to prevent or apprehend Ms Fairhead (from jumping out of the car),’ Yarran’s defence lawyer Gavin MacLean said.
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