Teenage son of Aerobics Oz Style star accused with murder after 17-year-old he allegedly killed during a sham drug transaction dies in hospital.
Jaden Martinovich, 18, has been charged with murder after the death of a minor.
During an encounter in north Perth, he allegedly stabbed the youngster in the chest.
Last Wednesday, Martinovich was granted bail and freed from Hakea Prison.
Kelly Martinovich, a former Aerobics Oz Style celebrity from the 1990s, is his mother.
The kid who reportedly stabbed another adolescent has been charged with murder after the victim’s hospital death.
Jaden Martinovich, whose mother is former Aerobics Oz Style star Kelly Martinovich, was previously charged with inflicting grievous bodily injury to the 17-year-old boy after an altercation on North Perth’s Bourke Street on August 27 at around 9:45 p.m.
The accusation has been increased to murder after the death of the kid.
Last Wednesday, Martinovich was granted bail and freed from Hakea Prison after spending 48 hours in custody.
His parents, Kelly and Levi Martinovich, appeared with him in court by audiovisual connection at the Perth Magistrates Court.
Jaden Martinovich (left) and his mother, Kelly, who defended him in court last week. Ms. Martinovich is an aerobics celebrity from the 1980s and 1990s who appeared on the television program Aerobics Oz Style. Ms. Martinovich is a 1980s and 1990s aerobics celebrity who appeared on the iconic Channel 10 program Aerobics Oz Style, which lasted for 23 years and more over 6,000 episodes until 2005.
A fitness newspaper describes her as “Australia’s premier personal trainer.”
There is no evidence that Ms. Martinovich is related to the alleged crime.
The West Australian stated that prosecutors claim police have dashcam audio from Martinovich’s vehicle on the night of the alleged event in which he is suspected of purchasing a bag of sea salt under the pretext that it was the narcotic meth.
Martinovich reportedly planned a heroin transaction with the victim over social media before traveling with two teenage accomplices to a parking lot near Bourke Street.
After a brief talk, police prosecutors will argue that the victim got into his vehicle and drove away while his two companions remained inside.
Martinovich is then said to have pursued the vehicle, opened the driver’s door, and ordered the victim to “get out.”
Martinovich, 18, was initially charged with inflicting severe bodily injury to the 17-year-old kid after an altercation on North Perth’s Bourke Street about 9:30 p.m. on August 27; however, the charge has been raised to murder.
After a court hearing last week, Martinovich was granted stringent bail with $25,000 deposited for bond and a $100,000 surety.
Last Monday, Ms. Martinovich appeared in Perth Magistrates Court to support her son with the teen’s father, Levi.
The suspect is then said to have stabbed the 17-year-old in the heart.
Martinovich was granted stringent bail with a $25,000 cash deposit and a $100,000 surety.
Magistrate Richard Huston said in court that he would not extend a suppression order to hide Martinovich’s identify because there was “no legal basis” to do so.
He did, however, prolong the suppression order prohibiting the publishing of the victim’s identify, citing respect for the victim’s family.
Prosecutors claim that police possess dashcam audio from Martinovich’s vehicle on the night of the alleged event in which he is suspected of purchasing a bag of sea salt under the pretext that it was the narcotic meth (pictured, left, with his mother Kelly)