Overview
- Magistrate Benjamin White approved bail on the manslaughter charge with a $20,000 surety, a $10,000 personal undertaking, a 7pm–4am curfew, no licensed premises, and no travel outside WA.
- Bail was refused on a separate Christmas Day allegation in Kalamunda, so Brodie Jake Dewar remains in custody pending all matters.
- The defence told the court Tim Picton was intoxicated, ejected from the Paramount Nightclub, and repeatedly approached Dewar’s 18-year-old cousin, arguing Dewar acted in self-defence after an earlier scuffle.
- A police prosecutor said CCTV shows Picton was not acting aggressively before the punch, with his left hand in his pocket and a cigarette in his right.
- The court heard Dewar was recorded on body-worn camera admitting the Northbridge punch, and he is due back in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on February 18.