Labor figure's accused killer pleads guilty to assaulting another man
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A man accused of fatally bashing Labor identity Tim Picton has formally denied the accusation in court and will fight the charge.
Brodie Jake Dewar, 20, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked Picton, 36, in Northbridge, in Perth‘s inner city, in the early hours of December 27.

Prosecutors have dropped a charge of grievous bodily harm that was associated with the same incident.

Brodie Jake Dewar
Police say Brodie Jake Dewar seriously assaulted a man twice his age outside the Kalamunda Hotel on Christmas Day, days before Tim Picton was hit. (9News)
Dewar’s family and friends shepherded the 20-year-old from Stirling Magistrates Court after his 12 strict bail conditions were renewed.

The individual involved chose not to respond to journalists’ inquiries and is slated to return to the same courtroom on May 27.

Priya Brown, Picton’s widow, attended the court hearing but refrained from making any comments to the media present outside.

Her husband’s death triggered an outpouring of grief from his family, friends and colleagues, as tributes flowed from the prime minister, several premiers and business leaders.
Picton, who has been lauded as a brilliant political tactician, had advised state and federal politicians and helped guide WA Labor to a landslide 2021 election victory.

Previously, a Perth court was informed that Picton was removed from the Paramount Nightclub due to being intoxicated.

Shortly after, Dewar and Picton encountered each other again in close proximity to the club.

It is alleged that Dewar punched Picton in the face, causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement.

A former Labor leader turned mining boss has died after allegedly being assaulted in Perth, his family said.Tim Picton, 36, was allegedly attacked just after Christmas in the city.
Tim Picton. (Supplied)

He died in hospital several weeks later.

The incident was recorded on CCTV.

Prosecutors on Wednesday also discontinued Dewar’s charge of causing bodily harm related to an incident in the Perth suburb of Kalamunda on December 25.

Dewar last week pleaded guilty in Armadale Magistrates Court to assault occasioning bodily harm over the incident.

A Perth court previously heard Dewar punched a man in his 40s to the ground shortly after midnight after an incident involving the younger man’s sister.

Kalamunda Hotel
Police say Brodie Jake Dewar seriously assaulted a man twice his age outside the Kalamunda Hotel on Christmas Day, days before Tim Picton was hit. (9News)

Dewar then recorded the man lying on the ground with his mobile phone and said “don’t hit on my sister” and “bro, keep snoring”, the court was told.

Dewar then used the heavily intoxicated man’s phone to call him an Uber after his friends helped him.

The man suffered minor injuries and later told police he didn’t remember the incident, which was recorded on CCTV.

Dewar is scheduled to reappear in Armadale court for sentencing on May 6 over the Kalamunda incident.

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