The accused, dubbed the “Patrick Slater slayers” by prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo, were charged after the 26-year-old was fatally stabbed in the early hours of January 27 last year.
After a six-week trial and a day and a half of deliberations, a jury today convicted Christopher Birdsall, Dylan Anthony, Robert Pickett and brothers Clinton and Stefan Mead of the charge.
An 18-year-old, who can not be named because he was aged 17 at the time, was also convicted of murder.
Prosecutors alleged the “slayers” murdered Mr Slater during a rolling brawl that ended with a short and violent mobbing at the Esplanade train station complex about 3.30am.
Mr Slater bled out quickly after someone plunged a weapon, likely a screwdriver, into his chest and through his aorta and lungs on the forecourt of the Ernst & Young building.
Eight people were charged in the months after the attack, including an 11-year-old boy who is being dealt with in Perth Children’s Court.
Another child, who was aged 14 at the time, stood trial with his co-accused for one day before the jury was told he would no longer be part of proceedings.
Mr Slater had been celebrating Australia Day with his sisters, his cousin Barney Brockman and Mr Brockman’s girlfriend.
Over a 45-minute period, they were involved in three violent fights with a group that initially included Birdsall, Pickett, three boys aged 17, 14 and 11 and their companions…
Source: Six guilty of murdering Patrick Slater on Australia Day | Perth Now
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