WA:WA man denied bail over stabbing death

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2011
WA:WA man denied bail over stabbing death

PERTH, Aug 3 AAP - A West Australian man charged with murder over the stabbing death
of a teenager has been denied bail pending his trial.

Scott Daniel Sievers, 27, is accused of using a knife to inflict a single stab wound
to the heart of 17-year-old Rowan Davis during a street disturbance in Halls Head, south
of Perth.

The victim died from his injuries on the way to hospital.

Sievers' lawyer Paul Yovich sought bail in the WA Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Justice Robert Mazza issued a suppression order on the details of the proceedings because
Sievers has a two-week trial starting on December 5.

He said he would dismiss the bail application on the basis that "exceptional reasons"

were not presented to the court to convince him to accept it.

"I am not, in any way, prejudging this case," he said.

Sievers was remanded in custody to appear before a status conference on September 8.

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