Boy fatally assaulted teenage mother-of-two in Newman before transporting her body in a wheelie bin

A 17-year-old boy fatally assaulted a teenage mother of two in the Pilbara town of Newman and then took her body to hospital in a wheelie bin, the Perth Children’s Court has heard.

The juvenile, who cannot be identified because of his age, pleaded guilty to murdering the 18-year-old woman in May last year, just two weeks after she gave birth to her second child.

The court was told both had drunk a large quantity of alcohol.

State Prosecutor Susan Markham said the youth was then seen trying to drag the victim along the road by her…