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19-Year-Old Charged Over Rivervale Teen’s Fatal Stabbing

Police charged him after Homicide Squad detectives discovered Phillip Narkle with fatal stab wounds at a Rivervale home on June 7.

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Overview

  • Phillip Narkle, 18, was found with stab wounds at a house on Gladstone Road in Rivervale around 5.10 pm on June 7 and died at Royal Perth Hospital.
  • Jay Lewis Paul Harrington, 19, from Swan View, was known to the victim and taken into custody following the investigation.
  • Harrington appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on June 9 to face a murder charge and was remanded in custody.
  • He also faces unrelated allegations including burglary, stealing and assault.
  • His next court appearance is scheduled at Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on June 25.