The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly struck the 59-year-old woman while riding the e-bike erratically in a public park in Perth’s northern suburbs on July 26.
He appeared via video-link in the West Australian Children’s Court today, when he was granted bail.
His conditions of release include residing at one of his parents’ homes, a 7pm to 7am curfew at the residence unless accompanied by a parent, submitting to police checks during those hours and surrendering his passport.
The boy must also not ride any vehicle, including electric bikes, on public roads or in public spaces and cannot approach international points of departure.
The teen will live with his mother in a small town about an hour from Perth and his father will move to the property to share supervision duties of him.
Prosecution did not oppose bail after a favourable bail service report was returned to the court.
Defence lawyer Simon Watters told the court the boy would be kept busy and a support program would be put in place to help him.
Watters said he had requested video recorded by a police helicopter of the boy riding the motorbike and that experts would analyse it to determine the speed he was travelling.
He also said the bike may have had a mechanical issue.
Police charged the boy with manslaughter, driving without a licence and riding an unregistered vehicle after the woman died in hospital.
He was later also charged with reckless driving and failing to stop when ordered, with police alleging that five minutes before the woman was struck, an officer on a motorbike tried to stop the boy using lights and sirens.
Police say the teen failed to stop and accelerated away, then travelled off-road.
The police chase ceased due to public safety concerns, but the police air wing continued to monitor the boy.
The matter will return to the same court on October 6.
