{"id":535906,"date":"2026-03-12T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535906\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:47:11","slug":"man-who-killed-perth-music-promoter-andrew-scally-in-suburban-street-sentenced-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535906\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who killed Perth music promoter Andrew Scally in suburban street sentenced to jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man convicted of killing prominent Perth music promoter Andrew Scally in a street fight has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.<\/p>\n

In September 2025, Jardyn Rigo refused to leave a residence in Kensington when his former partner called her longtime friend Mr Scally for help.<\/p>\n

Mr Scally, responsible for bringing headline pop and electronic artists to Australia, was repeatedly punched by Rigo and died at the scene, the WA Supreme Court heard.<\/p>\n

Fatal fight<\/p>\n

Once Mr Scally arrived at the Kensington home, Rigo tackled him out the front door and into the street, the court heard.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Prominent Perth music producer Andy Scally died after being punched by WA man Jardyn Rigo outside this Kensington property. (ABC News: Glyn Jones)<\/p>\n

CCTV footage captured Rigo pinning Mr Scally to the ground and punching him over and over. When Mr Scally staggered against a car pleading “I can’t breathe” Rigo continued to assault him.<\/p>\n

At one point, Rigo searched the music producer’s jeans, trying to steal drugs.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Jardyn Rigo must serve at least four years and three months in jail before being eligible for parole. (Instagram: Jardyn Ringo)<\/p>\n

After a woman yelled out in distress “He’s dead”, Rigo put Mr Scally in the recovery position.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, authorities pronounced Mr Scally dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Assault intensified health issues<\/p>\n

The WA Supreme Court heard the intense exertion relating to the fight may have triggered Mr Scally to have a significant cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

A post-mortem report revealed Mr Scally died of multi-factorial heart disease as a result of methylamphetamine use.<\/p>\n

Judge Terrence Palmer said that while Rigo did not intend or foresee the assault would cause death, his response was concerning.<\/p>\n

“Towards the end Mr Scally was in obvious distress and vulnerable [and] your initial response was to try and steal drugs,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You had the opportunity to stop and walk away, you did not.”Death had ‘devastating effect’<\/p>\n

Judge Palmer said Rigo’s difficult upbringing did not diminish the seriousness of the charge.<\/p>\n

“Mr Scally’s loss has had a devastating effect on his family,” he said.<\/p>\n

Before the trial, Rigo had pleaded guilty to unlawful assault on a person who died as a result of the assault, which lead to a reduction in his sentence.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, backdated to September 2023 to account for time already served.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old must serve at least four years and three months in jail before being eligible for parole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man convicted of killing prominent Perth music promoter Andrew Scally in a street fight has been sentenced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[265877,64,63,265878,2968,67678,44,14666,86,14665,45],"class_list":["post-535906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-andrew-scally","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jardyn-rigo","tag-murder","tag-music-festival","tag-news","tag-perth-courts","tag-perth-news","tag-wa-courts","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}