The victim in this case, Halkelo. (Daily Mail)
Nine teenagers have been arrested in Sydney late Friday night in a vicious case involving a mob of youths attending a private school, causing serious injuries to a man and even blindness to one eye, while the families of the victims "can't understand that humans will do so. "
Last friday night ,36-year-old harkello (Brett Halcro) in sydney's inner city of piedmont (Pyrmont) was subjected to "abusive attacks ", police have so far arrest nine students attending some of sydney's top private schools.
At the time of the incident, Halkelo, who came from Melbourne to Sydney, was beaten after being beaten off his rented bicycle. Later, a teenager even ran over and scratched his face with a knife, and finally used it straight into his eyes.
According to relatives, Halkelo is a "completely shy" and "meek" person. The relative, who declined to be named, said he was working hard to digest the fact that the teenagers had later gloated and laughed at the attack by texting.
In a text message, one of the 15-year-old boys allegedly boasted about the horrific details of the incident, describing how the man had been blinded with a knife.
"It's very hard to understand why humans do this ," said the relative ." Our family is concerned about recovery. "
On wednesday, his father leave court .(《 the daily mail alone after the boy was denied bail .(Agencies)
The victim was badly injured and the prosecution referred to the accused as "abusive"
Earlier, the police arrest a number of young people involved, they have been brought to court.
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On wednesday, a 15-year-old boy was brought to court in the Surry Hills children's court, where his name could not be released for law reasons. While his mother offered to quit her job to make sure her son was grounded at home, judge refused his bail application.
judge Hogg (Jeffrey Hogg) turned his head when he saw the photo of Halkelo's injuries presented by the prosecution, and said that it was worrying that young people of the age of the defendants needed psychological counselling for detoxification and abstinence, but more worrying that the group allegedly remained unrepentant a few hours after the crime.
judge Hogg said :" What happened on the social platform after the incident is clearly contrary to regret "," this is a despicable and terrible crime ,(the victim's) injuries are extremely serious and will change his life. "
"The prosecution evidence in this case is very strong and, once convicted, I estimate that imprisonment will be unavoidable. "
Police prosecutor Kai Jiang, kai jiang described the attack as "abusive ", while young man's defense lawer raf (Veronica Love) told court earlier that his client to society and had mental health problems.
The case is likely to be heard by adult court, given the severity of the accusation, raff said. Refusal to bail means that the accused may be held in juvenile prison at least next year, in the hope that judge may consider the length of his detention.
"He's in the 10th grade and he used to have some mental health problems ," she added. "
"He never went to court …… before And no violence history. "
Raff also said it was unclear whether the teenager knew a partner had a knife when their group attacked Halkelo.
Still, Hogg judge refused the teenager's bail application, and he will be in court again on September 29.
The young man in the mosaic is said to be one of the defendants in the case. (Daily Mail)
The victim was attacked or the young man who identified the victim called the attack "interesting"
Other teenagers involved were also present at the Shali Mountain Children's Court on Tuesday. court then heard that the attack might have been related to one of their group.
A group of 15- to 18-year-olds rented a short-rented property through a Airbnb in Piedmont on Friday night. Allegedly, when Halkelo rode his bicycle past the apartment they rented, the girl was asked ," Is this rape you? "
The girl allegedly replied ," Yes, that's him. "Then the group rushed downstairs to confront Halkelo.
It is believed, however, that they may have identified the wrong person, as the police described Halkelo as an "innocent victim ".
court also heard some text messages sent by the teenagers after the Harkelo attack.
Allegedly, the teenager in Taitang on Tuesday said in a text message that the incident began to make him laugh.
"After I hit him in the head with a bottle, he fainted and I stepped on his head with my feet ," the teenager said in a text message. "
"I put the broken bottle in his stomach, and I cut his face about 15 times with a knife, then inserted it into his eyes. "
A friend believed to have received a text message asked the teenager if he knew the victim and the teenager allegedly replied ," No, man, haha, he just appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time. "
"(1 accomplice) Insert the knife into the eyes of the victim, insert it deeper, and then turn the knife. It's so funny. "
According to the Daily Mail, which published the text messages, some of the messages were too "vivid ", so the media chose not to publish them.
Because of the seriousness of the case, only two of the nine teenagers arrested in the current case were judge granted bail pending trial, while the other seven were held in custody.
