Boy, 17, charged over fatal machete attack as girlfriend accused of assaulting cop: Brisbane
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A 17-year-old teenager is accused of a ‘cowardly’ machete attack that left a man dead in the street meters from his house, as his girlfriend was also handcuffed for allegedly assaulting the police.
- A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in Brisbane
- A 43-year-old man was found dead at 1:50 a.m. on Sunday.
- Paramedics were called but were unable to revive the man.
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder after a man was allegedly stabbed to death near his home in Brisbane.
The 43-year-old Wilston man, who has yet to be formally identified, was discovered on Newmarket Road in Wilston before 1:50 a.m. Sunday morning.
Paramedics were called but he could not be revived.
Police have since charged a 17-year-old Burpengary boy with the man’s murder.
He was denied bail and will appear in Brisbane Children’s Court at a later date.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham (pictured) is calling on anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage of the Wilston area between 11pm and 2am to come forward.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said investigations into the man’s death were continuing after he was allegedly stabbed in a “cowardly attack” meters from his home in Brisbane’s inner north.
Police believe the 43-year-old man was involved in a disagreement before his death.
“Our preliminary investigations (lead us to believe) that the deceased was in some altercations with people prior to his death,” Superintendent Massingham told reporters on Sunday.
It is important that we identify these people. He said the circumstances surrounding the man’s death “are unclear.”
“Whether it was a robbery or if it was a disagreement in relation to something else, we just don’t know,” Superintendent Massingham said.
He said police had been patrolling the area at around 12:15am the same morning when they noticed the 17-year-old boy running down Newmarket Road.
He said that after speaking with the teenager, police discovered that he was carrying a 18-inch knife, the size of a “small machete.”
At that moment, the teenager’s 17-year-old girlfriend appeared at the scene.
The police discovered that the boy was carrying a 45 cm knife, the size of a ‘small machete’. The photo is a stock image of a large knife
“The female became aggressive towards police and was arrested after assaulting one of the male officers on the scene,” Superintendent Massingham said.
The girl was charged with assaulting a police officer and will appear before the Brisbane Children’s Court at a later date.
Police have not filed any charges against the teenager in connection with the alleged murder.
Superintendent Massingham issued an appeal to the public for anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage of the Wilston area between 11pm and 2am.
“There was a lot of traffic on Newmarket Road, even though it was past midnight, there were a lot of events going on in Brisbane last night,” he said.