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Girl, 15, who brutally beat a pregnant mother by the hair while pushing her two children in a pram gets a year in prison for the brutal robbery
- The teenage girl pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery at Perth Children’s Court
- She was sentenced to 12 months in prison for the September 5 attack in Ashfield
- Images showed how the girl pulled a pregnant mother to the ground by her hair
- The mother of two was walking with her twins when she was brutally attacked
A 15-year-old girl who violently assaulted a pregnant mother by knocking her hair to the ground while pushing her two toddlers in a pram has been jailed for at least a year.
The teenage girl, whose name has not been released for legal reasons, appeared before Perth Children’s Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery following the September 5 attack.
Judge Hylton Quail described the attack, which was captured on CCTV, as ‘sickening’.
The girl was charged with six other offenses in the Ashfield, Midland and Midvale areas between August 30 and September 5, including assault on an 11-year-old girl.
A 15-year-old girl was sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting a 37-year-old mother, who was five months pregnant at the time, while she was walking her twins with a pram (pictured)
The 15-year-old girl admitted she tried to rob the woman, but claimed she was coerced into a series of crimes by her cousin while high on marijuana. What reported today.
During sentencing, Judge Quail spoke of normalizing the girl’s violent and antisocial behavior caused by her dysfunctional upbringing.
“She was exposed to high levels of alcohol and substance abuse from an early age,” Judge Quail said.
“She has experienced a lot of neglect and has been hospitalized a number of times with serious injuries as a result of that neglect.”
The 15-year-old was sentenced to 12 months behind bars.
Terrifying footage of the incident showed the 37-year-old mother walking down a Perth laneway in Smallman Place, Ashfield, just before 1pm on September 5 when the teenager approached her from behind.
The girl yanked the woman, who was five months pregnant at the time, to the ground by her hair – before pulling her across the concrete, away from her children.
The mother desperately tried to hold on to her pram, which toppled over as she was flung into the path.
Her twins were left screaming in terror in their upturned pram, while their mother tried to fend off her attacker, who rained blows on her head.
Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch said the footage showed a mother’s instinct to protect her children.
“She (the mother) has been hanging on to that pram all her life,” Mr Blanch said at the time of the attack.
“If that doesn’t show what a mother is willing to do to protect their children, I don’t know what will.”
The teenager (pictured) pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery at Perth Children’s Court, but previously claimed she was coerced into a series of crimes by her cousin while high on marijuana