Family’s fury over killing of Uber driver Scott Cabrie by two teenage thugs during a rideshare trip: ‘Absolute joke’

Two teenage thugs who violently stabbed an Uber driver during a ‘bad’ armed robbery lied about what happened, even joked and reenacted their gruesome act.

Tye Wayne Porter, 20, and a teenager, now 19, both sat stone-faced and silent on Friday as they learned their fate following the 2023 death of Scott Cabrie, a Queensland rideshare driver.

Mr Cabrie, 47, had picked up the pair on a job before being stabbed to death when the pair stole his car and robbed him.

During his sentencing, Brisbane Supreme Court Judge Peter Davis ordered the teenager released after he had served 60 per cent of his 15-year sentence.

The court was told Porter will be released in 2029 after serving 50 percent of his main sentence of 9.5 years.

Mr Cabrie, a driver in Queensland’s Fraser Coast region, was last seen leaving his home in Toogoom on February 6, 2023. His friends raised the alarm after not being heard from for days.

Cabrie was found dead days later at a boat ramp on Power House Rd, Howard, on Queensland’s Fraser Coast.

Relatives of the slain driver filled the courtroom and could be heard expressing disbelief at Porter’s outcome.

That anger continued outside, where Mr Cabrie’s brother Ian and his best friend Cameron Thomas expressed their frustration at the outcome.

‘It’s an absolute joke. A cold-blooded murder, and these guys will be released in ten years,” Thomas said.

Earlier this year, Porter pleaded guilty to manslaughter, armed robbery in the business and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

The teenager – who cannot be identified under Queensland law – pleaded guilty to murder, armed robbery involving violence, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and arson.

The Brisbane Supreme Court was told Porter, then 18, and the then 17-year-old teenager had spent the night drinking before ordering an Uber to take them to an address in Pacific Haven.

During the night the pair had discussed whether they wanted to steal a car.

Mr. Cabrie answered the request in his Nissan X Trail and drove them to the house.

After arriving, Porter and the teen went inside and armed themselves with a kitchen knife and a cleaver before heading back outside to the waiting Uber.

Mr Cabrie was attacked and forced into the boot of his Nissan X Trail.

The court was told the pair then drove the car to a nearby boat ramp and released Mr Cabrie.

The teenager stabbed Mr Cabrie as he tried to escape, causing him to fall over.

“Porter then told (the teen) to ‘come over here and sort him (Mr. Cabrie) out’ while Porter tried to start the car,” Judge Davis said.

The court was told the teenager then stabbed Mr Cabrie again before the pair left, drove the car to Pacific Haven and set it on fire.

Over the next few days, the pair lied to others about what happened and joked about “stabbing someone.”

“(Another) person saw you acting out and stabbing each other,” Judge Davis said.

In sentencing the teenager, Judge Davis found the murder crime “particularly heinous” due to the circumstances.

The court was told the teenager had lied about Mr Cabrie attacking him with a makeshift hammer when he was released from the vehicle.

“Mr. Cabrie posed no threat to you, but you just couldn’t let him go,” Judge Davis said.

“Your plan was to steal his car, that was bad enough.

‘Instead you viciously attacked him with a knife and when he ran away and fell to the ground you later attacked him again.

“The plan was evil: to take advantage of a man… requiring him to trust complete strangers who might get into his vehicle.”

Judge Davis accepted the teenager did not intend to kill Mr Cabrie, but found he intended to cause grievous bodily harm.

Reading from the teen’s history, he said the child had a difficult upbringing and had been exposed to alcohol and substance abuse from an early age.

The court was told the teenager had contacted members of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

As a result, he had become attracted to a “criminal lifestyle”, Judge Davis said.

The court was told Porter had also used alcohol and drugs from a young age after leaving home at the age of 15.

According to the court, he had worked exclusively as an employee at a gas station.

Porter was a heavy user of the drug ice at the time Mr Cabrie was killed and reported he could not remember what happened due to a ‘blackout’.

The teenager received a main sentence of 15 years and had to serve 9 years behind bars.

Porter received a main sentence of 9.5 years and will be eligible for parole in August 2029.

Outside court, Ian Cabrie told reporters the teen’s sentence was harsher than expected, but said it was still “disappointing.”

“The most disappointing thing is that it will only serve 60 percent of them,” he said.

“Scott was killed for no reason; he was vulnerable because he drove an Uber.

“They just killed him out of joy, and that’s so disappointing.”

Mr Thomas called the sentences a “joke”.

“To think we’re happy with today is a huge amount of horse**t,” he said.

‘The system is broken.

‘Bring back the death penalty. I’m tired of it.’