Seven teenagers aged between 14 and 17 have been charged with murder after a 27-year-old man who was assaulted on Victoria Park Road in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, on July 24 died at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on August 6, police said.
Seven teenagers charged with murder after assault victim dies in Brisbane hospital
Seven teenagers aged between 14 and 17 have been charged with murder after a 27-year-old man who was assaulted on Victoria Park Road in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, on July 24 died at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on August 6, police said.
Police allege the group assaulted the man shortly before 10:30pm on July 24 and stole his blue 2025 BYD Shark 6. The group then fled in the vehicle, while the man was transported to Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The stolen car was found abandoned on Barter Avenue in Holland Park on July 25. Investigations over the following days led to the arrest of a 16-year-old from Alderley, a 17-year-old from Kelvin Grove, a 14-year-old girl from Kelvin Grove, a 16-year-old from Middle Park, a 15-year-old from Calamvale, a 15-year-old girl from Holland Park, and a 16-year-old from East Ipswich.
The seven were initially charged with offences including robbery in company, grievous bodily harm, assaults occasioning bodily harm, and dangerous operation of a vehicle. Following the man's death, their charges were upgraded to include murder.
Two additional teenage girls from Coorparoo and Greenslopes were also charged with attempted stealing and attempted robbery in company, though the source does not indicate those charges were upgraded.
The seven teenagers facing murder charges are expected to appear in Brisbane Children's Court on Thursday.
Police have renewed an appeal for dash cam and CCTV footage from Victoria Park Road in Kelvin Grove between 9:30pm and 10:30pm on July 24, from Barter Avenue in Holland Park West between 11:30pm and 11:50pm that same night, and from Kelvin Grove Road near the intersection of Musk Avenue between 8:10pm and 8:40pm.
Investigators are also seeking two potential witnesses: one seen driving a dark-coloured SUV along Victoria Park Road, Blamey Street, and Musk Avenue in Kelvin Grove at around 10:16pm, and a second seen driving a blue sedan at 10:16pm on Carroway Street at the intersection with Victoria Park Road. Neither driver is believed to have been involved in the alleged offences.
- The identity of the 27-year-old man who died has not been provided in the source.
- The charges faced by the two additional teenage girls from Coorparoo and Greenslopes were not said to have been upgraded; whether they face any additional charges following the man's death is not stated.
- No information is provided on whether any of the accused have entered pleas or made statements.
- The relationship, if any, between the accused teenagers and the victim is not stated.
- No defence or legal representative response is included in the source.
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