Boy, 15, accused of slashing man with machete in St Kilda shows ‘no sign of slowing down’

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The boy was later arrested at Southern Cross Station. The girl walked into a police station and was interviewed and later exonerated.

Paltridge said that during his police interview, the boy made full admissions to attempting to steal the car but denied trying to steal a mobile phone.

The officer said the teen appeared happy to use force, keeping a machete down his pants before the assault, but believed he had slashed the victim with the blunt side of the weapon.

The court heard it was one of a string of violent attacks over which the teenager has been charged.

In April, the teen was charged with theft, handling stolen goods and two robberies at Chadstone Shopping Centre, where he allegedly committed the crimes alongside six to eight other boys.

The court heard that in June the teen allegedly brought a 40-centimetre hunting knife to school, telling staff he needed it for protection.

In September, he was charged over a crime spree in regional Victoria, allegedly involving shop thefts, unlicensed driving, possessing a weapon, car theft and petrol drive-offs.

Paltridge said police allege the teen filmed himself driving at 160km/h and drove on the wrong side of the road while being followed by police.

In a separate alleged crime spree the same month, Paltridge said the teen was charged with carjacking, theft, assault, speeding, driving without a licence and other offences after threatening to stab a person before stealing the car and reaching speeds of up to 180km/h before the car was crashed and dumped on the Princes Freeway at Laverton.

Soon after, the court heard, the teen attempted to carjack a nurse who had just finished her night shift.

Paltridge said the teen was accused of forcing the victim into a headlock and assaulting the stranger before passersby intervened.

In October, he was charged with numerous assault offences and possessing a weapon after a victim was surrounded by the teen and six other boys in his car and slashed with a machete.

In opposing bail, Paltridge said the teen posed an unacceptable risk to the public.

“He attacked someone completely unknown to him … acting in a vicious and callous way. He used a machete to slash the skull of the victim, [a weapon] capable of cutting through flesh and bone,” Paltridge said.

“He simply said the assault was a way of getting what he wanted.”

The court heard the teenager was also known to post his alleged crimes on social media where he sought and gained notoriety with friends.

“He’s showing no signs of slowing down,” Paltridge said.

“If [the accused] is released on bail again, he will continue to put the innocent lives of the public at risk to get what he wants.

“It appears [he’s] … quite well known in the youth crime community and has a lot of notoriety about him.”

The boy’s lawyer said her client had been attending school before the summer holidays and living with his mother.

However, since his most recent arrest, the boy’s mother no longer wants her son living in the family home, the lawyer said.

Sarah Stephens, from Youth Justice, who have withdrawn their bail support services since the teen’s most recent arrest, said the teen had been engaging well in school while on bail before the holidays.

The court heard that when school ended for the year, so did the supervised day programs.

The bail application is expected to continue next month and the teen remains on remand.

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