Four teenagers have been sentenced to jail terms of at least 17 years for the murder of Melbourne boy Declan Cutler as he was leaving a friend's party in 2022.
Four teenagers have been sentenced to between 17 and 19 and a half years in jail for the murder of Declan Cutler in 2022.The adult parole board will consider whether the teenagers will initially serve time at a youth or adult facility.
They each received a sentence between 17 years and 19 and a half years in jail, depending on their age and likelihood of rehabilitation.Declan was leaving a friend's party in March 2022 when a group of eight teenagers, who were part of a youth gang, set upon him.Justice Rita Incerti described the attack as vicious.
Justice Incerti said the group drove there after someone at the party told them members from another youth gang had spoken badly about them.The court heard Declan and two of his friends were walking when the car approached them, before the offenders got out of the car and chased Declan.Declan had tried to run away, but the group of offenders dragged him down on to the nature strip where he was "viciously and brutally attacked in two waves lasting under two minutes".
The offenders, who were all underage at the time, can only be identified as SA, DM, QDM and SY for legal reasons.Aged 17 at the time, he was the first person to reach Declan, grabbing hold of him and pulling him to the ground.After the first wave of the attack, Justice Incerti said SY remained near the 16-year-old and "posed as if to take a photo", although no such photo has ever been found.
DM, who was 15 at the time of the attack, was sentenced to 17 years and six months behind bars with a non-parole period of 12 years.SA, aged 17 at the time, was the last to reach Declan and took the knife from DM.Justice Incerti said there was no evidence that SA had any genuine remorse for his actions, and that his prospect of rehabilitation was considered "problematic".
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