A MOUNT Gambier boy has been placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond for causing serious injuries to a man during a fight on Commercial Street East last year in which Bordertown man Rex Court was killed.
The 16-year-old boy appeared in the Adelaide Youth Court today for sentencing after pleading guilty to the offence of recklessly causing serious harm last month.
Bordertown man Anthony Wilson – the victim of the assault – was left with serious injuries inflicted by the boy during the fight on May 13 last year.
The court heard Mr Wilson was punched several times by the boy during a brawl involving 13 people on Commercial Street East.
He was flown to Flinders Medical Centre in a serious condition.
Judge Penny Eldridge’s sentencing remarks revealed Mr Court had challenged a group of young people to a fight before the tragedy took place.
After a minor altercation – where he shoved one of the youths – a fight broke out.
She revealed Mr Wilson was lucky to survive the injuries inflicted by the youth during the street brawl.
A short time later, the fight escalated when Jordan and Dominic Von Stanke arrived in a vehicle and fatally assaulted Mr Court.
The prosecution has claimed in court that it took the Von Stanke’s just 39 seconds to spear tackle Mr Court, throw him to the ground with a cracking sound and inflict ultimately fatal kicks and stomps.
The youth was originally charged with the murder of Mr Court, however the prosecution dropped the charge late last year, leaving the boy to face the charge of recklessly causing serious harm.
He will now be required to be of good behaviour for the next 12 months.
The Von Stanke brothers, aged in their early 20s, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court last month and pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Court.
They remain on home detention bail and are listed for arraignment on October 5.
The pair have been on home detention bail since December after it was granted by Judge Nicholson on strict conditions and only if a guarantee of $40,000 was lodged to the court.
