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Three people charged over a skate park fight that ended in the alleged murder of an 18-year-old have been granted bail. Jaxson Dillon Kirkwood, 25, and Montgomery White, 18, faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday morning, and an 18 year old fronted the ACT Children’s Court. They have not been charged over the 18-year-old victim’s murder. Prosecutors didn’t oppose their bail applications. Mr White pleaded not guilty to three charges: affray, joint commission of a common assault and joint commission of damaging property. Mr Kirkwood, who faced the same charges, did not enter pleas. The other 18 year old, who cannot be named because he was 17 at the time the offence took place, also did not enter a plea. He is facing one charge of being knowingly concerned with affray. Police allege the incident, which happened in the early hours of September 27, was the culmination of two teenagers arguing on social media and then agreeing to fight at the skate park. They say the 18-year-old who ended up being fatally stabbed drove his 16-year-old cousin to the fight. When the man and his cousin arrived at the skate park, it’s alleged two teenagers approached one side of the car they were travelling in and engaged in a physical altercation with the 16-year-old, who later ended up with stab wounds. One of the two teenagers, aged 17, has pleaded not guilty to affray and was granted bail in the ACT Children’s Court on October 28. He is the son of a police officer. While the two teenagers were allegedly fighting the 16-year-old, police say three adults pulled the 18-year-old from the driver’s side of the car and engaged in a physical altercation with him, before they left to get weapons. READ MORE: While they were away getting weapons, it’s alleged another 16-year-old stepped in and stabbed the 18-year-old to death. He has pleaded not guilty to four charges including murder and affray and is currently before the ACT Children’s Court. He was granted bail last month, and – like other children involved in the case – cannot legally be named. At the accused killer’s bail hearing, prosecutor Rebecca Christensen said it was clear he had an interest in knives. She said that was demonstrated by “notes” containing rap lyrics or poems police found on his phone. One talked about stabbing people for fun, she said, while another allegedly said: “Been holding a shiv since age 13.” Ms Christensen said the alleged murderer’s mother had raised concerns with police about his behaviour back in July, and, in October last year, his father told him to hand over a weapon so he could give it to the police. The murder accused and the 17-year-old affray accused are due back in the ACT Children’s Court on February 22. On Thursday, Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said police would “continue to act on the available evidence to charge anyone who engaged in criminal behaviour that night”.
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Three people charged over a skate park fight that ended in the alleged murder of an 18-year-old have been granted bail.
Jaxson Dillon Kirkwood, 25, and Montgomery White, 18, faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday morning, and an 18 year old fronted the ACT Children’s Court. They have not been charged over the 18-year-old victim’s murder. Prosecutors didn’t oppose their bail applications.
Mr White pleaded not guilty to three charges: affray, joint commission of a common assault and joint commission of damaging property.
Mr Kirkwood, who faced the same charges, did not enter pleas.
The other 18 year old, who cannot be named because he was 17 at the time the offence took place, also did not enter a plea. He is facing one charge of being knowingly concerned with affray.
Police allege the incident, which happened in the early hours of September 27, was the culmination of two teenagers arguing on social media and then agreeing to fight at the skate park.
They say the 18-year-old who ended up being fatally stabbed drove his 16-year-old cousin to the fight.
When the man and his cousin arrived at the skate park, it’s alleged two teenagers approached one side of the car they were travelling in and engaged in a physical altercation with the 16-year-old, who later ended up with stab wounds.
While the two teenagers were allegedly fighting the 16-year-old, police say three adults pulled the 18-year-old from the driver’s side of the car and engaged in a physical altercation with him, before they left to get weapons.
While they were away getting weapons, it’s alleged another 16-year-old stepped in and stabbed the 18-year-old to death.
He has pleaded not guilty to four charges including murder and affray and is currently before the ACT Children’s Court.
He was granted bail last month, and – like other children involved in the case – cannot legally be named.
At the accused killer’s bail hearing, prosecutor Rebecca Christensen said it was clear he had an interest in knives.
She said that was demonstrated by “notes” containing rap lyrics or poems police found on his phone.
One talked about stabbing people for fun, she said, while another allegedly said: “Been holding a shiv since age 13.”
Ms Christensen said the alleged murderer’s mother had raised concerns with police about his behaviour back in July, and, in October last year, his father told him to hand over a weapon so he could give it to the police.
The murder accused and the 17-year-old affray accused are due back in the ACT Children’s Court on February 22.
On Thursday, Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said police would “continue to act on the available evidence to charge anyone who engaged in criminal behaviour that night”.
