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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

Brawling youths 'a problem in this city', judge says as skatepark stabber sentenced

A crime scene at the Weston Creek skatepark after the fatal fight. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The boy acquitted of a Canberra skatepark murder has committed violent offences since the fatal brawl, during which he stabbed and seriously injured the dead teenager's cousin.

That is what Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday, when she also labelled organised fights between youths "a problem in this city".

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