A second bid for conditional freedom by a "vulnerable" 18-year-old accused of assaulting two young brothers at Westfield Belconnen has stalled, after a court heard concerns about his alleged "obsession" with children.
The man, who cannot be named due to a suppression order, faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday, September 17, and is yet to enter pleas to charges of common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He is accused of assaulting the two boys, aged two and four, in an unprovoked attack at Westfield Belconnen on Friday, August 14.
