A young man accused of stabbing an 18-year-old homeless teenager with a hunting knife in the Toowoomba CBD on Thursday night has been denied bail.
His two co-accused were granted bail.
Oakey man Mullenjarly Pitt, 18, Oakey man Byron Fraser, 19, and a 14-year-old Kingsthorpe boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared by video link from the Toowoomba watch house in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.
They allegedly attacked the teen in Chronicle Lane around 7pm on Thursday, just a few hundred metres from where a community crime forum was held on Wednesday night.
The court was told the trio had formulated a plan to try to fight and scare the victim, who was known to them from Oakey.
They allegedly sought him out in Toowoomba CBD on Thursday night, approached him with a hunting knife, and allegedly stabbed him in the chest.
The two adults were charged with wounding, possession of a knife in a public place, and attempted robbery while armed and in company.
The 14-year-old was charged with wounding and possession of a knife in a public place.
Police allege Mr Pitt was the main offender, who punched the victim in the chest while holding the knife.
The court heard the victim suffered a large laceration and rib injury.
He flagged down a member of the public for help and was taken by ambulance to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
The incident was captured on CCTV, with police saying it assisted them to identify the accused, who allegedly left the scene in a car.
Police also allege CCTV shows two of the boys posing for a photo with the hunting knife 500 metres away from the incident site at Grand Central Shopping Centre in Margaret Street earlier in the night.
Mr Pitt's lawyer, Chelsea Saldumbide told Magistrate Kay Philipson that her client had expressed remorse for his alleged actions telling her, "I just hope that kid is alright. I wish I hadn't come to Toowoomba … he didn't deserve that".
In denying bail, Magistrate Philipson said the allegations were "extremely concerning and serious".
Counsel for Mr Fraser, Brad Skuse, told the court his client had been involved in the incident to a lesser degree and had tried to break up the fight.
While Magistrate Philipson disagreed with this assessment, she agreed to grant bail on strict conditions.
Mr Fraser will be required to report to police twice a week and abide by a nightly curfew.
Magistrate Philipson ordered police to provide a full brief of evidence by March with a committal mention set down for both adult defendants on April 14.
The incident comes two days after the alleged shooting of a 16-year-old girl and a 37-year-old woman in the Toowoomba CBD.
Police have charged an 18-year-old woman with grievous bodily harm and multiple weapons-related offences.
Police also charged three teenagers today with murder following the death of 75-year-old Robert Brown who was allegedly assaulted at a Toowoomba taxi rank last week.
