Qld: Gang stomped on victim's head in rail bashing, court told

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2006
Qld: Gang stomped on victim's head in rail bashing, court told

By Johanna Leggatt

BRISBANE, Aug 1 AAP - A man in a coma had his head continually stomped upon by a group
of teenagers who then dragged him across a car park, a court has been told.

Police allege 32-year-old Scott Andrew Lillycrap was set upon at Sunnybank railway
station in Brisbane's south and violently bashed by a group of six youths on Sunday night.

Mr Lillycrap remains in hospital in an induced coma with serious head injuries.

Six teenagers, three of them juveniles, have been charged with attempted murder, deprivation
of liberty, robbery with violence and torture.

Two of the charged, a 16-year-old juvenile who cannot be named, and 17-year-old Bo
Mason Toese, applied for bail but were refused.

The remaining accused, Michael Mikaele, 17, Faavesi Vincent Isaako, 18, and a 15-year-old
youth did not apply for bail.

A second 15-year-old youth from Fairfield in Brisbane's south was charged with the
same offences this afternoon and will appear in Brisbane Children's Court tomorrow morning.

Brisbane Magistrates Court was today told the group stomped on Mr Lillycrap's head
and dragged him across the car park as a group of witnesses watched on in horror.

Police alleged witnesses saw Mr Lillycrap's head repeatedly hitting the concrete as
two of the men dragged him to an old mattress beside a charity bin and dumped him.

The court was told witnesses heard someone in the group yell out: "We've got him enough,
we've got his wallet there's a photo of a kid in it."

Police Prosecutor Sergeant Tina Green said: "The offence was one of a heinous nature
on an innocent person who was minding his own business."

"We're not sure at this stage if he (Mr Lillycrap) has brain damage or will pull through,"

she said.

Magistrate Jim Herlihy told the court: "If all this is true, then what they did is disgraceful."

Mikaele and Isaako will reappear for mention on August 15 and Toese will reappear on
September 25.

The juveniles will appear later in the year, at unspecified dates.

Outside court, Toese's lawyer, Peter Russo, said his client would be contesting elements
of the prosecution's case.

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