CHILLING DETAILS REVEALED..! – EIGHT PEOPLE CHARGED AFTER A TEENAGER WAS ALLEGEDLY T0RTURED, WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND ABANDONED IN BUSHLAND AS POLICE SAY HIS OWN MOTHER WAS AMONG THOSE ACCUSED.
Eleven people have been charged after a teen was allegedly bashed and left in wrapped in plastic in Queensland bushland.
A jogger found the boy, zip-tied and wrapped in plastic, off Cape Pallarenda Road in Townsville about 6:35am on July 18.
On Friday, Dave Miles of the Townsville Child Abuse and Sexual Crime Unit said the alleged attack was not random.
Dave Miles says there has been some cooperation with police. (ABC North Qld: Lily Nothling)
“It’s concerning, from our perspective, the level of violence that was used and the way in which this young person was left in Pallarenda,” he said.
“This level of violence is not something we see in the community often.
“Torture is a very significant charge and something we, thankfully, don’t see a lot of.”
Senior Sergeant Miles alleged the teen was bashed at a house in Heatley before being “dumped”, wrapped in plastic and unable to move for more than five hours, at Pallarenda.
Car gives clues
Police alleged that a car believed to be involved in the incident was later driven erratically along the nearby Strand and had a collision.
Police allegedly found items inside the car that Senior Sergeant Miles said assisted in the investigation.
Police have charged 11 people over the incident. (ABC North Qld: James Tugwell)
A 13-year-old Deeragun boy appeared in Townsville Children’s Court on July 24. He was charged with four offences, including torture.
A 35-year-old Kirwan woman charged with five offences, including torture, remains in custody and will face Townsville Magistrates Court on September 28.
A 14-year-old Kirwan girl charged with four offences, including torture and assault while in armed company, has been dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.
Another eight people — two men aged 30 and 34, three women aged 36, 32 and 40, and three14-year-olds — were charged on Friday afternoon.
Each face multiple charges, including torture.
Senior Sergeant Miles said the victim was in a stable condition but sustained many bone fractures and had required several surgeries.
