Teens escape conviction over 'war zone' attack on Rugby great's family

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Two teenagers who attacked a former Wallabies star and his family in a home invasion that resembled a "war zone" have been sentenced.

- were carrying knives including a sickle when they broke into ex-Australian rugby player Toutai Kefu's house in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo in the early hours of August 16, 2021.

"Police took photographs of the scene ... they showed blood splashed and smeared in substantial quantities on the floor and on the walls," Justice Peter Davis said at Thursday's sentencing."But we know that it is a result of your violent invasion and attack upon the occupants of a family home in a quiet Brisbane suburban street."

In the ensuing confrontation Mr Kefu charged at the intoxicated 15-year-olds with a bar stool, the court had been told.Two teenagers who attacked a former Wallabies star and his family in a home invasion that resembled a "war zone" have been sentenced.

 

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