Teens face sentencing for alleged knife attack on Wallaby, wife and children
Two teenagers are due to be sentenced after Wallabies great Toutai Kefu and three family members were stabbed in a violent home invasion.
Toutai Kefu has been seriously injured and three other members of his family received knife wounds during an alleged break-in at his Coorparoo home on Monday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Kefu suffered critical wounds to his abdomen while trying to defend his family in the early morning attack at the inner-Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo on August 16, 2021.
The former Australian rugby international’s wife Rachel was hospitalised for weeks with a serious arm injury.
Their son Josh and daughter Maddi were also stabbed in the attack that involved knives and a sickle-shaped blade.
One of the youths pleaded guilty in Brisbane Children’s Court in November 2023 to seven offences that were committed when he was aged 13.
They included burglary while armed, intentionally causing grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding.
The court previously heard that the youth and three co-accused broke into a Forest Lake house in Brisbane’s southwest and stole a handbag, car keys, bank and ID cards, a bottle of alcohol and an iPhone.
They also stole a car from the house and drove it to Coorparoo, where the youth looked for another vehicle to steal.
The youth stayed inside the car while two co-offenders allegedly entered the Kefu family’s home while armed with at least two bladed weapons which were used to threaten, strike or stab the occupants.
The two youths who entered the home were originally charged with attempted murder but earlier in February pleaded guilty to four counts of malicious act with intent just before a planned trial.
Those two youths are due to be sentenced in May.
The other two will be sentenced for their role in the attack on Thursday.
