Jack Beasley’s death trial: Beasley’s face a month long wait for verdict in manslaughter trial
The “heartbreaking” trial over the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Jack Beasley has come to an end. Jack’s parents’ now face a long wait before the verdict on the three accused is handed down. READ WHAT HAPPENED
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A judge is now considering if the three teens accused of being involved in the fight which led to the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Jack Beasley are guilty of manslaughter.
Justice Soraya Ryan has retired to consider her verdict after a week-and-a-half-long trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
She indicated it would take at least a month.
During the final day of the judge-only trial, one of the defence lawyers described the fight – which took 29 seconds – as being caused by “an excess of testosterone and stupidity”.
It is alleged a group of five boys was in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when Parkwood teen Jack was fatally stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA.
One of Jack’s friends, also 17, was stabbed in the back and chest, leaving him with a punctured lung, it is alleged.
The group was aged between 15 and 18 at the time. The four youngest cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The youngest, now 17, this month pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen, 19, pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
CCTV played to the court shows the group of five teens following Jack and his mates along Surfers Paradise Blvd before inviting them to have a fight around the corner and stopping in front of them.
One of the teens pushed Jack who retaliated by flicking a cigarette at them, the footage shows.
The fight escalates and the 15-year-old stabs Jack in the chest and his friend in the chest and back.
The CCTV footage shows the 15-year-old and Toala fist-bumping as they leave the scene.
On Wednesday, Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller said the fight was “group violence” that was “not just anticipated but planned”.
“It was violence for the sake of violence,” he said.
“All of them (the defendants) participated in the pursuit (of Jack’s group) at some speed.”
Mr Fuller said each of the defendants took “positive steps” to engage in the fight.
Toala’s barrister Catherine Morgan said her client’s only act of violence during the fight was to strike a member of Jack’s group with a Gatorade bottle.
“There was no history between the two groups,” she said.
“The fight seemingly was caused by an excess of testosterone and stupidity.”
But Ms Morgan said there cannot have been a plan between Toala and the rest of the defendants as Toala did not appear to interact with others.
She told the court the stabbing of Jack and his friend was the “escalation of violence well beyond the common purpose” of the defendants to have a fight.
Ms Morgan said the fist bump did not necessarily mean “well done” but could have been checking in with the 15-year-old to make sure he was okay.
Defence barrister Matt Hynes, instructed by Gatenby Criminal Lawyers, said his client, who was 16 at the time, was holding a bag for 14 of the 29 seconds it took for the fight to take place.
Mr Hynes said his client only jumped into the fight to help another of the defendants who was in a two-on-one fight.
He said his client only tried to throw one punch, which did not connect, before fleeing.
“Even if some members (of the group) held the intention for a common unlawful purpose (to fight), there is no absolute clear evidence that my client was absolute part of the intended assault,” he said.
Defence barrister Gregory McGuire, acting for one of the teens, said Jack’s death was “tragic” and “unnecessary”.
He said his client had lagged behind the others when they began to pursue Jack’s group and that if he did become part of a plan to fight it was only after he caught up to the group.
Justice Ryan indicated it would take about a month to make her decision as it was something that had to be done “slowly and carefully”.
Outside of court, Jack’s father Brett Beasley said it was a “shame” to have to wait.
“We have been two-and-a-half years now and we have to wait another 28 days minimum,” he said.
“It’s terrible. It’s been a pretty hard week and a half so it’s going to be even worse now.”
Mr Beasley said parts of the trial had been “heartbreaking”, particularly the graphic CCTV footage.
“We can’t stay in there watching it,” he said.
Mr Beasley said he and his wife Belinda would continue their work with the Jack Beasley Foundation aimed at stopping teenagers carrying knives.
“It’s all down to education,” he said.
“Young kids need to be educated of the repercussions of carrying a knife.
“We don’t want any other parents sitting here where I am today.”
DAY 7:
A justice has found three teens were “bored and idle” on the night 17-year-old Jack Beasley was fatally stabbed in Surfers Paradise.
Justice Soraya Ryan ruled three teens accused of being involved in a fight in which Jack was fatally stabbed had a case to answer for manslaughter.
Her assessment came in the second week of a two-week trial.
She said the evidence suggested the teens were “bored and idle”.
“They had a casual attitude to violence and viewed it as something to do to pass time on a night out,” she said.
Justice Ryan ruled the trial would continue.
It is alleged a group of five boys was in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when Parkwood teen Jack was stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA.
One of Jack’s friends, also 17, was stabbed in the back and chest, leaving him with a punctured lung, it is alleged.
The group was aged between 15 and 18 at the time. The four youngest cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The youngest – who is now 17 – this month pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen, now 19, pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
CCTV played to the court shows the group of five teens following Jack and his mates along Surfers Paradise Blvd before stopping in front of them.
One of the teens pushed Jack who retaliated by flicking a cigarette at them, the footage shows.
The fight then escalates.
On Monday, lawyers for the three teens on trial argued the case should be discontinued as they entered the fight without the intent to cause serious injury or death.
It was also argued they did not know the knife would be used as a weapon.
After Justice Ryan ruled the teens had a case to answer their family members in the public gallery were in silent tears.
Outside of court, Jack’s parents – Brett and Belinda Beasley – were seen in tears and hugging.
The trial will resume on Wednesday morning.
DAY 6:
Three teens accused of being involved in a fight that led to the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Jack Beasley say they were not out to injure anyone.
In the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday, lawyers for each of the teens submitted no-case-to-answer claims.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens pleaded not guilty on May 9 to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The judge-only trial has been set down for two weeks.
It is alleged a group of five boys were in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when 17-year-old Jack was fatally stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA.
One of Jack’s friends was also stabbed in the back and chest, leaving him with a punctured lung, it is alleged.
The group were aged between 15 and 18 at the time. The four youngest cannot be named for legal reasons.
The youngest, now 17, previously pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen, now 19, pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
On Monday, after prosecution closed the case, defence lawyers made submissions that there was not enough evidence and charges should be discharged.
Defence lawyer Gregory McGuire, who acts for the brother of the teen who pleaded guilty to murder, said there was no common intention to cause harm.
“There is no suggestion that there is a common intention to rob, or indeed that there was an intention to assault involving the knife,” he said.
Mr McGuire said the fight was consensual and his client was not aware the knife was to be used in the brawl.
Toala’s lawyer Catherine Morgan said the defendants were engaging in a fight, but the fact someone had bought a weapon was “outside the common purpose”.
“In this case there is no suggestion there is any plan as such that is being discussed,” she said.
Defence lawyer for the third teen, Matt Hynes, instructed by Gatenby Criminal Lawyers, said the purpose for the fight was not for serious violence to occur.
Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller said it was alleged there was an intended group assault by the five teenagers.
“The issue becomes whether they knew a knife was available, not whether they knew it was intended to be used,” he said.
Justice Soraya Ryan will consider the arguments overnight and determine on Tuesday if there was enough evidence for the trial to continue.
Earlier, Isabella Nathan told the court she had met the five defendants while she and her friends were doing nangs in a Surfers Paradise park.
She said one of the defendants asked where they could get drugs.
The two groups parted ways and later ran into each other at Cavill Avenue near the tram station.
“They asked if we knew anyone they could ‘hit a lick on’,” she said.
Ms Nathan told the court “hit a lick on” meant rob.
Defence barrister Greg McGuire asked why she had not used that term in her police statement or in her evidence during a committal hearing last year in the Southport Magistrates Court.
“Well, I’d never been asked for specific words,” Ms Nathan replied.
Earlier in the trial, two of Ms Nathan’s friends said they had heard the defendants talking about “hitting a lick” or robbing someone.
Josiah Caltibiano, who also was with Ms Nathan and the two other girls, told the court last week that the girls were lying.
DAY 5:
A small group of men and women in suits were surrounded by about a dozen uniformed police and plain clothes officers on a rainy morning in the heart of Surfers Paradise.
The Supreme Court in Brisbane relocated from the enclosed courtroom to the Gold Coast on Friday so Justice Soraya Ryan could view the location where 17-year-old Jack Beasley was stabbed.
It is alleged a group of five boys were in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when Jack was fatally stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA about 8pm.
One of Jack’s friends was also stabbed in the back and chest, leaving him with a punctured lung, it is alleged.
The group was aged between 15 and 18 at the time. The four youngest teens cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens pleaded not guilty on Monday to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The judge-only trial is expected to last two weeks.
The youngest – now 17 – pleaded guilty last Monday to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent. A second teen, aged 19, pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
On Friday morning, prosecutors and defence lawyers met at the corner of Cavill Ave and Surfers Paradise Boulevard to retrace the steps of where the five accused had been captured on CCTV in the hours before Jack’s death.
They walked up to the mall and down the beach to a barbecue area on the Esplanade.
The group stopped for a short time and Justice Ryan surveyed the area.
It was here CCTV had captured the defendants having a barbecue, during which they used a knife to cook meat.
Police prevented the media from getting close enough to the group on Friday, to hear what was being said throughout the inspection through Surfers.
While walking down the mall, members of the public stared and were directed by police to walk around.
One person remarked: “I want to know if I just saw someone famous.”
From the barbecue the court proceedings headed back down the beach and Cavill Ave to stop outside the Boost Juice and Royal Copenhagen ice cream shop.
On the CCTV this was the first time the defendants and Jack’s group of friends saw each other.
The footage showed Jack’s group waiting while two went into the shops. The defendants sat on a bench and spoke to another four teenagers.
On Friday, Justice Ryan surveyed the area and appeared to make notes by speaking into her mobile phone.
After a short time the group moved down Surfers Paradise Blvd to stop near the IGA.
It was the same route the defendants took as they followed Jack’s group.
This was the place where Jack was fatally stabbed and was the longest stop on Friday.
Justice Ryan again appeared to take notes. She walked up and down the area where the fight occurred and looked at the surroundings.
At one point she spoke to Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller who got out a laptop and showed her something on the screen.
From there the group went back down the boulevard to Cavill Ave and moved a short way down Orchid Ave.
It was there the site visit – which took less than an hour – was adjourned.
Jack’s family did not attend the visit.
The trial will resume in Brisbane on Monday.
DAY 4:
Four of the teens accused of being in the fight that killed Jack Beasley met in a Waterford home the day after the brawl, a court has been told.
One of them – Ma-Mal-J Toala – told police during an interview played to the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Thursday that he went to the home of two brothers, also accused, the morning after the stabbing.
He said another one of the accused met them at the home.
It is alleged a group of five boys were in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when Jack was fatally stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA.
One of Jack’s friends was also stabbed in the back and chest, leaving him with a punctured lung, it is alleged.
The group was aged between 15 and 18 at the time. Four of the youngest cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens pleaded not guilty on Monday to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The judge-only trial is set down for two weeks.
The youngest – who is now 17 – pleaded guilty last Monday to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen – now 19 – pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
In the interview played to the court on Thursday, Toala told police the two brothers – aged 15 and 16 – contacted him the next morning and asked him to come to their home.
He said the brothers, another of the accused and the brothers’ family were there.
“(One of the brothers) was saying that he was sorry that he dragged us in,” he said.
Toala said they were aware someone had died after seeing it on the news.
He said the boys saw their photos on the news and social media and realised they had to go to the police.
Toala said the brothers’ family told him not to come into the police station.
He said they did not talk about the fight in Surfers.
Toala said he met the brothers two days before the fight.
When asked about what happened Toala told police he was with four others which he identified in CCTV stills.
Toala told police they saw Jack’s group and there was some calling out between them.
“We followed them, I followed from the back and all of the sudden it broke out in a brawl,” he said.
Toala said there were some people on top of one of his friends.
“I jumped in and helped them out,” he said.
“I turned around and I seen that kid on the ground, he was pissing out blood and I took off.”
Toala told police that prior to the fight one of the accused said Jack’s group had an “eye problem” because they were staring.
“One of the boys said ‘what c***’ and they said, ‘lets have a brawl’,” Toala told police.
On Monday and Tuesday, Jack’s friends told the court that no words had been exchanged prior to them being confronted by the group.
Toala told police in the interview he “knew” there was going to be a fight.
He said that after the fight they took off items of clothing because of the cameras and went to the beach.
He said some of the others went swimming.
“They were swimming … playing around,” he said.
Toala told police they were all “scared”.
The court also was played a police interview with one of the 16-year-olds taken a day after the stabbing.
Police had conducted a search on that teen’s home and seized clothes and phone.
That teen said his mates followed Jack’s group, so he did too.
The teen said he saw the fight start and only jumped in to pull someone off one of his mates.
He said they both tried to exchange punches and missed.
The boy said the first he knew about the stabbing was when he was stopped by police about half an hour later at the beach.
The trial continues.
DAY 3:
Police searched two of the teens accused of killing 17-year-old Jack Beasley about half an hour after he was stabbed, a court has been told.
Footage played to the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Wednesday showed officers approaching Ma-Mal-J Toala and a 16-year-old teenager as they sat on a ledge at the beach.
They did not find a knife.
It is alleged five boys were in Surfers Paradise on December 13, 2019 when Jack was fatally stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA about 8pm.
The group – aged between 15 and 18 at the time – and the four youngest cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens pleaded not guilty on Monday to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The trial is scheduled to run for two weeks.
The youngest – who is now 17 – pleaded guilty last Monday to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen – now 19 – pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
On Wednesday, the court was played police footage taken about half an hour after the fight.
It showed Toala and a second 16-year-old sitting on a ledge by the beach in Surfers Paradise about 8.30pm on the night of Jack’s death.
Officers asked if they had been to Surfers Paradise Blvd that night.
They replied “no” and told officers they got to Surfers via tram.
“We went from the tram and came straight here (the beach),” one said.
CCTV footage played to the court showed the pair in various places in Surfers Paradise.
Police officers searched both teens and their bags, but did not find anything suspicious.
The court was also told the brother of a teen who was stabbed during the fight confronted two of the defendants less than an hour after the incident.
The brother told the court he saw two teens fitting the description getting on a tram in Surfers Paradise.
He said two girls told him they were teens who hurt his brother.
CCTV played to the court showed the brother talking to the teens and before getting off the tram. The teens remained on the tram.
“They said ‘nah, they don’t know anything about it and the cops had already asked them’,” the brother told the court.
The brother said as he got off the tram he used his phone to record video, which he later posted to social media.
In a police video played to the court on Wednesday, a 16-year-old accused, accompanied by his lawyer and mother, sat forward with his arms crossed on the table. He often burst into tears, hiding his face in his arms.
He spoke quietly and mumbled throughout. His mother would often touch his back or arm to comfort him. They both asked for breaks.
When asked about the start of the fight, the teen said: “They were just staring … we walked up and asked them why.”
He told police he did not know a knife was involved in the fight until he saw it on social media the next morning.
When asked by police if the fight was to get drugs, the teen said “no”.
He began to cry when asked who had the knife.
“I don’t know who had the knife,” he said.
During the interview the teen identified his brother in stills taken from CCTV. He only knew the nicknames of two of the other boys in the photos.
At the end of the interview he was asked if he wanted to say anything.
“We are very sorry for everything … it’s not us,” he said.
Asked to clarify, he said: “Fighting … that’s not what we stand for.”
The trial continues.
DAY 2:
Friends have relived the horror death of 17-year-old Jack Beasley in Surfers Paradise as a court hears the accused were asking where to get drugs.
A 16-year-old girl who met the five accused in the hours prior to Jack’s death told the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Tuesday the defendant’s group had asked them who to get drugs from and were intimidating.
It is alleged a group of five boys were in Surfers Paradise when Jack was stabbed near the Surfers Paradise IGA about 8pm on December 13, 2019.
The group were aged between 15 and 18 at the time – and four cannot be named for legal reasons.
Ma-Mal-J Toala and two teens pleaded not guilty on Monday to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm. A trial which is set to last two weeks has started.
The youngest – now 17 – pleaded guilty last Monday to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen – now 19 – pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
On Tuesday a police interview with the girl, who was 16 at the time, was played to the court.
In the video she said she and her friends met the accused in a park that night.
She said they asked for cigarettes or a “link” to buy drugs.
“They come up to us in a big group and they were just really intimidating like,” she told the court.
“They all came and they were telling us to set someone up for them.”
The girl said while the accused were talking to them they saw Jack’s group and her friend tried to hide.
She said that was because her friend knew one of them and would be in trouble if she was seen out.
The girl told police that as Jack’s group left, the defendants started to follow.
“And they said ‘let’s go boys,’” she told the court.
“The rest of the group were just, like, sort of getting ready.”
Asked by police what they were getting ready for, the girl replied: “To do them over, I guess.”
She said after that she and her friends walked in a different direction.
The girl told police they found out about a stabbing from another person on the street later and shortly after her friend was contacted by one of Jack’s friends, Shae Graham.
The girl told police they walked around Surfers Paradise, including past the crime scene, and later that night ran into two of the defendants’ group on the tram.
They said they asked if they knew about the stabbing.
“He was like no, it wasn’t us,” she said.
“They were scared as.”
One of the 16-year-old girl’s friends also gave an interview to police which was played to the court and said the defendants had approached them on Cavill Ave.
She said they had met them in a park earlier that night.
The girl told police that while in the mall they noticed Jack’s group.
“(The defendants) were staring at them, looking at all their clothes and their shoes and looking at what they had,” she said.
She said they saw them run after Jack’s group.
The girl said they saw two of the defendants later on a tram and one said it “wasn’t me”.
‘LET’S GO FOR A WALK’
The court has also heard the accused group asked Jack’s mates if they wanted to “go for a walk” moments before his death.
Friends of Jack have been among those giving evidence on the second day of the trial of three teenagers in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
One friend said moments before the fight started she asked Jack just to go to the party they were headed to.
In court on Tuesday, Jack’s friends told the court they remember seeing the other group as they got off the tram in Cavill Avenue.
JACK’S FRIENDS RELIVE HORROR
Jack’s friend Shae Graham said they recognised one of the girls and waved at the girl.
“I think she might have given a wave back, I can’t recall,” she said.
Jack’s friend’s said the only interaction between the groups was the wave.
Two of Jack’s group went into one of the shops and when they came back they started walking down Surfers Paradise Blvd.
Ms Graham tearfully said she was walking with Jack when he was stopped by the other group.
“I just remember seeing the boys telling people to f*** off and go away,” she said.
‘CAN WE JUST GOT TO THE PARTY’
“I turned around some of them had come in front of us and I just remember holding onto Jack’s shirt saying ‘can we just go to the party’ but they just kept yelling and then I think (Leticia Lucero) pulled me off Jack and then the fight happened really quick.”
Ms Graham said she did not remember much from the fight but did hear a friend say the other group had knives.
Another one of Jack’s friends was also stabbed in the fight – and Ms Graham said she noticed he was injured before she saw Jack.
“And I walked over and I remember seeing Jack on the floor and there was just blood everywhere,” she said.
Ms Graham said she then got in contact with the girl she had seen with the other group.
“I did message her after the boys got taken away,” she said.
“I messaged her and asked her if she knew who those boys were.”
Ms Graham said the girl replied she didn’t know them well.
Jack’s friend Izaiah Kahika said he was towards the back of the group and one of the defendants asked if Jack and his other friends were “his boys”.
“He asked me to call them over,” he said.
Mr Kahika said then one asked to “go for a walk”.
He said he then called Jack over.
Mr Kahika told the court one of the defendants walked up to the front and confronted Jack.
Another friend of Jack’s Rory Aitken said he was walking with Mr Kahika and remembered one for the group putting an arm around him and Mr Kahika telling him to go away.
On Monday, the other teen who was stabbed during the fight and cannot be named for legal reasons, said his memory of the fight was blurry.
He was stabbed in the chest and left with a punctured lung.
The teen said he did not know he was injured until he saw Jack on the ground hurt.
He told the court he heard one of the other group ask Jack to go into the alleyway.
He was 17 at the time and said he was walking towards the back of their group and was about five metres away from Jack.
ICE CREAM SHOP EXCHANGE
The teen said prior to the fight there was some unease between his group and the group of defendants when they waited in separate groups near a Cavill Avenue ice cream shop.
No words were exchanged.
Joshua Morrison, a friend of Jack’s with him the night of his death, said one of the other group had asked Jack to go down a nearby alleyway.
Mr Morrison said he could not remember much after that.
Asked if he saw anyone armed, Mr Morrison replied: “I just remember seeing a glimpse of a knife.”
Mr Morrison said he did not see another of their friends get injured during the fight.
Asked about Jack’s injury he said: “Definitely seen it after the fight but can’t remember if I had seen it during.”
The court also began to make arrangements to visit the scene during the trial.
The trial continues.
DAY 1:
Two teens fist-bumped as they ran from the scene shortly after Jack Beasley was stabbed in Surfers Paradise, a court was told.
CCTV footage played in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday showed Jack, 17, move away from a fight, collapse near the IGA on Surfers Paradise Blvd, slip as he tried to get up before standing completely.
He then moved out of the shot.
Five boys aged between 15 and 18, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of being involved in Jack’s death about 8pm on December 13, 2019.
Three of the teens pleaded not guilty on Monday to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm. The judge-only trial is expected to run for two weeks.
The youngest – who is now 17 – pleaded guilty last Monday to murder and two counts of committing a malicious act with intent.
A second teen, now 19, pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter and two counts of grievous bodily harm.
On Monday, Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller said the five teens used public transport to make their way to Surfers Paradise from Beenleigh.
They arrived on the Gold Coast about 6pm.
CCTV footage played to the court tracked the group – which Mr Fuller named the Woodridge group – as it made its way around Surfers.
The footage lasts more than two hours and appears to show the group buying food and cooking it on a public barbecue.
Mr Fuller told the court a knife, carried by the youngest of the group, was used to cook the food.
The footage also showed them meeting with another group who were near the barbecue before they split up.
That group contained a young girl who was known to one of the girls in Jack’s group, Mr Fuller told the court.
A short time later, the Woodridge group is shown to chase after Jack and his seven friends down Surfers Paradise Blvd.
Jack’s parents – Brett and Belinda Beasley – left the courtroom before the graphic portions of the footage were played.
The largest of the Woodridge group stopped in front of Jack near the IGA, the footage shows.
The CCTV footage shows that teen – aged 17 – talking to Jack before pushing him.
Jack, who was wearing a dark hood with USA on the front, flicked a cigarette back at him and took off his hat and bag.
The CCTV footage showed a fight break out.
Mr Fuller told the court in his opening that during that fight the 15-year-old took out a knife and stabbed a friend of Jack’s in the chest.
The court was told he then stabbed Jack.
The footage then moved to show Jack stumbling at the front of the IGA before it tracked the members of the Woodridge group.
The group was running and the two at the front – the oldest and the youngest – fist-bumped.
The footage showed the group going towards the beach before reappearing. Some clothing had been removed.
Mr Fuller told the court that when the teens spoke to police days later they said the fight had started because people from Jack’s group were staring at them.
Defence barrister Greg McGuire said “there was no common plan” to pursue and assault a group.
He said it started as a consensual fight.
The Beasleys were supported at court by a number of Jack’s friends, Gold Coast Police Acting Superintendent Rhys Wildman, Bonney MP Sam O’Connor and plain clothes detectives.
The three teens on trial were all dressed in black and leaned forward in their seats to watch CCTV and look at exhibits as they are brought up on the court’s audiovisual system.
The trial continues.
Originally published as Jack Beasley’s death trial: Beasley’s face a month long wait for verdict in manslaughter trial
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