Teenager pleads guilty to violent robbery of 17-year-old boy at Alexandra Headland

Two mates have been allegedly subjected to a ‘cowardly’ robbery at the hands of a young group of boys for $50 cash.

The teenager faced the Childrens Court of Queensland in Maroochydore on Monday. Picture: Patrick Woods

A teenager has been told he should be ashamed of his “cowardly” bullying conduct which led to a boy being forced to withdraw money from his bank account to stave off a bashing.

The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, was loitering with a group of other young men aged 12 to 19 at Alexandra Headland on April 13 last year when they came across two young boys aged 17.

The Childrens Court of Queensland in Maroochydore heard on Monday the pair were going to a party that night and arrived at a bus stop with their skateboard and electric scooter when the group confronted them.

Legal Officer Liam Dennis said the pair tried to walk past the group however they were stopped by the teenager.

The teenager pushed the victim’s friend from their scooter while the other males in the group allegedly called both boys “c--ts” and said “you wanna (sic) go c--t”.

Mr Dennis said the victim got off his skateboard and the teenager immediately tried to grab it from him.

The victim placed his skateboard on the ground and went to take his bag off his shoulders when the teenager snatched it. This was while the other co-accused allegedly took the skateboard and threw it.

The robbery took place in the early evening at Alexandra Headland. Pictured is a generic photo. Picture: Brett Wortman

The boys allegedly told the victim “if you pay you will get it back”.

Another boy in the group also allegedly took the victim’s portable bluetooth speaker which was on the ground.

Mr Dennis said the teenager told one of the group to “teach” the victim’s friend “a lesson”. The co-accused then allegedly attacked them.

The victim told the group they didn’t have to fight and how they should “chill out”.

The teenager told the victim “that someone had to pay”. The victim tried to leave when he was allegedly stopped by one of the group of boys who said “hey c--t, you aren’t leaving, you ain’t going to leave alive”.

The teenager told the victim he could leave if he paid them $50. He did not have money to do this so he was allegedly followed to an ATM by the teenager’s group. He gave them the cash and had his items returned.

Mr Dennis said the teenager told the victim “not to snitch”.

The teenager pleaded guilty. Picture: Patrick Woods

The victim’s family reported the matter to police, with the teenager located on a bus at Mooloolaba with seven other young men.

They were all searched with officers finding the stolen money stuffed between seats on the bus. The teenager was charged with robbery in company with personal violence and released on bail. He pleaded guilty on Monday.

Defence barrister Lachlan Ygoa-McKeown said the teenager was exposed to domestic violence by his father and had difficulty with school. He stopped attending in year nine.

The court heard the teenager’s mother hoped to enrol her son in distance education soon and was keen to engage in programs to address his behaviour.

Judge Terry Gardiner said there was “a lot of very cowardly behaviour there”.

“It’s really something you should be very ashamed of,” he told the teenager.

The teenager was placed on a five month probation order with no conviction recorded.