Teen who stabbed Hashim Mohamed on St Kilda foreshore in December 2022 sentenced to four years behind bars

A teenage boy who boasted about stabbing Hashim Mohamed in a deadly gang attack on the St Kilda foreshore will spend four years in youth detention.

A 15-year-old boy who boasted about stabbing Hashim Mohamed in a deadly gang attack on St Kilda foreshore will spend just four years in youth detention over the killing.

The teen, who cannot be named due to his age, was part of the Original Gangster Killers group when a fight erupted with members of a rival youth gang on December 4, 2022.

The boy was the youngest in the gang and claimed his loyalty to his friends, fuelled by adrenaline and fear after seeing a member of the other group with a knife, drove him to pull out his knife and take part in the affray.

Hashim Mohamed died at The Alfred Hospital after being fatally stabbed at a crowded St Kilda foreshore in December 2022. Picture: Supplied

But the Supreme Court on Tuesday heard Hashim, 18, was unarmed and had tried to flee when he tripped, and was set upon by the gangsters while “defenceless” on the ground.

A stab wound to his back, so severe in force it severed his spine and the knife became embedded, was deemed the cause of his death.

The prosecution was forced to downgrade the murder charge against the teen to manslaughter after prosecutors were unable to determine who struck the fatal blow.

The brute, who had only four days earlier been involved in an armed home invasion, admitted stabbing Hashim in the frenzied attack.

Now 17, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Justice Jane Dixon described the fatal stabbing as “mindless gang violence in a public place on an otherwise peaceful Sunday afternoon”.

Hashim Mohamed’s mother Ashir Osman told the court of her heartbreak. Picture: Supplied

She said Hashim’s family had been left devastated, with his mother describing her heart being broken and his brother being haunted by the image of what was done to his baby brother.

“He was a young man whose life was cruelly and horrifically ripped away from him,” she said.

Justice Dixon said messages and images found on the hoodlum’s phone where he boasted about being involved could only be described as “callous” and “impugnant”.

“They are indicative of your immature and remorseless attitude at the time of writing,” she said.

He had written lyrics to a song, describing how they had “juuged (sic) him up” and “left the scene all red”.

“Hashim got knocked coz he got in the mix,” he wrote.

“You will get blicked n you will get stripped. Try play me you get put in a spliff.

“He on the news now, I’m the talk of the town.”

Also on his phone were images depicting police with the captions “on the run” and “come catch me” when he knew officers wanted him over the attack.

Videos showing the aftermath of the fatal St Kilda stabbing were uploaded to TikTok.

The court heard he had fallen into gang culture, with limited support in the family home after his two older brothers, who he had looked up to, were jailed for violence.

While acknowledging the seriousness of the crime, Justice Dixon said “it is not alleged you inflicted the fatal stab wound” and, therefore, found the four-year maximum sentence that can be imposed in youth detention suitable.

She said a longer sentence would mean he would spend time in an adult prison where he would be at risk of mixing with hardened criminals.

Justice Dixon said he had now shown remorse for his actions, and his prospects of rehabilitation were “reasonable”.

“It is not too late for you to turn the corner,” Justice Dixon told him.

“You will be a significantly older person when you are released from youth detention.”

She urged him to “work on your education and your rehabilitation” and to “think through the consequences of your actions” when serving his sentence.

His six co-offenders have already been sentenced over lesser charges including affray and violent disorder.