Fury as Easter Show stabbing witnesses exposed for ‘smirking’ while teen lay dying

When a friend of slain Uati “Pele” Faletolu rushed to help save his life Monday evening, dozens of people stood back and did the unthinkable.

As an 18-year-old carnival worker applied pressure to her dying friend’s chest in a desperate effort to save his life, onlookers filmed from metres away with “smirks” on their faces.

The teenager sprung to action immediately when she saw the body of her younger friend from school, Uati “Pele” Faletolu, on the ground near the clown stall at the Sydney Easter Show on Monday evening.

The 17-year-old had just been stabbed and laid with blood spewing from his chest, but a crowd of witnesses did nothing but pull their phones out to film, his friend, who wanted to remain anonymous, told news.com.au.

“Everyone just stood there. No one wanted to ask for help besides one lady, she was the only one who came up and said, ‘do you need me to call the ambulance?’,” the teen recalled.

“Everyone else just stood there and pulled out their phones,” she said, adding that when she briefly looked up from Uati, “some people had smirks on their face”.

“It infuriated me even more,” she said.

A crowd of onlookers filmed and laughed as the teen laid dying. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Damian Shaw

The teen held Uati’s head and pressed on his wound to limit his blood loss during the five agonising minutes of waiting for medics to arrive.

She had been working at the clown stall completely oblivious to the brawl until she noticed “everyone screaming and scatter out the way”.

“I looked down and saw him on the floor,” she said, adding she and her colleagues then rushed over to try and provide assistance until paramedics arrived.

While supporting Uati’s head, she made a heartwrenching observation.

“I could see it in his eyes that he wasn’t going to make it, and it was making me upset,” she said.

“Because I knew him, and went to school with him, that made it even worse.”

People filmed as first responders tried to save the teen’s life.

The young girl was furious she was one of the only people who tried to help save his life.

“I would do that for anyone else, it’s not only that I knew him, but if I saw someone that needed help I would be the first one to get there,” she said.

Uati was in the year group below her in school and was like a “little brother” she said.

It was her belief that Uati was targeted by a group, who fled the scene after stabbing him.

Since the traumatic ordeal, she has been barely able to sleep, and said she had been surviving off energy drinks to get through her shifts at the Show.

She had been tasked with working near the scene of the crime but "broke down” when she saw it, so was moved to a different area.

Uati "Pele" Faletolu died after being stabbed about 8pm Monday.

The worker said while young members of the crowd seemed oblivious to what had unfolded at the grounds days earlier, adults appeared more wary as they made their way around.

A 16-year-old boy remains in a stable condition in hospital, while a 15-year-old relative of the victim has been released on bail after being charged with carrying a knife in public and affray over his alleged involvement in the brawl.

The person responsible for the death remains at large.

An investigation into the incident continues and police are appealing for anyone with information or vision of the incident, to come forward and contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.