Mullenjarly Pitt granted Supreme Court bail on wounding, knife, and attempted robbery charges

An 18-year-old, who along with two other teens is accused of stabbing a homeless teen in Toowoomba’s CBD, has been granted bail after appearing in Supreme Court.

An 18-year-old Oakey man charged in relation to the stabbing of a homeless teenager in Toowoomba’s CBD has been granted Supreme Court bail.

Mullenjarly Pitt was refused bail when he appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on February 17 after being arrested with two other teenagers for the alleged attack on a homeless 18-year-old man at the Neil St bus terminal about 7.15pm the night before.

Mr Pitt and fellow Oakey resident Byron Fraser, 19, and a 14-year-old boy, who as a juvenile cannot be named, have been charged with unlawful wounding, possessing a knife in a public place and attempted armed robbery in company arising from the incident.

None of the accused have been required to enter any pleas to the charge.

Police investigating stabbing of 18-year-old man in Toowoomba’s CBD on the night of February 16, 2023.

Fraser and the boy were granted bail with conditions, while Mr Pitt’s barrister Nathan Edridge brought an application for bail before Toowoomba Supreme Court on Thursday.

Mr Edridge argued that Mr Pitt had no criminal history at all and should he plead guilty to the charges he would not necessarily be required to spend any more time in jail than the 17 days he had already spent in pre-sentence custody.

Crown prosecutor Nicole Friedewald said the Crown objected to Mr Pitt’s bail on the grounds of risk of further offending while on bail and of potential contact with the complainant teenager.

Ms Friedewald said the attack on the vulnerable homeless man was planned and that the trio had posed for photographs with the hunting knife, allegedly used in the attack, which were posted to social media less than half an hour after the incident.

Mr Pitt told police he had seen the homeless man limping away after the altercation so he knew the man was injured yet none of the trio rendered assistance, Ms Friedewald said.

She said Mr Pitt had been present when the same homeless teenager was robbed in Queens Park in October 2022, though he hadn’t been charged in relation to that.

Ms Friedewald submitted if convicted on the charges Mr Pitt could well serve more than the time he had already served since his arrest.

However, Mr Edridge argued that bail conditions could be put in place to allay any fears of his client abiding by bail.

Justice Peter Applegarth granted the teenager bail with strict conditions.

Justice Peter Applegarth agreed and granted Mr Pitt bail on strict conditions including residing with family in Oakey, abiding by a nightly curfew of 6pm to 6am, having no contact with co-accused or the complainant man and to stay out of Toowoomba except for designated appointments and to be accompanied by an approved adult.

Mr Pitt and Mr Fraser’s respective cases are next to be mentioned in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on April 14 while the juvenile is to appear in Toowoomba Children’s Court.