Police in Brisbane, Australia, have arrested a 15-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a person whereas attending a home celebration at his residence.
The unidentified teenager was charged with first-degree homicide after the physique of the 58-year-old sufferer — millionaire businessman Greg Josephson, co-founder of in style Australian retailer Common Retailer — was discovered at his residence within the upscale neighbourhood of Clayfield on Thursday evening.
Emergency companies have been referred to as round 8:15 p.m. after receiving a name for a person with essential accidents, Queensland police stated in an announcement on Friday morning.
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Officers discovered the sufferer lifeless on the property, which was occupied by a big group of youngsters, Supt. Craig Williams advised reporters throughout a press convention.
He added that it was a complicated scene, explaining that a lot of the youngsters current have been unaware of what had occurred.
The 15-year-old who was ultimately charged was later positioned on a close-by road, police say.
“At this stage, the preliminary investigation signifies that no different individuals have been concerned aside from the 15-year-old boy,” Williams stated.
Police additionally positioned the alleged homicide weapon, he confirmed.
{The teenager} — who was refused bail and appeared in kids’s court docket Friday — was charged with one depend of homicide and brought into custody. A number of youngsters on the celebration are co-operating with police and have been transported to the station to contact their mother and father.
“No others have been taken into custody,” Williams stated, assuring that different folks current on the scene are being provided all potential help.
Police say the sufferer and accused knew one another, however didn’t elaborate on their relationship.
A spokesperson for Common Retailer confirmed the dying of its co-founder in an announcement.
“We needed to share the unhappy information that Greg Josephson, who based our firm and performed a major function till 2018, has not too long ago handed away,” it learn. “Our honest ideas and condolences are along with his household at this very unhappy time.”
Josephson co-founded Common Retailer in 1999 along with his brother Michael, and offered it in 2018 for a reported AU$100 million.
Neighbours advised Australian outlet 9News that they seen some commotion.
“I simply noticed children come up and congregate after which stroll again down the road,” resident Patrick Gallagher stated. “Surprising, it’s simply unbelievable.”
One other neighbour, Corinne Matthews, advised 9News she was in “absolute shock.”
“There was nothing that might give … any indication in anyway that this ever might have occurred,” she added.
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