Chikayne Heslip was one in every of practically 100 younger individuals who dropped out of a Waikiki home celebration simply earlier than midnight in December 2020.
As the group started to disperse, the 17-year-old was discovered on the road. Drunk, small quarrels broke out between party-goers.
18-year-old Kingston Coomer stabbed 17-year-old Chikayne Heslip to loss of life at a home celebration within the Perth suburb of Waikiki.
One other teenager was hit with a bottle. He did not see who had killed him, however Heslip was the closest particular person to him when he turned, so he adopted.
Heslip didn’t know {the teenager} and fled because the variety of individuals following him elevated to 5. He slipped and fell and was crushed by the indignant mob.
Visions recorded on cellphones of shocked spectators confirmed Heslip in a fetal place making an attempt to guard his head earlier than his physique turned paralyzed. The assault was described as “vicious” and “repeated”.
One of many teenagers, who didn’t know the opposite attackers or the sufferer, however had simply joined the beating, started to strike Heslip’s total physique quickly. Heslip’s pal dived over him to attempt to save him from the assault, however the teen’s accidents had been deadly.
An post-mortem later revealed that 18-year-old Kingston Coomer had stabbed Heslip 32 instances.
Kumar left the scene and later claimed he was not concerned within the assault, regardless of a number of recordings of the incident being handed over to the police by the injured youths.
He was finally discovered responsible of homicide by a jury and sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in jail on the Supreme Courtroom of Western Australia on Tuesday.