Overview
- Sentencing is scheduled for 10am Wednesday before Chief Justice Helen Bowskill in the Queensland Supreme Court.
- The teenager, who cannot be named under Queensland law, earlier pleaded guilty to murder and to stealing and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
- Vyleen White, 70, was fatally stabbed in a Redbank Plains shopping-centre car park in February 2024, with investigators reporting the attack was believed to be motivated by theft of her Hyundai Getz.
- White’s husband called for the harshest penalty after the guilty plea, while daughter Cindy Micallef has campaigned for ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws and engaged with African community leaders to ease tensions.
- Victoria’s cabinet has endorsed ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms that would increase penalties for serious youth offences, with proposals indicating children as young as 14 could face life sentences for violent crimes.