Overview

• Two accused aged 16 and 15 refused to board transport to the Children’s Court, telling staff they did not want to undergo a compulsory DNA procedure.
• Children’s Court president Judge Jack Vandersteen issued a jail order for attendance, but a Youth Justice manager told the court the agency does not have authority to use reasonable force.
• Prosecutors will review legal options after the judge rejected suggestions to sit at the youth custody centre, describing the standoff as frustrating the administration of justice.
• Eight people have been charged over the September 6 Cobblebank stabbings, with five charged over the death of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and three over the death of 12-year-old Chol Achiek.
• Other juvenile matters return later in October and three adult co-accused — Prince Conteh, 19, Peter Addo, 18, and Abel Sorzor, 19 — are listed for Melbourne Magistrates Court in December.