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The Canberra Times
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Blake Foden

Boy to fight Weston skatepark murder charge at trial

Police at the scene of the alleged murder at the Weston skatepark last year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The boy accused of killing a fellow teenager at a Canberra skatepark will fight a murder charge in the ACT Supreme Court.

Magistrate Robert Cook on Monday committed the 16-year-old, who cannot be identified because he is underage, for trial.

The boy has pleaded not guilty to the murder of an 18-year-old man, whose name is also prohibited from publication.

He also denies an allegation of affray, which is linked to the same brawl at the Weston skatepark in September 2020.

A total of nine children and adults have been charged over the fight, which police allege was sparked by a war of words on Snapchat.

The boy accused of murder allegedly stabbed the victim six times during the melee.

He later allegedly showed some of the other brawlers a knife and told them "I just stabbed someone" and "I shanked him".

The boy is further accused of being involved in an assault at his school a month after the skatepark skirmish.

He has pleaded not guilty two charges laid over the school incident, and is set to face a hearing into those allegations in the ACT Children's Court on August 31.

His first appearance in the Supreme Court on the skatepark charges has been listed for June 3.

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