The 19-year-old man, who cannot be identified due to being a minor at the time of offending, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Balin Stewart in June after the jury found he did not intend to kill him.
A teenager who stabbed a 16-year-old boy to death during a fight on the Sunshine Coast has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Balin died after being stabbed once in the heart by the teenager during a physical altercation outside his Buddina home in January last year."The power from the ripples of grief from this tragedy spread far and wide," she said. "My heart aches every day, time and time again. You have stolen the little moments I will never have again," he said.Mr Stewart slammed the defendant's testimony during the trial."Listening to your version of events, designed to create uncertainty and confusion, made us feel sick to our core," he said."You were cold, callous, and calculated answering those questions during the trial, removing any compassion or sympathy I had for you prior.
Mr Stewart said it was not just Balin's life that had been taken but his whole family's, detailing the impact on each member."Kerri-Lyn and Balin were incredibly close, closer than any other mother and son," he said."She was a beacon, a lighthouse, the strength of our family and now she is a shell of herself, barely recognisable."In a statement read to the court, the 19-year-old defendant expressed his condolences to Balin's family.
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