A recent incident involving five teenagers allegedly stealing a
car before crashing into another vehicle two days later and causing
serious injuries to one of the occupants of the stolen car has
potentially left prosecutors with difficulties in establishing
criminal responsibility – including who if anyone in fact
stole the car and whether any of the occupants actually knew it was
stolen at the time they entered it.
The Incident
Police allege the four male teens, aged 17, 16 and two
aged 13, and one female aged 15, stole a Toyota Camry from Flora
Hill, about 3 kilometres south of Bendigo in Victoria on the night
of Wednesday, 25 September 2024.
It is alleged that at about 8.45am on Friday, 27 September 2024
CCTV footage captured the vehicle veering onto the wrong side of
the road before colliding with a Lexus SUV at an intersection in
Warranwood, about 28 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD.
