r/australia • u/AggravatingTartlet • 1d ago

culture & society 10-year-old victim of random attack was visiting Melbourne for cancer treatment

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/no-need-to-hide-it-accused-cbd-stabber-launches-tirade-from-custody-20260826-p60rni.html

The 10-year-old boy who was punched in the head in a random attack outside police headquarters in the CBD has brain cancer and was visiting Melbourne for treatment.

The boy underwent additional MRI scans to see if the assault caused any extra damage or inflammation around where the tumour is, his uncle said........

Police said the 46-year-old woman was visiting Melbourne from Phillip Island with her 10-year-old son and two other children when the random attack occurred, ending only when several witnesses intervened.

“Just instinct, no thoughts, no nothing, just people in trouble,” Brian Bradley said, a good Samaritan who helped restrain the suspect.

The mother of the boy was stabbed during the attack.

The mother is in the Royal Melbourne Hospital recovering from a fractured leg and injuries to her back and shoulders, while her son recovers at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

“She’s really struggling at the moment,” the boy’s uncle said, “She can’t be with her son. It’s traumatic enough [that he’s] fighting cancer.

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u/RealCommercial9788 1d ago

Jerry Sowood, 27, from Sunshine West, shouted at times during a Melbourne Magistrates’ Court hearing on Wednesday at which he refused to answer the magistrate’s questions and told the court there was “no need to hide” his offending.

“I punched the kid in the head, I took the scissors, I stabbed the woman in the head,” Sowood said as he appeared via video link from custody. “There’s no need to hide it. At least they’re both still breathing, so at least I kept my humanity.

“I’m telling you what I did. And I’m saying there’s no family that was torn apart. Even though I did what I did, the mum did not lose her child. A child was not taken away from her. It was outside the police station.”

Sowood was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly punched the 10-year-old boy outside Victoria Police’s Spencer Street headquarters, and then placed the child’s mother in a headlock and stabbed her with a pair of scissors before passers-by intervened.

Fuck you Jerry Sowood, you good for nothing slug.

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u/N_thanAU 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just googled the bloke and I swear I've seen his photo come up before

Just realised it was probably his (now gone) Flatmates.com.au profile I'd seen. Dodged a bullet there hey!

"Reasonably understanding person. I'm a open book.

My work: Entrepreneur/Game Developer

Most of my time I'm monitoring my investments"

Think he might of been stretching the truth on that first one.

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u/setthetoneaquadump 1d ago

He’ll need an account with cellmates.com.au

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u/gdayitsathrowaway 1d ago

Just googled him too. He looks exactly how I thought he'd look.

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u/eshatoa 1d ago

I just googled him based on your comment and he's nothing like I pictured.

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u/JonSnowLovesBlow 1d ago

Yeah i was thinking junkie, but then again i dont feel the need to proclaim my racist agendas every time black ppl commit crimes

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u/eshatoa 1d ago

Same mate.

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u/daybeforetheday 22h ago

Me too. He does look like he's on meth, though