00:00Resembling a war zone, that is how the bloody scene left inside the Kefu's
00:06Coorparoo home was described by a Supreme Court judge. The family was
00:11viciously attacked in August 2021. Totai Kefu, his wife Rachel and their two
00:17adult children were stabbed and slashed with a knife and a sickle. The couple
00:21suffered life-threatening injuries. Outside neighbor Ben Cannon rushed to
00:26help but he too was attacked. The teens responsible were both 15 and pleaded
00:31guilty to downgraded charges earlier this year. Last month prosecutors argued
00:36the offenses were particularly heinous, a legal categorization which means they
00:41could be sentenced to more than 10 years in jail. But their lawyers submitted they
00:45only used violence in a reactive way out of fear of who they were trying to steal
00:51from. Today Justice Peter Davis told the court the Kefu's had a right to
00:55defend themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Kefu have done absolutely nothing wrong. They
01:00were peacefully occupying their house. You entered the sanctity of that
01:04dwelling with weapons and with an intent to use them. Justice Davis determined
01:09that some of their offending was particularly heinous but when the
01:13particulars were weighed against their personal circumstances he found it did
01:17not warrant a sentence of more than a decade. Both teens only have to serve 50%
01:23of their sentences. One will be released early next year. Neither had a conviction
01:28recorded.
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