Teen charged after alleged violent robbery at site of Aidan Becker’s death
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with multiple assaults and robberies at South Morang and Mernda train stations in Melbourne, including an incident at Mernda station where 22-year-old Aidan Becker was fatally stabbed weeks earlier while intervening in a robbery. The alleged crimes occurred before protective service officers were scheduled to begin patrols at the stations. The incidents have reignited concerns over youth violence and safety on Melbourne’s public transport network. The teen appeared in children’s court, and investigations are ongoing.
- ▪The 15-year-old girl is accused of assaulting and robbing a 16-year-old girl at South Morang station on Saturday.
- ▪Two days later, she allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old boy with a glass bottle at the same station and then traveled to Mernda station to commit another assault and robbery.
- ▪At Mernda station, the girl and an accomplice allegedly trapped a teenage girl in a lift, assaulted her, and stole her phone and wallet.
- ▪The mother of the Mernda victim described her daughter’s trauma and said witnesses could see and hear the attack through the lift’s glass windows but couldn’t intervene.
- ▪Mernda station became a focal point for public safety concerns after Aidan Becker was killed there in March while trying to protect a robbery victim.
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