Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath lodges appeal to sentences for teens in for Kefu attack

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Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath lodges appeal to sentences for teens in for Kefu *******

Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath will appeal the sentences handed down to the two teens who attacked Wallabies legend Toutai Kefu and his family in a brutal home invasion, calling the punishments “manifestly inadequate”.

The teens, who can not be named for legal reasons, attacked Mr Kefu, his wife and their two ****** children at their Brisbane home in 2021.

Mr Kefu and his wife were stabbed and slashed in the ******* and both suffered serious injuries.

The police originally charged the teens, who were 15 at the time of the *******, with attempted *******, but the pair ultimately pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of malicious acts with intent.

Camera IconPolice set up a ****** scene outside the home of former Wallabies player Toutai Kefu. NewsWire/Tertius Pickard Credit: News Corp Australia

Justice Peter Davis, in sentencing the teens on June 27, said the ****** scene photos resembled a “war zone” with blood smeared on the walls and floor of the house.

Justice Davis sentenced one of the teens to seven years in jail and the other to eight years.

But the teens will only serve 50 per cent of their sentences because of “special circumstances”.

Convictions were not recorded.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconQueensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath called the sentences ‘manifestly inadequate’. Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia

Ms D’Ath said she had decided to appeal the sentences after receiving advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“Appeals have been lodged on the grounds the sentences imposed were manifestly inadequate, having regard to the maximum penalty and the declaration that some of the offences were heinous,” she said.

“Given this appeal process is now underway, no further comment will be made on the matter.”

The maximum penalty for the offence is life in prison.

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