Man accused of stabbing teen killer to fight charges
A man accused of the courtroom stabbing of his brother’s teenage killer will fight the charges, his defence solicitor told reporters.
A man accused of stabbing his brotherâs teenage murderer as he was about to be sentenced in court will contest his charges, his solicitor has said.
Police allege Jamal Ahmed Iyow, on March 31, took a pen from the solicitorâs bar table in the Queensland Supreme Court and stabbed an 18-year-old male in the shoulder.
Ahmed Iyow, 22, is the brother of Abddullahi Ahmed Iyow, who was fatally stabbed at age 19 by the juvenile defendant at the southern Brisbane suburb of Acacia Ridge in June 2024.
Jamal Ahmed Iyow was excused from attending his first appearance on Thursday in Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with unlawful assault causing bodily harm with an offensive weapon and making threats to kill.
Defence solicitor William Kennedy was granted an adjournment and Ahmed Iyowâs bail was continued.
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Kennedy said outside court that his client was innocent unless proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt and âthe charges will be contested at this stageâ.
âWe hope to get a good result for him. Anyone in his circumstances, Iâm sure you could understand, would act in that sort of way but as I said heâs innocent until proven guilty.â
The juvenile defendant, who cannot be named as he was aged 17 at the time, was due to be sentenced for Abddullahi Ahmed Iyowâs murder when Jamal Ahmed Iyow allegedly attacked the defendant before the hearing could begin.
The teen was sentenced at a rescheduled hearing in the Queensland Supreme Court on Monday.
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Justice Rebecca Treston told the teen defendant he had taken the life of a joyful young man and left Abddullahi Ahmed Iyowâs family with a devastating loss.
Justice Treston said the teen had stabbed his friend in âvirtually unprovoked circumstancesâ after an altercation in which the victim broke his phone.
âIt could hardly be considered to have provoked your response. (The victim) was on the ground when you repeatedly stabbed him,â she said.
âYou inflicted violence when the victim did not fight back.â
The teen was sentenced to 12 years detention with a requirement he serve 70 per cent of that time.
Kennedy said outside court on Thursday the teenâs sentence was a âdifficult pill to swallowâ for his client.
âThere has been those new reforms to youth justice. Unfortunately it has been after the fact (to the murder of Abddullahi Ahmed Iyow). I canât say much more than that,â he said.
Under Queenslandâs âadult crime, adult timeâ laws, juvenile offenders found to have committed a murder after December 12, 2024 will face a mandatory minimum of 20 years in custody.
Jamal Ahmed Iyowâs charges are due to be heard again at Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 7.
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