Five teenagers charged with murdering 15-year-old Solomone Taufeulungaki have been granted bail and told they must follow strict conditions – including a curfew and a social media ban – in the two years before their trial.
Solomone, 15, was stabbed to death on June 16 outside the Brimbank Shopping Centre in Deer Park.
Police have charged a total of 11 people with murder over his death, including nine boys, aged 13 to 17, and two men, aged 20 and 23. The accused boys cannot be named.
Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan this month granted bail to five of the boys – two aged 13, one aged 14 and two 15-year-olds.
Justice Coghlan said he was leaning towards granting bail to the five boys because of their young age, the expected delay before their trial and their previous good compliance with bail.
The bail was set with a number of strict conditions.
