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A 12-year-old boy has been denied bail for allegedly attacking a 60-year-old good Samaritan in Melbourne. The victim was injured after intervening in a theft. The boy is one of five children charged.

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112-year-old denied bail
2Alleged attack on good Samaritan
3Victim intervened in theft
4Victim sustained "unsurvivable injuries"
5Five children charged

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7NEWS A Melbourne Twelve-year-old denied bail over Melbourne good Samaritan attack as the magistrate denied bail to her 12-year-old son over this alleged attack on a good Samaritan. The 60-year-old victim rushed in to help a fellow shopkeeper confronted by a group of young thieves. Police say the youths then set upon the man, punching him repeatedly before he fell and hit his head, sustaining what the court has told are "unsurvivable" injuries. The 12-year-old is the youngest of five children charged over the alleged violence.

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A 12-year-old boy has been denied bail over an alleged attack on a 60-year-old good Samaritan in Sunshine, Melbourne. The victim intervened to help a fellow shopkeeper confronted by a group of young thieves and was repeatedly punched before falling and hitting his head, sustaining what the court has described as “unsurvivable injuries”. The 12-year-old is the youngest of five children charged over the alleged violence. #Melbournecrime #youthviolence #Sunshine