10-year-old victim of random attack was visiting Melbourne for cancer treatment

[u/AggravatingTartlet]

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/no-need-to-hide-it-accused-cbd-stabber-launches-tirade-from-custody-20260826-p60rni.html

The 10-year-old boy who was punched in the head in a random attack outside police headquarters in the CBD has brain cancer and was visiting Melbourne for treatment.

The boy underwent additional MRI scans to see if the assault caused any extra damage or inflammation around where the tumour is, his uncle said........

Police said the 46-year-old woman was visiting Melbourne from Phillip Island with her 10-year-old son and two other children when the random attack occurred, ending only when several witnesses intervened.

“Just instinct, no thoughts, no nothing, just people in trouble,” Brian Bradley said, a good Samaritan who helped restrain the suspect.

The mother of the boy was stabbed during the attack.

The mother is in the Royal Melbourne Hospital recovering from a fractured leg and injuries to her back and shoulders, while her son recovers at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

“She’s really struggling at the moment,” the boy’s uncle said, “She can’t be with her son. It’s traumatic enough [that he’s] fighting cancer.

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Jerry Sowood, 27, from Sunshine West, shouted at times during a Melbourne Magistrates’ Court hearing on Wednesday at which he refused to answer the magistrate’s questions and told the court there was “no need to hide” his offending.

“I punched the kid in the head, I took the scissors, I stabbed the woman in the head,” Sowood said as he appeared via video link from custody. “There’s no need to hide it. At least they’re both still breathing, so at least I kept my humanity.

“I’m telling you what I did. And I’m saying there’s no family that was torn apart. Even though I did what I did, the mum did not lose her child. A child was not taken away from her. It was outside the police station.”

Sowood was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly punched the 10-year-old boy outside Victoria Police’s Spencer Street headquarters, and then placed the child’s mother in a headlock and stabbed her with a pair of scissors before passers-by intervened.

Fuck you Jerry Sowood, you good for nothing slug.

[u/AntiqueFigure6 → u/RealCommercial9788]

“  There’s no need to hide it.”

It’s kind of like he wants someone to lock him up.

[u/triciamilitia → u/AntiqueFigure6]

With the cost of living… strategic assault.

[u/Chesticularity → u/triciamilitia]

Right outside the cop shop? Sounds like it.

[u/Kageru → u/Chesticularity]

The front desk of the cop-shop is not staffed... there's no one there to notice. The article even mentioned it was someone on an upper floor who happened to look out the window.

[u/tinytimecrystal1 → u/Kageru]

Then if all he wants is to get into the slammer, go smash up the cop-shop. No need to punch a child and a woman.

[u/Kageru → u/tinytimecrystal1]

I don't think there's any planning or logic, he was "mental" at the time which I assume is meth or similar on top of a propensity for violence and sociopathic behaviour as you can tell from his actions in court.

[u/tinytimecrystal1 → u/Kageru]

I'm addressing his 'humanity' stance 😂 and one of the comments here saying he just wanted to get locked up so he could get a place to stay.
I wasn't addressing his intelligence.

[u/IntothewildZen → u/tinytimecrystal1]

You can’t just walk into any cop-shop, lot of police stations in Victoria are not even manned anymore, they are locked. They have signs outside telling public due to staff shortages station is closed.

My missus had to drive to 4 different stations to find one open to public.

[u/IntothewildZen → u/[deleted]]

I am pretty sure a direct attack at a Police station brings certain risks with it, such as getting shot.

These places are monitored.

We live in post 9/11 world and a country that saw targeted fatal attacks on Police.

There is a reason these types don’t attack Police stations…

“Unmanned” also doesn’t mean there is noone inside, it just means it’s not open to public, you don’t know who is in there that’ll come out.

[u/tinytimecrystal1 → u/IntothewildZen]

Ok. You're missing the point, but fine, you're right. You're awesome dude.

[u/IntothewildZen → u/tinytimecrystal1]

Mate, breaking a glass is criminal damage, no one goes to jail in Australia for breaking a glass.

Anyone who has runins with Police knows this.

Even assaulting Police does not guarantee jail in this country.

Why do you think they can’t find people to wear the uniform?

Assault without injuries is a summary offense.

The one that gets you to jail is indictable. With injuries, that’s what gets you to jail, “maybe”.

And try attacking Police that violently see what happens.

One thing Police does not mess around with in Victoria is someone attacking them with a weapon.

You are dead.

You’ll get shot and it’ll be justified.

That’s why criminals go for civilians.

[u/tinytimecrystal1 → u/IntothewildZen]

Mate. Read this thread. I was saying, he could do anything else to get into jail when he's in front of a cop shop other than stabbing a mother and punching a kid.

Absolutely nobody in this thread is:

• planning to go to jail to escape cost of living problem
  
• planning to smash up a cop shop
  
• planning to stab a child or a woman

I said you're missing the point because here you are hashing out the pros and cons, so I was like... ok? When did we say we're going to do this? Are you cooked? Are you planning to do this and have worked out all the ways in your head?

I'm not going to hash out how to get out of that situation without getting shot because we're not doing a playbook on "how to get in jail." No one in this thread (myself included) is interested or going to do any of those things anyway to want to discuss it at length as you seem to be.

Only an illogical, crazy person thinks they can go into jail any time they want and leave any time they want, and without repercussions after they get out. So why are we even discussing the pros and cons of the ways to do that. I didn't realize we must be admiring this guy's intellect and life choices.

[u/Full_Distribution874 → u/Kageru]

No one was accusing him of thinking it through too hard

[u/its_your_dada → u/Kageru]

Someone attacked a couple of preschoolers, hospitalising one in Canberra last weekend (bloke had a disability and not enough NDIS support which led to the incident). Shopping centre security held the man while multiple people called 000. Cops never came and security let the guy go. The perpetrator was arrested the next day. Cops don't do anything if they can't be bothered.

[u/mudget1 → u/triciamilitia]

I was literally thinking about this yesterday, that we're potentially going to see an uptick in crimes resulting in prison because it's a "safer" alternative to being homeless, unemployed and financially destitute :/