Four boys have used broom sticks to attack a 57-year-old disabled man who went to a laundromat in the early hours of the morning with the whole incident caught on CCTV.
The sickening incident took place in the south east Queensland town of Gatton at 3.30am on Sunday with the boys seen loitering at the laundromat playing with broomsticks before the man walks in.
As the man tries to use the washing machines the boys begin to poke him with broomsticks, even poking his face, as he tries to ward them off with his walking cane.
At one stage the boys have the man cornered with the broomsticks pointed directly at his throat and face.
Brandishing his cane the man attempts to herd the boys out of the laundromat’s back door but they continue trying to poke him and get back in.
One of the boys hurls a large rock at the door while unbeknownst to the man another climbs out of a large dryer where he had previously hid to join the fray.
Outside the the building the man is surrounded by the young thugs who attack him from different angles.
As the man uses his cane in self defence one of the boys viciously hurls a broomstick at his head.
Four boys have used broomsticks to attack a disabled man in a south east Queensland laundromat
Another boy emerges from a dryer, where he had been hiding, to join the violent assault on the disabled man
Queensland Police have charged three of the boys over the incident, with the youngest being just 12 years old.
The 12-year-old boy was charged with 2 counts of stealing, 3 counts of public nuisance, 1 count of common assault, and 1 count of willful damage.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with 3 counts of stealing, 4 count of public nuisance, and 1 count of willful damage.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with 5 counts of public nuisance, 1 count of common assault, one count of trespass and 1 count of willful damage.
The man, wielding a cane in self-defense, is cornered by the boys who aim broomsticks at his throat and face
The boys surrounded the man outside the laundromat as he tried to ward them off with his walking cane
All three boys are due to appear in Gatton Childrens Court on December 18.
Another 13-year-old boy was given a warning but not charged.
Police ask anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward.
Many Aussies called out the boys for the sickening attack.
‘I’m honestly embarrassed to been a teenager in this generation,’ one said.
‘Where are the parents,’ a second asked.
A third said: ‘Kids have no respect these days. That poor man he shouldn’t have to deal with this.’
‘I wish someone was there to defend the poor bloke,’ another added.
A fourth suggested: ‘Start putting curfews in place and charge parents when kids are caught out of curfew. This is so upsetting.’
‘It comes down to the lack of discipline from the parents and the courts,’ another said.
