1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: Staying in Alice Springs. 2 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 2: We are going to hear from a mother whose son 3 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: was brutally attacked by a group of yous while going 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 2: for an afternoon walk in Braitlin. Her name is Saputra Micha, 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: but she's known as Fawn and joins me on the 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: line right now. 7 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: Good morning, Fawn, Good morning Kenny. How are you not 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: too bad? Fawn? What happened to your son? 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 3: If I recall it back on Monday two weeks ago, 10 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 3: on the thirtieth, my son went up for walk and 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 3: exercise and expectually when he went to the park in 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 3: Bradling area, there's a kids a bunch of kids were 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: sitting there as well, and then they attack him with 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 3: that axe. 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: Fawn, you must have been absolutely beside yourself when you 16 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: found out what had gone on. 17 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, it's been a heart it's been a 18 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: heart during in the last two weeks now, and I 19 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: just telling myself just have to be strong to support 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: my son and it's really hard, like it's for your 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: aunt safety as well. He has become a bit concern 22 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 3: for me. 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, I bet he has. It would be incredibly tough. 24 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: Now phone tell me, was he badly injured in that initial. 25 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 3: Attack, so he got crushed on his legs. That one 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: is from the act. Luckily my son had like a 27 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 3: sweatpants long sweatpants and then sucks, so the act doesn't 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: really cut deep to his skin, so it's just like 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 3: a scratch there. And also he gets like a kick 30 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 3: and then hit around his body as well. Yeah, and 31 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: we were a tent. I was bringity night the same 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 3: day and we say that five hours there to get 33 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 3: everything done. Even we do X ray. 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: Now, so I understand that he was targeted again a 35 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: few days later. 36 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: What happened that time? 37 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: So that was a Friday last week, So my frin 38 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 3: just finished school around three o'clock. And then at the 39 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 3: time that he woke out to waiting a bus and 40 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 3: the bus station in front of the apparently the kid 41 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 3: who attend him on Monday the day before, he come 42 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: back with another kid. Like there are different kids, but 43 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 3: one of them it's like related to the precious incident 44 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: on Monday. He saw them first and then he ran 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: back to school and start to school and talked to 46 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: the principal that he recognized one of those guys. They've 47 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: been waiting him outside the gate and I think he 48 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 3: got like from what he taught me that he got 49 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 3: like they're threatening him, like yell at him. So I 50 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 3: got a phone call from the principle that afternoon informed 51 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: me about the incident, and likely the principal offer my 52 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 3: son to drop him home, not sure that he's safe, 53 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 3: and I attend the local police station to make a report. 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: For what are the police, Like, what have they told 55 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: you at this point? 56 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so police attend my heart to take more information 57 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: from the second incident in the school, and then they 58 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: just given up that from the first incident incident on Monday. 59 00:03:54,160 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 3: They still doing some investigation. So yeah, I really with 60 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 3: things can get in place and get it done quickly. 61 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: It's just yeah, fun. 62 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: How is your son going? 63 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 3: He's a bit down, He's okay. He tried to be strong, 64 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 3: he attended school. He just tried to keep living a 65 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 3: normal life day to days. But I can tell that 66 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: and mentally he got a lot of anxiety. He's feeling unsafe, 67 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: like even me just to let my gut my son 68 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: go to school, always thinking a lot that what's going 69 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 3: to happen? You never know, And we're still in this 70 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 3: sun all this spring, and then the kid is just 71 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 3: out there. They're not getting old anywhere. So yeah, oh fun, how. 72 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: Are you going? You must be absolutely beside yourself. 73 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 3: I'm feeling really done and real it's that what's just 74 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 3: happening to my son, and it's just really make me 75 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 3: realize that the community that we live in just not 76 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 3: longer a safe place for us, and I'm thinking to 77 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 3: move art from this sun that's I think that's the 78 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: best way for me and my son. 79 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: I can understand why you're feeling that way, because you know, 80 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: we as parents do everything that we can to try 81 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: to keep our kids safe, and you know, then for 82 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 2: something like that to happen, and not only once, but 83 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: then to be threatened again just last Friday, I can't 84 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: imagine how you must be feeling. 85 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's just like an ongoing issue, Like I 86 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: don't know, like when they're going to come back for 87 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 3: my son next year, in the next two weeks. I 88 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 3: never know that. So yeah, for a safe consent. It's 89 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 3: just really worrying me that much at the moment. 90 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, for. 91 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: What, Like, what do you think needs to happen in 92 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: the town right now, because you know, what's happened to 93 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: your young fellow is not good. Enough, you should not 94 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: have to worry about that. Like, what do you think 95 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: needs to happen? 96 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 3: I need a chance, I think, well, I mean, like 97 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 3: I really wish that a really a proper legislation regards 98 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: to the loads with kids underage doing stuff like this 99 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 3: because for me, like kids they do some criminal things 100 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 3: and they get bailed with condition, it's just not enough. 101 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: It's not giving them a different attack. And in fact 102 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 3: that's happened in the sound a lot of kids. They 103 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: can run around and they're thinking that, okam, so I 104 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 3: should be good to go and a take to make 105 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 3: a car or hurt somebody because they're now at the 106 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: end of the day they will get bail. Well, as 107 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 3: the mother of my kids, my children, I'll just stand 108 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: really straightforward to my kids and tell them that's not 109 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 3: right things. But it's that when they go out there, 110 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 3: and then as my environment, just like that, Okay, kids 111 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: can go and do things and they're not getting anything. 112 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 3: It's not even gonna help. So I hope they can 113 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: make something or cancel legislation in place about criminals with kids, 114 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: you know what I mean, But unfortunately I don't have 115 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 3: that power in my hand. I believe that so many 116 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 3: people out there they think the same as well, that 117 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 3: they really need a really strong rules of proper rules 118 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 3: to everyone in this community to make community safe. 119 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, and by the sound of it, you've 120 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: reached the point where you really don't want to continue 121 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: living there. 122 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: No, no, I absolutely had enough with this son, Like 123 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: I think, like for work wise, it is good, and 124 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: then people here lustily like amazing that this is a 125 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 3: really good community. But just out there's some people they 126 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 3: do kind of stuff like this, which is absolutely like, 127 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,559 Speaker 3: that's sad, Like, yeah, I'm just not good. 128 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: Yep, it's incredibly sad. 129 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 2: And for what you've been through with your son over 130 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks is utterly heartbreaking. You know, 131 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 2: your son shouldn't feel unsafe walking to school or going 132 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: to school. You know, to be assaulted with an axe 133 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 2: is the stuff that nightmares are made off. 134 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. 135 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I really appreciate you having a chat with me 136 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 2: this morning. We'll stay in contact with you. I'm keen 137 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: to hear you know how things do progress us over 138 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: the next few days, So please stay in contact with us. 139 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: I really appreciate you taking the time to speak with 140 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 2: us this morning to give our listeners a bit of 141 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: an understanding of what it's been like for you and 142 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 2: your son and your family over the last couple of weeks. 143 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you for having us. 144 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. 145 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: Really appreciate your son. 146 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: Thanks Von, I appreciate yours.