Cheltenham, Victoria: Teen charged after serious assault in Westfield Southland

May 2024 · 1 minute read

A young teenager has been charged after a 15-year-old girl was allegedly seriously assaulted inside a Melbourne shopping centre.

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with intentionally causing injury and affray over an incident inside Westfield Southland in Cheltenham on Sunday afternoon.

Witnesses described how a girl was chased through the shopping centre before being allegedly punched in the head “hard” causing her to fall to the ground before “they stomped [her] head to the marble pavement so hard that the [girl] got a seizure”.

The woman who watched the incident said she was let “absolutely traumatised”.

Police believe two girls were approached by a group of six teens in a store at about 3.15pm when a verbal altercation broke out.

They allege one girl ran from the scene while the other was seriously assaulted by the group.

The 15-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police say all parties are known to each other.

The boy will face a children’s court “at a later date” and investigations are ongoing, Victoria Police said.

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