
Liep Gony memorial: Mother urges politicians to change language around ...
Sep 26, 2018 · Eleven years on, his mother has told a public memorial for her son she is afraid a similar tragedy could occur unless political leaders change the way they discuss youth crime.
Melbourne mother speaks out over son's 'racist' murder - SBS
Sep 26, 2018 · Eleven years have passed since Martha Ojulo’s son was brutally assaulted and left for dead on a Melbourne nature strip. He was just 19. Liep Gony was set upon by two white men armed with metal poles, but a Supreme Court judge said during sentencing the attack wasn’t racially motivated.
Murder 'shame on entire community' - The Age
Liep Gony, 18, died in The Alfred hospital last week, 24 hours after he had been left for dead with severe head injuries on a Noble Park nature strip. Sudanese Community Association of Australia president Samuel Kuot told mourners Liep's murder was "sad and troubling".
Mother of man bashed to death says her son was attacked due to …
Sep 26, 2018 · Sudanese migrant Liep Gony was just 18 in 2007 when he was attacked by two youths in Noble Park and left to die at a Melbourne train station.
Mother finally able to speak about death of her 'beautiful, brave' son
Sep 25, 2018 · For the first time since 19-year-old Liep Gony was murdered by two men in a racially motivated attack, his mother will mark the eleventh anniversary of his death by speaking publicly about her son for the first time at a commemoration ceremony in Melbourne.
The tragedy of Liep Gony: Family and community battle for …
The racially charged murder of Liep Gony in 2007 has torn through the South Sudanese Australian community for more than a decade. Now his younger cousin is working to change the public perception of her community – one act at a time. HARRISON JOHNSTONE tells the story.
Pair jailed over bashing death - ABC News
Dec 18, 2009 · Two men have been jailed for the fatal bashing of a young Sudanese man in Melbourne. Liep Gony, 19, was bashed to death with metal poles near Noble Park train station, in Melbourne's south-east in 2007. Clinton Rintoull, 24, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20 years jail with a non-parole period of 16 years.
Murder haunts Melbourne mum a decade on - 9News
Sep 26, 2018 · It's taken eleven years for the mother of murdered Melbourne teen Liep Gony to speak out about her son's brutal death. Hundreds gathered on the steps of the Victorian …
Liep Gony memorial held in teens honour Melbourne - 9News
Sep 26, 2018 · Family and supporters of Liep Gony, a 19-year-old beaten to death in 2007, have gathered at Melbourne’s Parliament to walk in honour of the teen. Mr Gony was murdered in the city’s south-east, and it has taken 11 years for the grieving mother to speak out.
Gony murder not racist – Judge | Herald Sun
Dec 18, 2009 · Justice Elizabeth Curtain said she was not satisfied that the vicious bashing death of Liep Gony, 19, by Clinton Rintoull was racially motivated. The judge said Rintoull, 24, was driven by a sense of anger and frustration and a belief violence involving a group of youths congregating at the Noble Park railway station was out of control.