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Victim had withdrawn cash for young people before Sydney stabbing…

Police say the man, thirty-six, had withdrawn cash to give to young people before he was allegedly stabbed in Mount Druitt; a second boy, sixteen, is also charged.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN Overnight
Published 12:57 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “‘Absolutely senseless’: Boy, 13, charged with murder after man stabbed to death in Sydney’s west”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 12:57 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Sydney.
BBN covered this story before: Sydney under total fire ban as 37C heat and dry lightning loom (October 11).

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The Guardian‘Absolutely senseless’: Boy, 13, charged with murder after man stabbed to death in Sydney’s west

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Sydney today, police say the thirty-six-year-old man killed in Mount Druitt on Friday had just withdrawn cash to give to some young people when he was stabbed.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA thirteen-year-old boy is charged with murder, and a second boy, sixteen, has also been charged.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPolice have called the killing absolutely senseless, and the man's age is thirty-six, not thirty as we first reported.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the man was trying to help them.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is what police describe, and it is the detail that has made this case land so hard in western Sydney, where residents are asking how it came to this.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoth boys are minors, so the court will likely say very little. Is that a fair expectation?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Australia, courts tightly limit what can be published about children charged with crimes, so the public may learn the answers slowly, if at all.