Australian teen jailed for 13 years over Indian's murder that fueled diplomatic dispute

Agree with above comment it was not a racially motivated crime the kid was a violent idiot who will spend at least eight years in jail. All for a mobile phone?

Well, that nit deserves prison time a good 20+ years too short IMO. I'm sad for the victim and his family...

Hmmm.... Just 13 years for killing someone? I am really surprised. I never imagined Australian courts would be that lenient when dealing with murderer. How do the Australian court plan to deal with citizens from other countries who were murdered for having black and brown skin?

Or is the court lenient as the murderer was from Australia.

Rob.

And at 25, after spending 8 years in Jail, he will be a model citizen, polite and courteous to people of all cultures...

/Sarcasm

The judge stated it was NOT a racial crime, due to the youths age (15) and hope of rehabilitation explains the 13 year sentence, I agree it's a little light, but it was not premeditated, nor overly gruesome (gruesome enough) a mugging gone wrong. At 16 13 years is a life sentence. Hope he does not return to society a muscle bound aggressive nut case 50/50 on that!

Apparently, murderers get much lighter sentences than rapists/sex offenders. Where is the Murderer Registry List?

Racism?? Not too sure, but this idiot, at 15, killing somebody for a stupid cellphone?? WTF!! Was this kid high on drugs?? Was he trying to steal to then go out and buy drugs?? We need more info! RIP poor Indian dude out in Melbourne, Oz.

I have mixed feelings about this crime. The kid was underaged, just 15, had no prior convictions and was in the company of friends (who mysteriously seem to have escaped sentencing), and the fact that the victim had time to dial 000 suggests that this was a robbery gone wrong and the kid just panicked. On the other hand the kids (all of those involved) didn't confess, and at least one of them was armed... well, that makes it worse to me.

My real reservation comes from the fact that this one kid seems to have been made a scapegoat for political reasons.

CVHuanDec. 22, 2011 - 02:25PM JST Apparently, murderers get much lighter sentences than rapists/sex offenders. Where is the Murderer Registry List?

Good point, especially since murderers have a much higher rate of recidivism than sexual offenders (more than double).

It followed a spate of muggings and beatings, accompanied by migration scams and colleges charging for substandard courses, which prompted street protests by Indians in Melbourne and Sydney in 2009.

The Aussies have some serious issues with people of color.

RR

Serious issues? Melbourne is so multicultural believe me going to the supermarket you will see all races, go to an Asian, Indian, African supermarket and again all races enjoying diversity. Yes the victim was Indian and happened at a time of several incidences involving the Indian community, their cricket team is now touring Aust with fans in tow and it's just not an issue, great to see them and Aussies together enjoying the rivalry. To be an Aussie involves having a social group that includes a cross-section of cultures the common theme is all are Australian. Exclude the rasist idiots as we all do even in Japan.

with Delhi condemning the killing as a “heinous crime on humanity” and “an uncivilized brutal attack on innocent Indians.”

In India there are thousands of poor people or so called low cast people are murdered every day by the rich high class people and none of them are punished by the law. Many young couple were killed in the name of honor killing as they married a different cast. Many woman are being killed for not bringing money from own home to the groom`s house. There is no out cry for it. Do they think that people in own country are not part of "Humanity"????

This has more to do with poor parenting than with racism. Unfortunately, international students aren't always aware of local conditions and often find themselves in parts of a city that locals wouldn't go anywhere near at night. This makes them prime candidates for robbery. It's the same in every country. My job is to work with international students, and while most of them are very intelligent, they are completely unprepared for the cultural differences between their home country and Australia.

This is not "racism", this is spoilt kids who think the the world owes them everything they want and are only looking for the easiest mark to take. There is little doubt that if a white Australian had walked alone through the same park that night that the same thing would have happened. The true tragedy is that a young man with his whole future before him had it all taken away by a greedy kid with no morals who was willing to stab someone with a knife just so he could get the latest hi-tech fashion accessory. Very sad.

I really do not know too much about Australia, need to ask some of my friends from that country, but I do know that a few months ago, Asian/Indians were being attacked in Australia in racists attacks and most if not all of those attacks never lead to deaths, but the Indian government had been asking the Australian government to do something about those attacks and I guess this was the straw the broke the camel's back?? So maybe just in this case no racism was involved, but in other cases that can be easily found on the internet, Australians attacking Indians, etc..can be found on Google etc..RIP Indian dude and what can I say about this young Aussie?? No death penalty right? I hope he never attacks again, if he does maybe then Australia should lock him up and throw away the key.