Teenage girl accused of terrifying Port Kennedy kidnapping admits booze stealing spree in Manning

A teenage girl accused of committing a terrifying kidnapping with her mother — which was filmed and posted online — has pleaded guilty to an alcohol stealing spree in Manning. The 16-year-old was denied bail when she fronted Perth Children’s Court via videolink from Banksia Hill Detention Centre on Friday. In another appearance on Monday, the girl admitted stealing more than $1100 worth of alcohol from BWS in Manning on five different occasions between February and March. Magistrate Andrée Horrigan will hand down her sentence for the offences after more serious charges laid in relation to the Port Kennedy incident — deprivation of liberty, aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm and aggravated robbery — are dealt with. The disturbing Port Kennedy footage showed a 17-year-old female victim crying out for help after being punched multiple times, grabbed by her hair and thrown in a car on September 1. Once inside the car, the girl was filmed with blood pouring down her face, screaming “leave me alone” and “no, please, don’t take my stuff”. The ordeal lasted about 10 minutes, with the girl shoved down into the rear footwell of the car and, according to police and prosecutors, the driver forced to drive around under duress. The victim suffered significant facial injuries. The court was told on Friday that the complainant had a relationship with a cousin of the accused girl, who was acting as a “vigilante”. The teen is also yet to enter pleas to charges laid over a similar midnight attack on a kissing couple at Perth Cultural Centre in December that left the pair with bruised eye sockets and the male needing five stitches. Like the Port Kennedy incident, it is alleged a woman was punched in the face, had her hair pulled and robbed. It was also filmed. The teen will return to court on Friday for another bail hearing, with alternative accommodation assessed in the meantime. A central reason Magistrate Sarah Dewsbury denied bail last week was because the girl and her mother proposed to reside at the home of the same relative. Ms Dewsbury wants to keep them separate. The outstanding charges are scheduled to progress by October 25.