Murder charges have been laid against three teenage girls allegedly involved in a wild street brawl in which a heroic mum was allegedly stabbed to death.
Kristie McBride, 39, was stabbed in the head and torso during an alleged fight between two groups of girls outside a home in Warrawong, in the NSW Illawarra region south of Sydney, on November 22 last year.
Ms McBride died in Wollongong Hospital 10 days after the alleged attack.
A 15-year-old girl was charged with murder following Ms McBride’s death.
Six teenage girls aged 13-17 were charged in relation to the brawl, as well as the victim’s sister Carly McBride, then 37.
Additional murder charges has since been laid against three girls who were friends with the first girl accused of murder.
The new charges were confirmed in in Port Kembla Children’s Court on Tuesday, when four girls’ matters were mentioned, the ABC reported.
Two of the girls remain behind bars on remand.
Kristie McBride, 39 (pictured), was stabbed in the head and torso during an alleged brawl in the NSW Illawarra region south of Sydney on November 22 last year
The three girls recently charged with murder will reappear in court later this month, where prosecutors are expected to apply to revoke bail for two of the teens.
Two teenage girls also faced Port Kembla court in a separate hearing on Tuesday.
One girl, who was 17 at the time of the brawl, pleaded guilty to affray, while another pleaded guilty to being armed with an instrument to commit an indictable offence.
Following the guilty pleas, the agreed facts were tendered to the court.
They revealed a group chat was created on Instagram the evening before the fight, to organise the brawl between the two groups of teenage girls.
The fight would see the group of four teenage girls now charged with murder, take on another group, including two 17-year-old girls also currently before the courts.
The ABC reported documents alleged a 15-year-old girl from the first group suggested she would ‘flog them all’ because they ‘talked s*** about her and her sister.’
‘You can (sic) bring girls to my house [expletive] I’ll knock youse all,’ the 17-year-old replied.
As part of the group chat, the 15-year-old first charged with murder made a total of 11 violent threats against the 17-year-old’s younger sister, the facts stated.
The facts revealed she allegedly told the girl ‘I’ll gut you like a fish’ and ‘not before I cut you open’.
A meeting was arranged between the girls at 2pm on November 22.
The agreed facts stated three of the teenage girls ‘stole three knives’ from a Wollongong supermarket on the morning of the brawl and both groups of girls made violent threats to each other during the day.
The alleged brawl between two groups of two teenage girls in which Kristie McBride was stabbed was filmed on two mobile phones. A screenshot is pictured
After becoming aware of threats in the group chat, Carly McBride asked her sister to come over ‘so she felt safer’
The agreed facts state after the four teenage girls arrived with other young people, Carly McBride wielded a metal baseball bat while a teenager at a Warrawong home was armed with a piece of timber.
The subsequent brawl was filmed on two mobile phones.
One of the teenagers was allegedly struck by Carly McBride with a baseball bat, before Kristie McBride approached another girl.
The facts stated the 15-year-old girl allegedly ‘swung the knife at Kristie McBride’s head, causing a 6 centimetre laceration to the left parietal scalp and 2 centimetre laceration to the left forehead.’
Kristie McBride was then allegedly stabbed in the stomach twice.
The agreed facts stated as she started to walk away from the scene of the brawl, she said, ‘That little c*** stabbed me.’
One of the 17-year-olds flagged down a police car and Carly McBride allegedly chased the teenagers armed with a bat.
Kristie McBride (pictured) died in Wollongong Hospital, 10 days after allegedly being stabbed during the alleged brawl between two groups of teenage girls
The facts stated the 15-year-old girl gave her knife to a friend, who allegedly disposed of it less than a kilometre from the scene, which police found soon afterwards.
Three of the teenagers were arrested at the scene, the 15 year-old who police allege stabbed Kristie McBride was not arrested.
The court heard the 15-year-old responded later to the Instagram chat, ’Is ya girl dead?’
‘Looks like a stab wound is pretty deep aye, might wanna send her to the hospital.’
On Tuesday, Magistrate David Williams sentenced a now 18-year-old girl to a 12-month good behaviour bond for one count of affray.
Her co-accused will be sentenced at a later date.
Magistrate Williams said although there was there was ‘no doubt’ she participated in the brawl, she played a ‘relatively minor role’.
He told the court the accused engaged in ‘violent acts’ and only stopped when she saw one of her opponents armed with a knife.
“[Her death] has had a profound effect on [the accused], as it has had a profound effect on all those involved,” Magistrate Williams said.
‘It is a terribly tragic incident and all people involved bear responsibility of what happened.’
