The teenager who Murdered Vyleen White , Sentenced!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It was almost two years ago Marney It town Square

(00:01):
were being planes. A teenager murdered. Queens and grandmother Violin White.
Her daughter joins us. Now, Cydy Michelif good morning, Cindy.
How are you?

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh, good morning? I'm okay. Who is a bit exhausted
after the last couple of days, as you can imagine.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, of course. Now Chief Justice Allan Bow School delivered
the judgment yesterday morning from the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Sixteen years for this teenager. It could be out in
eight How are you feeling? Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Look, Chief Helen Bow skilled. She did an amazing job
just honestly. You know, when she said I'll pass my
judgment tomorrow, we're like, oh okay. But she obviously there
was a lot to carefully consider. We were working with
the old laws. We're not under the new laws they
came in afterwards. For what she had to work with,

(00:55):
I think she did the best she could and that's
all that could be done. I mean, unfortunately, when you
enter a guilty please but let's give you a discount.
And unfortunately that's how it works.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Well, yes, this is the system true. I mean obviously
for the family. I mean we've heard this story, as
you've said, for the last few years, horrific closure for
the family in some sense sight that things have been
dealt with, but very difficult for you as a family
because obviously your life has changed. It's never the same.

(01:32):
But to go through that process again, I can only
imagine would have been horrendous for you and the family.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
It was unbelievable and it was just so confronting these
last couple of days because there's information we found that
we just didn't know the fact the knife was plunged
seventeen that the movies into mom's chess. We knew like

(01:59):
that was a lea all blow, but just that's huge,
and you know, obviously put it pretty much insistant. So
and the fact that we know my niece ran over
to try and save her, you know, how do you
deal with that? I mean, this child is scarred forever.

(02:23):
And then when she realized she couldn't wake her, in
her words, she bolted up the escalator to try and
find help. There were so many people affected by this,
not just our family, but the first responders have gone
on stressly, you know what I mean. It's an epy
center of tragedy and it's affected the whole area. Yeah, well, of.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Course it's your backyard.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah well actually heinous and as you said, like so
many people affected, and that is a very good question,
how do you get through? I don't think there is
an easy answer to that, because you don't sense like
it's it's never the same. You know, when you've experienced
something that there is significant trauma around that, we.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Knew it is not the same. It's not safe. And
how do you go into the world thinking, oh, well,
it won't happen to me. When it did, the worst
has happened. How do you live life not scared?

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Look, we're always here for you, Cindy, Yes, thank you.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
You guys look after each other. It has been it
has been a huge thing for you to go through
in process, but our thoughts are with you and your
family always.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh look, there's still a lot of battles ahead. I mean,
you know, one of my sisters is still homeless, so
we're still fighting on that front. You know, my other
sister trying to raise now an eight year old who's
experienced the worst possible horror you could imagine. Everybody's trying
to make sense of life. Of course, of course, all right,

(03:59):
thank you for so much of your time.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
Thank you for your time.

Speaker 3 (04:02):
You take care of yourselves, Oh right, thank you.