A court has opted to keep Australia’s youngest-ever convicted murderer locked up for now amid fears he could act out thoughts of revenge if allowed to walk free.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was 13 years and 10 months old when he stabbed toddler Courtney Morley-Clarke to death after abducting her from a home on the NSW Central Coast.
He was sentenced in August 2002 to 20 years behind bars but was released in September 2023, before swiftly being returned to custody for breaching his conditions.
