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Volume 8, Wednesday January 19, 2010
Death treated as A murder
Benjamin Brown, who is currently in custody Roxby Downs man has been charged with murdering his father after alleg- in Adelaide was refused bail, and is facing charges edly running him down in Tutop of murder and acts of endangering life. No court street in the early hours of Saturday date had been set at the time of publication. “Bear in mind what we’re saying is allegamorning.
Jason Schell and Graham Warren get a little help from Jason’s son Thomas as they prepare and plan for a Twenty/20 match in aid of the Queensland Flood victims.
Benjamin Brown, 21, of Roxby Downs, allegedly ran over and killed his 55-year-old father Anthony Brown. He is also accused of hitting and injuring a 22-year-old he had been arguing with earlier, and who was on the road near his father at the time. Police allege the two younger men involved had been drinking at The Roxby Downs Tavern prior to the incident. The accused, Benjamin Brown, allegedly drove his maroon Falcon sedan away from the Tavern, did a U-turn and came back at speed to hit both the deceased Mr Brown and a 22-year-old pedestrian. The 22-year-old was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non life threatening injuries with the accused, who also sustained non life threatening injuries. Tutop Street was cordoned off as police from Port Augusta CIB, Major Crime Detectives, Major Crash Investigators and the Forensic Response Unit arrived on Saturday morning. Operations Inspector Ian Humby spoke with The Monitor about the tragic event. “It sounds like there was some alcohol involved, strong feelings of people involved and it sounds like on the day there were altercations between various groups,” Inspector Humby confirmed. “There’s no evidence of drugs but I think what hasn’t helped the situation was consumption of alcohol and bad behaviour.”
tions,” said Inspector Humby. “The allegations are that there were some deliberate activities by the accused and that person was responsible for the death of his father and injuries to the other person. We are alleging that it was deliberately done. “It’s subject to an investigation to work through that sort of information. It’s still early days there’s a lot of work for police to be able to put this stuff together and put it to court. “Obviously we’ll make allegations and it will be looked at in due course by courts and they’ll make a determination. “Whether or not it happens in Roxby Downs or anywhere else it is a tragedy and it’s a terrible thing to happen,” said Inspector Humby. “You wouldn’t want this to happen anywhere. From a police perspective we are obviously very concerned at what has occurred. We give our condolences to the immediate family. “It’s a terrible thing and a terrible tragedy and it should not have happened. “This is why police have a role in the community to maintain and keep the peace and work with the community. It is now very important for the community to work with the police more than ever before because it is such an important thing to maintain peace and sustainability whether it’s Roxby Downs or Adelaide,” he concluded.
Death scene cordoned off
Going in to bat for Queensland See story on page 19
You are all invited to . . . .
A day for all local families to celebrate our great country
Roxby Downs Australia Day Celebrations Wednesday January 26, 2011 * Starting with a free breakfast and free entry to the swimming pool at 9 am - 1 pm * Australia Day Award presentations * Free Australia Day merchandise * Free pool entry until 5 pm
Come and join in all the fun Proudly sponsored by the Roxby Downs Council, and Roxby Leisure Centre