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= The Murder of Liep Johnson Gony =

= Liep Johnson Gony’s early life = Liep Johnson Gony, was born in May 1988 in Sudan.[1] Liep and his family fled Sudan due to the Second Sudanese war in 1983.[2] When Liep was 6 years old Liep and his family seek asylum in Australia in 1999, residing first in Hobart Australia and then moved to Victoria in 2001, where Liep and his family settled down in Springvale South Victoria and was part of the Sudanese community in Springvale.[3]

= Liep Johnson Gony's Murder = On the 27 of September 2007, Liep was helping his mother prepare for his sister’s wedding.[4] Liep left the house that day to go and get more paint for his sister’s wedding, when he was approached by two white males with metal poles at Noble Park train station, who then beat and stabbed Liep to death while shouting out racial slurs as they were beating him.[5]

‘Liep suffered multiple serious injuries, including multiple [https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/petechial-hemorrhage#:~:text=A%20petechial%20hemorrhage%20is%20a,strangulation%2C%20hanging%2C%20or%20smothering. petechial haemorrhages,] subarachnoid haemorrhage, a commuted fracture of the distal left ulna, a fractured left nasal bone, a right acute subdural haematoma, a fractured left base of the skull, the depressed occipital bone fracture, a fracture of the left orbital floor, and [https://www.uptodate.com/contents/assessment-and-management-of-scalp-lacerations#:~:text=Scalp%20lacerations%20are%20a%20common,surgical%20staples%20under%20local%20anesthesia. occipital scalp lacerations] and forearm lacerations.[6] At 10.40 pm on 27 September 2007 his life support was turned off and Liep was “medically dead”.’[7]

The two men who killed Liep were, Clinton David Rintoull and Dylan Giuseppe Sabatino.[8] Both men were heard from their apartments that day saying that they wanted to “Kill a N******* and kill a black person” and both men spray-painted their apartment walls with a sign saying “Fuck da N*******.”[9]

Before the two men attacked and killed Liep they made a false phone call to the police that day.[10] Telling the police “that they were attacked by 20 Sudanese men down at Noble Park,” they refused to give their names and said, “they would do something about these Sudanese’s people.” [11]

After the two men brutally murdered Liep they fled to South Australia where they were later arrested and extradited back to Victoria by the South Australian Police force for the brutal murder of Liep Johnson Gony.[12]

= The Sentencing of Dylan Giuseppe Sabatino and Clinton David Rintoull = On the 28 of July 2011 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Clinton David Rintoull and Dylan Giuseppe Sabatino pleaded guilty to the killing of Liep Johnson Gony.[13]

Clinton David Rintoull was sentenced to 23 years imprisonment with a [https://csd.njca.com.au/non_parole_period/#:~:text=%E2%80%9Cnon%2Dparole%20period%E2%80%9D%2C,fixed%20by%20operation%20of%20law. non-parole period] of 19 years for murder. [14]

Dylan Giuseppe Sabatino was sentenced to 10 years with a [https://csd.njca.com.au/non_parole_period/#:~:text=%E2%80%9Cnon%2Dparole%20period%E2%80%9D%2C,fixed%20by%20operation%20of%20law. non-parole period] of 6 years for manslaughter.[15]

Clinton David Rintoull applied for an appeal to his sentence in 2011 but the appeal was later dismissed by the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal. [16]

= Aftermath = “Sudanese’s gangs” in Victoria have been long falsely reported on by the Australian media as a big problem and the rhetoric of the “Sudanese’s gangs” have left communities sacred, worried and has increased racism towards African- Australian people.[17] After the death of Liep the media disingenuously reported that it was a gang related rivalry between Sudanese’s gangs, that resulted in the death of Liep.[18] Along with this the Moomba riots in 2016 which involved a few Sudanese kids and Australian-born-youths who broke out into a small riot with police.[19] These riots were “heavily exaggerated” by the media and social media as ‘a gang of “Sudanese’s thugs” destroying Melbourne city.’[20]

= Liep Johnson Gony’s Legacy = At the time of Liep’s death he had successfully applied to study graphic design at a TAFE college and was about to commence full time employment.[21] Liep was known to his friends and family as a kind-hearted, kind spirited person, who would never judge anyone and accepted all people no matter what religion, race, or creed.[22] Nyakukuth Alama (Liep’s mother), describe her son as “a great kid and a loving son,” Nyawech Fouch (Liep’s cousin), remembers Liep as “someone who taught her to love herself and be who she is.”[23] Samuel Manual (one of Liep’s best friends), describes Liep as “a great friend with a kind soul and someone that was taken too soon from their life.”[24]

References [1] R v Rintoull & Anor [2009] VSC 617 at [63].

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] ABC New-In-depth. (2018, November 29). Truth about African crime in Melbourne. [video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGp4jHrfKfE.

[5] Ibid; R v Rintoull (n 1) at [135].

[6] R v Rintoull (n 1) at [84].

[7] Ibid.

[8] Ibid.

[9] Ibid at [74]; ABC New-In-depth (n 4).

[10] Ibid at [66]-[69].

[11] Ibid.

[12] Ibid at [81], [90].

[13] Ibid at [62].

[14] Ibid at [154].

[15] Ibid at [187].

[16] R v Rintoull & Anor [2011] VSCA 245 at [40]-[41].

[17] ABC News. (2018 September 5). ‘Fact check: Do Sudanese people account for only 1 per cent of crimes committed in Victoria?’ Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-05/fact-check-sudanese-gangs-victoria/10187550.

[18] ABC New-In-depth (n 4).

[19] Balaustein, J., & Benier, K. (2018 January 16). ‘Exploring the social consequences of the 2016 Moomba “riot.” Retrieved from https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2018/01/16/1299262/exploring-the-social-consequences-of-the-2016-moomba-riot.

[20] Ibid; ABC New-In-depth (n 4).

[21] R v Rintoull (n 1) at [63].

[22] Hente, C. (2018 November 19). The tragedy of Liep Gony: Family and community battle for healing. [video] retrieved from Mojo news https://www.mojonews.com.au/the-tragedy-of-liep-gony-family-and-community-battle-for-healing.

[23] Ibid.

[24] Ibid.