Man charged with murder of Irish teen in Australia remanded in custody

A man charged with the murder of an Irish teenager in Australia was remanded in custody 16 months after the fatal incident.

Cian English (19) originally from, Bullock Park, Carlow town, but who was living in the eastern Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne, suffered traumatic injuries when he fell from a fourth floor balcony at the View Pacific resort in Surfers Paradise at about 3.15am on Saturday, May 23rd, last year during an alleged robbery.

Jason Ryan Knowles (22) appeared at 9am local time at Southport Magistrates’ Court in Queensland on Thursday. He is due to reappear in court on October 7th along with two co-accused, Hayden Paul Kratzmann (21) and Lachlan Paul Soper-Lagas (19).

Mr Knowles has been in custody since June last year along with Kratzmann, while Soper-Lagas is on bail after his grandparents offered their home as €65,000 surety.

Two female minors, whose names have not been released for legal reasons, are also charged with the teenager’s murder.

All five, who have appeared in court on several occasions since their arrests in June 2020, are also charged with stealing, robbery, torture and deprivation of liberty.