The brother of a girl accused of assaulting an elderly man on a bus has compared his sister to the late Charlotte Dawson.
Mitchell Watmough has come to the defence of his sister, Larna Watmough, and her friend, Layni Cameron, who have been charged with assaulting blind pensioner Paul Buttigieg. And when we say 'come to the defence', we mean, 'made things worse'.
The Courier Mail reports that Mitchell took to Facebook to post that his sister is a "huge victim", despite the media's attempts to portray the girls as "terrible villains". Then it got weird.
"I have watched as cyber bullying has been taken to a whole new level towards my sister and my family after the loss of the late Charlotte Dawson committing suicide over cyber bullying and everyone declaring we should lock up cyber bullies.
"All these people are commenting on an edited, cropped video and numerous false accusations on top of fictional journalism. My first sight of the video, I was also disgusted and embarrassed, but after learning the video has been edited to make only the girls look like terrible villains, I now see what the media has done to create a massive story."
Mitchell also denied his sister and her friend had hurled racial slurs at Mr Buttigieg, but admitted they had been singing 'My Nigga' by rap artist YG.
