Mother of Jason Galleghan breaks down in court as alleged postcode gang members are found guilty of murdering teenage son over AirPods

The parent of a 16-year-old fatally bashed successful brutal retribution for allegedly stealing AirPods burst into tears and stared down 1 of the big ring-leaders aft a tribunal recovered the brace blameworthy of murder.

Kayla Dawson, 22, and Richard Sione, 34, were convicted connected Monday of teen Jason Galleghan's murder, which occurred wrong Dawson's location successful the occidental Sydney suburb of Doonside connected August 6, 2021.

When the verdict was announced Jason's parent Rachel Galleghan began sobbing  and fixed her glare connected Sione arsenic helium was led backmost into custody.

Dawson, who was appearing via audiovisual nexus from a prison, lone nodded concisely arsenic the condemnation was passed, the Daily Telegraph reported. 

Both are accused of being associates of a occidental Sydney postcode gang.

Dawson believed Jason Galleghan had stolen her AirPods and she lured the lad into from a occidental Sydney bid presumption into an ambush by a radical of six assailants, arsenic purported retribution.

Sione led the battle connected Jason, which was past taken up by 5 teenagers who referred to him arsenic 'uncle' oregon 'dad'. 

The battle lasted for much than fractional an hour, and astir 7 minutes of it was recorded by Dawson and shared.

One portion of the signaling captured a teen assailant saying: 'Oi, halt … look astatine him (Jason)'.

Jason died of injuries from 2 days aboriginal successful hospital.

Both Dawson and Sione pleaded not blameworthy to the killing.

However, Justice Robert Allan Hulme recovered Dawson's relation was 'central' to the horrific transgression arsenic the organiser of the payback for the purported theft. 

A teen invited by Dawson to enactment successful the onslaught adjacent boasted astir it earlier the event. 

'Me and 2 of the boys are bashing idiosyncratic contiguous lmao,' a substance from teen, who was handed a 15-year jailhouse word implicit the incidental past August.

Dawson applied to person her complaint reduced to manslaughter claiming she had important cognitive impairment that affected her capableness to power herself oregon justice her ain actions.

The statement did not sway Justice Hulme.  

'The information that (she) chose to permission the country connected astatine slightest 1 juncture to spell extracurricular and talk to the acrophobic neighbours seems astatine likelihood with the proposition her capableness to power herself was substantially impaired,' helium said.

'She wanted the deceased to beryllium assaulted, due to the fact that helium had annoyed her and had bullied her, she willingly progressive herself and encouraged the protracted beating by being contiguous and signaling and transmitting it with evident glee.' 

Justice Hulme said Dawson's determination to movie and transmit video of the incidental besides undermined her claims of impairment, according to a study by Seven News.

'I conscionable can't halt laughing, I'm sending it to Johnno,' Dawson said during the assault.

Sione argued that 5 young radical who continued the bashing aft helium near Dawson's location were responsible. 

However, Justice Hulme recovered Sione was portion of the associated transgression endeavor which planned and carried retired the assault.

'He and others detained the deceased successful the bedroom, without his consent, to get a intelligence vantage by humiliating him to nonstop punishment and retribution for the perceived theft of Kayla Dawson's AirPods,' Justice Hulme said.

'He simply walked retired – helium said and did thing to deter immoderate continued battle by the co-participants successful the enterprise.'

Dawson and Sione volition beryllium sentenced connected July 8.

A fig of different teenagers charged implicit the fatal beating stay earlier the courts.