The brother of an uber driver killed by two passengers on Queensland’s Fraser coast last year has delivered a powerful victim impact statement in court. The body of Scott Cabrie was discovered near a boat ramp in Howard south of Bundaberg, several days after he was stabbed repeatedly during a robbery gone wrong.
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00:00Ty Wayne Porter and his co-accused, who was just 17 years old at the time, were attempting
00:07to rob rideshare driver Scott Cadbury when he was killed on the Fraser Coast in February
00:13last year.
00:14The 47-year-old had been working as an Uber driver and part-time radio presenter at the
00:19time of his death.
00:21The Supreme Court in Brisbane heard Porter and his co-accused had been drinking for several
00:26hours before arming themselves with kitchen knives and forcing Mr Cadbury into the boot
00:32of his own car, driving him to a boat ramp in Howard.
00:36The court was told the younger teen, who pleaded guilty to murder, killed the victim by stabbing
00:42him at least seven times.
00:44The pair then dumped his body, after which they torched his car.
00:49Porter pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in April this year, as well as
00:54unlawful use of a motor vehicle, armed robbery and arson in relation to Mr Cadbury's death.
01:01Today, Scott Cadbury's brother, Ian, read his victim impact statement in court.
01:06He said the indiscriminate nature of his murder impacts all of us.
01:11That could have been any man or woman doing their job.
01:15Just as a good guy, you know, just as a good guy doing his job and really making a difference
01:19in Harbour Bay, as Cam knows.
01:21He's a great bloke.
01:22Cam was his best mate.
01:23Absolutely.
01:24He's a great bloke.
01:25He's a pinnacle of the community, especially on the Fraser Coast.
01:28He did so much for so many people and to be here today, it's just a nightmare what's happened
01:33over the last 18 months or so.
01:36Justice Peter Davis told the court that due to the complexity of the case, he would not
01:41make a decision today.
01:43The pair were instead remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.