How a teenager plunged to his death off a Gold Coast tower balcony while trying to escape 'knife-wielding armed robbers who stormed a drug-fuelled party and tried to steal his PHONE'
- Three men have been charged with murder following death of teenager
- Cian English, 19, fell to his death from fourth floor of an apartment on Saturday
- The three men allegedly crashed the party carrying a knife before the death
- Allegedly 'viciously assaulted' teenager and a friend while trying to steal a phone
- Mr English was trying to escape the hotel room and men when he fell to his death
Three young men charged with murdering a teenager who fell to his death from a balcony allegedly viciously assaulted him because they wanted to steal his phone.
Cian English, 19, fell from a balcony on the fourth floor of the View Pacific resort in Surfers Paradise at about 3am on Saturday as he was trying to escape a 'vicious assault', police allege.
Detectives say the Brisbane teenager was running from three men, aged 18, 20 and 22, who allegedly stormed the unit he was partying in with friends while carrying a knife.
Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith said both Mr English and another of his friends were brutally attacked and 'robbed at knifepoint' by the three men.
Cian English, 19, (right) fell to his death from a Surfers Paradise balcony after allegedly being brutally assaulted by three men
Three men have been charged with murdering the teenager after he fell from the fourth floor of the resort
The trio were staying inside another unit in the apartment complex and had been communicating with Mr English's party throughout the evening, police said.
But relations allegedly soured as the night went on and both groups binged on drugs, with things eventually turning violent between the two parties.
The robbers allegedly demanded Mr English's phone and also attempted to steal clothing from he and his friends.
'What we will be alleging is... the three main offenders have robbed the victim and his friend at knifepoint and in the course of this the victim has attempted to escape and gone over the balcony and died,' Detective Smith said.
The other alleged victim safely escaped the complex.
Police believe guests at both events 'took some illicit drugs' before things got out of hand.
Detectives said Mr English was running from three men, aged 18, 20 and 22, who allegedly stormed the unit he was partying in
'We believe that… all persons in the premises were under the influence of drugs at the time,' Detective Smith said.
After Mr English's body was discovered, four other teenagers aged between 16 and 19 were found in the apartment in varying states of consciousness and were taken to Robina Hospital for treatment for drug overdoses.
Police allege some of the people who attended the party are responsible for a series of break and enters across chemists on the Gold Coast, where prescription drugs were stolen from the premises.
Mr English pictured left. After his body was discovered, four other teenagers in varying states of consciousness were found in the apartment and taken to hospital for treatment for drug overdoses
'Given the circumstances, the consequences of the robbery and the threats made to the victim… the three offenders are being charged with murder,' Detective Smith said.
The 18-year-old is due to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday while the other two men will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
A woman said she had seen the tragic night unfold via video footage on Instagram and Snapchat.
'The videos I have seen, they are sickening and so very sad,' she told the Courier-Mail.
'It's not in the best interest of this poor boy's family to see him like that.'
Four other teenagers were taken to hospital to be treated for drug overdoses following the wild party
A passer-by discovered Mr English's lifeless body on the pavement before calling emergency services who later found the stash of drugs inside the unit.
Paramedics tried to perform CPR on the 19-year-old, who was from Hawthorne in Brisbane's eastern suburbs - but they were too late.
Two other 16-year-old boys, believed to be a part of the group, were arrested at 2.20am between View Avenue and the Esplanade for possessing prescription drugs.
They were also treated by paramedics for showing symptoms associated with drug use.
One party guest told Nine News they left the gathering when someone started waving a knife around and after noticing ice pipes in the apartment.
A total of seven people were found in the unit and four taken to hospital in stable conditions. Police believe up to 12 people may have attended the party.
Up to 12 people were believed to have been at the party which ultimately resulted in the death of Mr English
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Senior Operations Supervisor Neil Stead said the teen had 'traumatic injuries'.
The drugs involved were reportedly Diazepam or Valium.
'There was some kind of drugs involved in this situation which caused the incident to occur. Drugs are simply not safe. Even prescribed drugs taken the wrong way are not safe,' Mr Stead said.
'No one wants a deceased person, whether they are young or old.
'Especially a young male who has got his life ahead of him, to have it cut off like this.'
The emergency crews that tried to resuscitate Mr English have since been given welfare checks due to the traumatic incident.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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