The disturbing household previous of 12-year-old Wayne Russell has emerged simply days after the self-proclaimed ‘Little Eshay’ was killed in a mysterious automobile crash that investigators consider might be linked to a harmful TikTok recreation.
Each day Mail Australia can reveal Wayne’s mom, Samantha Sebbens, almost died after main police on a high-speed alcohol-fuelled automobile chase six years in the past.
Russell was discovered severely injured at a good friend’s dwelling in Balgownie, Wollongong, about 2am on Tuesday – simply half an hour after a stolen Holden Barina smashed right into a site visitors mild close by and the occupants fled the scene.
Emergency companies have been known as and he was handled by paramedics earlier than being rushed to Wollongong Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
A criminal offense scene was arrange on the dwelling and police are investigating if the kid’s demise is linked to the crash. No expenses have but been laid in relation to the incident.
Wayne Russell, 12, who described himself as a ‘Little Eshay’ on-line, died from horrific accidents in Wollongong on Tuesday evening
Pictured: emergency companies on the scene of the crash after a Holden Barina ploughed right into a site visitors mild in Towradgi about 1.35am on Tuesday
Detectives are additionally wanting into whether or not the incident is said to a harmful TikTok development known as ‘creeping when you sleeping’ – the place younger Australians movie themselves committing severe crimes together with stealing automobiles and driving at excessive speeds.
Now, Each day Mail Australia can reveal Ms Sebbens pleaded responsible to police pursuit and mid-range drink driving in August 2016 after she was embroiled in an eerily comparable crash, colliding head-on with one other automobile.
In October 2015, Sebbens, now 35, was behind the wheel of a silver Ford Laser cruising by means of East Nowra when police observed the automobile was being pushed with out headlights about 8.49pm.
The officers tried to cease the automobile for a random breath check however, regardless of the police turning on their lights and sirens, the automobile sped off, clocking as much as 105km/h in a 70km zone.
The court docket heard Sebbens ran a number of pink lights, veered between lanes, and crossed onto the alternative facet of the street into oncoming site visitors to keep away from seize, in line with the South Coast Register.
Police arrange automobiles to dam her path to no avail, with one officer pressured to leap out of her method as she narrowly missed the blockade.
At one level – as she led officers out of the CBD onto the freeway then again into the city’s centre – she cranked her handbrake, leaving a five-metre skid mark.
The pursuit solely got here to an finish when she ploughed front-on right into a automobile, leaving the 60-year-old feminine driver of the opposite automobile with minor accidents and herself with severe leg accidents.
Sebbens was taken to Shoalhaven District Hospital and later produced a breath check of 0.08.
Samantha Sebbens (pictured) pleaded responsible to mid-range drink driving and police pursuit after a head-on automobile collision in 2015
Sebbens crash was eerily just like the accident that claimed her son’s life
After pleading responsible, she was sentenced to an 18-month good behaviour bond and disqualified from driving for 3 years.
In the meantime her former accomplice, Wayne Russell senior, is a serial legal who has served a number of stints in jail, with previous expenses together with break and enter, getting into enclosed lands, having suspected stolen items and assault.
On July 31, 2015, Russell, then 27, was sentenced to 12 months in jail after being caught the day earlier than with a stolen bike and in possession of home breaking instruments.
The incident got here simply 40 days after he had been launched on parole after serving a six month sentence for larceny.
The court docket heard a witness reported Russell to police after seeing him and a younger male pushing two motorbikes into the again of a Wollongong property about 7.50pm, the Illawarra Mercury experiences.
The witness stated he heard Russell instructing the youthful male to ‘hurry up’ earlier than the noise of the pair attempting to begin the bikes.
The witness stated they later emerged from the entrance of the property with only one bike and began strolling away from the realm.
Police tracked the duo down close by and ordered them to cease, however Russell fled the scene earlier than he was apprehended by officers a short while later.
Wayne Russell (pictured) is a serial legal who has beforehand been charged with larceny
Sebbens in a selfie taken as she sits inside a automobile – she was concerned in crash after a cop chase
A police uncovered instruments related to home breaking, together with spanners and pliers, in Russell’s backpack.
The court docket heard that, as much as that time, Russell had been beforehand charged with 62 offences, pleaded responsible to 2 expenses and was imprisoned for a 12 months.
Each day Mail Australia doesn’t counsel Sebbens or Russell have been concerned within the automobile crash earlier this week or their son’s demise.
Up to now seven years since, Russell has been listed to look earlier than courts for numerous offences on greater than 120 events.
He’s at the moment on remand in jail after being refused bail in August when he was charged with the assault of a girl within the Illawarra area.
He has additionally been charged with breaching an Apprehended Violence Order in place to guard the identical girl.
In the meantime, family and friends have flocked on-line to pay tribute to his 12-year-old son, affectionately often called ‘Lil Wayne’.
‘Love you my brah … we are going to see you quickly, love you soo a lot relaxation straightforward my soulja my cuzz, relaxation in paradise,’ the teenager’s cousin Jamain Russell wrote.
‘We simply want the closure proper for what occur too you my little cuzz.’
One other cousin, Quiarnii Russell, posted ‘My coronary heart is hurting, R.I.P little cuzzy taken solution to quickly. Our hearts are shattered,’ whereas Wayne’s aunt, Morgs Quirk wrote, ‘Relaxation straightforward within the dream time nephew. #forever12. RIP lil Wayne.’
On-line, the boy referred to himself as ‘Wayne Little Eshay’ – referencing the city youth subculture related to crude language, rebelliousness, and eccentric clothes.
NSW Police at the moment are investigating whether or not the Holden Barina crash, which occurred round 1.35am a 3 minute drive from Balgownie, is linked to the TikTok craze.
Police rushed to the scene after officers at close by Corrimal Police Station heard the crash, however the automobile was empty by the point they arrived.
‘We would attraction for anybody that may have social media content material that will cowl the incidents that is occurred this morning to return ahead,’ NSW Police Detective Appearing Inspector Jason Hogan stated.
‘We’re investigating all traces of inquiry and the social media line will likely be investigated too.’
Anybody with data is urged to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.
