Five teens accused of being involved in alleged stabbing murder of Jack Westren, 25, have charges upgraded to murder

A 13-year-old is among five teenagers charged with murder over an alleged stabbing of a man at a NSW train station. Jack Westren, 25, was allegedly stabbed shortly before 3pm on January 28 near Shellharbour Junction Station in the Illawarra region. Emergency services were called to an address in Saturn Cres and treated the 25-year-old, but he could not be revived. Officers attached to Lake Illawarra Police District established Strike Force Feods to investigate Mr Westren’s death, with State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad. “Initial investigations revealed the man had allegedly been stabbed during a fight involving a number of people who left in an SUV,” NSW Police said in a statement. The vehicle was later recovered in Albion Park Rail and seized for forensic examination. Earlier this year, police charged a woman, 38 and a 15-year-old boy with murder. Six other teenagers, aged between 12 and 15, were also charged over the alleged altercation. But on Wednesday, NSW Police said detectives had upgraded the charges for five of the six teens – a 13-year-old boy, two boys aged 14, a 15-year-old girl, and 16-year-old boy – to murder. Two of those boys, aged 14 and 16, were also charged with affray. In a statement, police said the 16-year-old will front court on October 21, while the remaining five will front court on October 28. The first teenager originally charged with murder is due to appear in a children’s court on October 28.