Dakota Abberton
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Dakota Abberton (born in Maroubra, New South Wales), an Australian surfer, is a member of the Australian surf gang the Bra Boys. Together with his brothers, Koby, Jai, and Sunny, Dakota Abberton achieved national and international attention in 2007{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/sydneys-notorious-surf-gang-turns-tide-of-violence-into-bigscreen-adulation-440840.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017080822/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/sydneys-notorious-surf-gang-turns-tide-of-violence-into-bigscreen-adulation-440840.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2010|title=Sydney's notorious surf gang turns tide of violence into big-screen adulation|date=19 March 2007|author=Marks, Kathy|author-link=Kathy Marks|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print Limited|accessdate=16 November 2008|location=London, UK}} with the release of a feature-length documentary entitled Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water, that was written and directed by the Bra Boys.{{cite news|url=http://www.surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/kobyabbertonprofile|title=Bra Boys: The often maligned surf brotherhood's new movie|work=Surfer Magazine|publisher=Interlink Media|author=Staff|date=22 July 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2005/s1500406.htm|title=Sons of beaches|author=Jones, Caroline|work=Australian Story|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=7 November 2005|accessdate=6 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302211045/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2005/s1500406.htm|archive-date=2 March 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s1869641.htm?queensland|title=The Bra Boys - Sunny and Koby Abberton|author=Fidler, Richard|author-link=Richard Fidler|work=ABC 712| publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 March 2007|accessdate=6 February 2011}}
Robbery and assault charges
In March 2011, Abberton was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, affray, destruction of property, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and drug charges following the assault and robbery of a woman.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/youngest-bra-boy-charged-after-blinding-attack-on-scooter-owner-20110316-1bwtb.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Nick|last=Ralston|title=Youngest Bra Boy brother charged with blinding attack on scooter owner|date=16 March 2011}} In April 2011, he was granted strict conditional bail after his lawyer argued that the injuries sustained by the victim were caused by other people.{{Cite web|date=2011-03-17|title=Bra Boy denies partially blinding woman|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-17/bra-boy-denies-partially-blinding-woman/2654124|access-date=2020-10-27|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}} In December 2012, Abberton pleaded guilty to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, reckless wounding in company and damaging property.{{Cite web|date=2012-10-10|title=Abberton admits assaulting woman|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/bra-boy-dakota-abberton-admits-assaulting-woman/news-story/c450c30a6e6b56a3a563aeca1475f44e|access-date=2020-10-27|website=www.dailytelegraph.com.au|language=en}} In February 2013, Abberton was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment but avoided jail time because the NSW District Court ordered that he serve it by way of an intensive correction order (ICO), due to him siffering a "mild intellectual disability".{{Cite web|last=Samandar|first=Lema|date=2013-02-18|title=No jail for Bra Boy who assaulted woman|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/no-jail-for-bra-boy-who-assaulted-woman-20130218-2em9n.html|access-date=2020-10-27|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation%2Fnation%2Fbra-boy-dakota-abberton-escapes-jail-sentence%2Fnews-story%2F60f49967b659b9f6afd26dd7e6d0d77d?amp&nk=afd40b239e1f1422b77a65725def1ece-1741051589 |title=Bra Boy Dakota Abberton escapes jail sentence |work=The Australian |accessdate=2025-03-04 |date=2013-02-18}}
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