The appellants, both sixteen at the time of the alleged offence, were charged with second-degree murder following a group assault.
They appealed a youth court judge's decision dismissing their applications to have the charges proceed in youth court rather than adult court.
The Court of Appeal upheld the youth court judge's findings that the appellants were a danger to the public and had not demonstrated they could be rehabilitated within the youth court disposition period.
The youth court judge was entitled to reject the appellants' psychiatric evidence because the experts were instructed not to discuss the circumstances of the offence with the appellants.
The appeals were dismissed.
