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Self-described 'evil' man avoids jail for wire traps on bike path

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  • Levi Young-Henderson has received suspended sentence for stringing wire across a bike path and injuring several cyclists in 2025.
  • An Adelaide man who labelled himself "so-evil" after setting up wire traps along a bike path and injuring cyclists has avoided jail.
  • The court before heard that Young-Henderson had strung wire across the bike path that runs alongside the Southern Expressway, at Hackham West, on January 10 and 13, 2025.

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The court previously heard that Young-Henderson had strung wire across the bike path that runs alongside the Southern Expressway, at Hackham West, on January 10 and 13, 2025.

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Levi Young-Henderson has received suspended sentence for stringing wire across a bike path and injuring several cyclists in 2025.

The court before heard police found video footage on his mobile phone of the wire accompanied by a devil emoji.

Young-Henderson was sentenced to 11 months and five days but entered into a good behaviour bond and will not be put behind bars.

An Adelaide man who labelled himself "so-evil" after setting up wire traps along a bike path and injuring cyclists has avoided jail.

Noarlunga Downs resident Levi Michael Young-Henderson, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of acting likely to cause harm and four counts of damaging property about actions in January, 2025.

The court before heard that Young-Henderson had strung wire across the bike path that runs alongside the Southern Expressway, at Hackham West, on January 10 and 13, 2025.

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