story behind court outburst against Corey Loveridge Detective Steve Hungerford counsels relatives of the victim outside court after the incident. It was a sudden, frightening outburst driven by boiling hatred and rage. As two western Sydney youths being sentenced for a horrific stabbing murder faced each other in the NSW Supreme Court, one of them snapped. The teenager, who is too young to name publicly, leapt down from the jury box, bolted across the court and lunged for his former mate-turned-mortal enemy, Corey Loveridge. Ambulance officers outside the court after Corey Loveridge was attacked by his co-accused. "You're f---in gone you f---in dog!" the youngest screamed as court officers and a lanky detective struggled to restrain him. Alarming though it was, the moment of violence wasn't a total surprise to those familiar with the murder case. The bad blood between Loveridge and his former mate had been buildings for months. Detective Hungerford, who is in charge of the case. The seeds were sown in the days after the two youths embarked on a violent, ice-induced crime spree in Sydney's far western suburbs that began with a violent home invasion at the home of an 88-year-old woman, and ended with the murder of a 17-year-old boy neither of them knew in North St Marys. "I still sit out the front waiting, expecting him to arrive home any time," the mother of the dead boy said in a victim impact statement read to the court. I'm just so angry at the offenders for taking my son away from me for absolutely no reason. It was such a violent, terrible and cowardly act to inflict on a human being. In the weeks that followed the murder, the younger of the two killers confessed his crimes. But the older youth, Loveridge, maintained his innocence right through to the point when, earlier this year, a jury convicted him on all charges. When Loveridge took the stand in his murder trial he pointed the finger squarely at his former mate, diminishing his own role in the crime to that of a minor participant. It was in this context that the youth's hate-drenched shout - "You know what you did, you f---in dog!" - could perhaps be understood. The relatives of the victims who had come to the sentencing were distressed by the events. At least two rushed from the court in tears. Sentencing judge Justice Michael Adams was not yet in court when the outburst occurred. But he may take it into account when deciding, as part of the sentencing process, whether the young man has good prospects of rehabilitation, or remains a risk to the community. The matter returns to court on September 13.