{"id":705935,"date":"2026-05-31T08:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705935\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:33:21","slug":"tragedy-again-strikes-family-of-slain-teenager-after-three-houses-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705935\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy again strikes family of slain teenager after three houses destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-datetime\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-5 hxoHkT\">Updated May 31, 2026 \u2014 9:27am,first published 8:12am<\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI fPBBmK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p>AAA<\/p>\n<p>Tragedy has again struck the family of slain Redcliffe teenager Angus Beaumont, with police charging a 36-year-old man with arson after their home \u2013 and two others \u2013 were burnt to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Angus was 15 years old when he was fatally stabbed in Redcliffe on March 13, 2020. Now his aunty, author Mandy Beaumont, has confirmed the family has fallen victim to another alleged crime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angus Beaumont\u2019s parents, Michelle Liddle and Ben Beaumont, outside court in 2022.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/faa79037e9c412333378e7625bf095cb084987e8.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Angus Beaumont\u2019s parents, Michelle Liddle and Ben Beaumont, outside court in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze has left Ben Beaumont, Angus\u2019s mother Michelle Liddle and their other son homeless, Mandy said as she launched a GoFundMe appeal to help her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an [alleged] arson attack while they were in their house \u2013 my brother, his partner, and their son. It looks like they\u2019ve lost everything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis on top of [Angus\u2019s murder] is just too much \u2026 I don\u2019t know what\u2019s left of the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngus\u2019s ashes are in the house, and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s to come of them, but it looks pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police allege the 36-year-old man used an accelerant to set fire to one house on Weaber Street in Clontarf at 1.50pm on Saturday before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>By 3pm, 12 fire trucks were on the scene to contain the blaze, which spread to two neighbouring houses, destroying them too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angus Beaumont was stabbed in 2020. Now his family is facing more pain.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/71024496806afb3347fec1743c3531c2d22f0b3f.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 jvMZxu\"\/>Angus Beaumont was stabbed in 2020. Now his family is facing more pain.<\/p>\n<p>Police declared a public safety exclusion zone at 2.10pm, urging people to stay inside with the windows shut.<\/p>\n<p>The area included Watson, Isobel and Enoch streets, Gerald Avenue, Wendy Crescent, Bright Avenue and Cornelius Street.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency declaration was revoked at 4.20pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Dakabin man was later located by the police dog squad, and officers confirmed no one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One of three Clontarf houses destroyed by the blaze.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5774da1e81b293e46e539a3147ef20ab8e925e3139b3107c127e762177ea997a.png\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>One of three Clontarf houses destroyed by the blaze.Nine News<\/p>\n<p>He has been charged with arson (domestic violence) and is due to appear in court on Monday, June 1.<\/p>\n<p>With Alex Condon<\/p>\n<p>If you or anyone you know needs help, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (and see <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/lifeline.org.au\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">lifeline.org.au<\/a>), national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/1800respect.org.au\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">1800RESPECT<\/a> (1800 737 732) or Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800.<\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI fPBBmK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p>From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated May 31, 2026 \u2014 9:27am,first published 8:12am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-705935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}