Horrendous Death as Son ‘Left to Die in the Dirt’

After a high-speed chase ended with a vehicle ramming a motorcycle into rocks and trees, Steven Dale Latter stole a backpack containing thousands of dollars belonging to the lifeless rider. Latter had driven the vehicle that dangerously pursued Jakob Opacic’s bike, while encouraged or motivated by his passenger Benjamin Charles Johnson, a Brisbane court heard on May 23. Latter and Johnson pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 29-year-old brother of rugby league star Tom Opacic on a road at Natural Bridge in the Gold Coast hinterland in July 2021. Mr. Opacic’s mother Rhonda sobbed as the court heard Latter took her son’s backpack after the crash and made no attempt to help him or check if he was alive....