 All five members of the group were arrested and charged over the murder of Balding and each faced court.After weeks of deliberations and testimonies, Elliott, Blessington and Jamieson were each given life sentences plus 25 years, while Wilmot was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail and Arrow released on a good behaviour bond as the pair did not participate in the rape and murder.The sentencing of Blessington and Elliot became a topic of extreme controversy, because at the time they committed the murder and were sentenced, they were aged 14 and 16, respectively—becoming the youngest killers in Australia to be convicted and given the maximum sentence for murder.