William Adib Samra pleads guilty to affray in Fortitude Valley bar

An alleged Comanchero bikie has walked from court after pleading guilty to an affray that stemmed from a “violent assault” said to have been sparked when his sister was spat on at a hip Brisbane venue.

An alleged Comanchero bikie has walked from court after pleading guilty to an affray that stemmed from a “violent assault” said to have been sparked by his sister being spat on at a hip Brisbane venue.

William Adib Samra, 32, today pleaded guilty in Brisbane’s Magistrates Court to one count each of affray and failing to properly dispose of a needle and syringe.

Police prosecutor Subarna Raut said two men were leaving Fortitude Valley bar Maya Mexican just before 1am on December 20 when they were approached by Samra and another male.

Will Samra leaves the Brisbane Magistrates Court. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jono Searle

Following a short conversation Samra’s co-defendant “without warning delivers an upper cut … causing the male’s head to snap backwards”.

The co-defendant delivered a flurry of punches to the man who then collapsed unconscious.

“The defendant’s associate leans over the male and delivers a further flurry of punches about his head area whilst he is unconscious,” Mr Subarna said.

Samra has then grabbed the other man by the collar with his co-defendant punching him to the back of the head, the court heard.

“The male has then collapsed to the ground, the defendant and his associate then commenced kicking and stomping that male,” he said.

Samra being led away by police after Task force Maxima executed a search warrant at his home in January.

The two men were taken to hospital with head injuries, the court heard.

On January 6 Queensland Police’s Task force Maxima executed a search warrant at Samra’s Forest Lake home over the incident and found three used syringes. Samra told police they were used to draw steroids from a vial, the court heard.

Samra’s lawyer Adam Guest said his client was neither the protagonist nor the catalyst for the fight at Maya Mexican.

Mr Guest said Samra was at the bar with family when one of the men, who was later attacked, grabbed his sister and “spat on her”.

Mr Guest said because Samra was charged with affray rather than assault his client was unable to use a provocation defence.

“If my client was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm we‘d have a very good case with respect to provocation,” he said.

Mr Guest said the provoking of his client by the spitting should be seen as a significant mitigating circumstance.

Maya Mexican, Fortitude Valley. Pic Mark Cranitch.

The court heard Samra had no matters of violence on his criminal history.

Magistrate Robbie Davies fined him $250 for affray and six months probation for failing to dispose of needles.

Samra’s co-defendant pleaded guilty to affray in a separate proceeding and was sentenced to six months prison wholly suspended. He was banned from licensed venues in Fortitude Valley, CBD and the inner west between 6pm and 6am until December 18.