Joseph Vervoort admits stabbing partner’s ex while on MDMA, LSD
A young Illawarra man has admitted to stabbing his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend with a kitchen knife while high on LSD and MDMA.
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A 22-year-old man has admitted to stabbing his girlfriend’s ex with a kitchen knife after a night of drugs and alcohol - despite being unable to remember the incident.
Joseph Vervoort faced Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless wounding following an early morning stabbing in North Wollongong on February 23.
In documents tendered to the court, it was revealed the altercation took place after Vervoort and his girlfriend spent the night of February 22 at the popular Towradgi Beach Hotel, before leaving and taking MDMA and LSD.
The pair had been home for about an hour-and-a-half, when police claim the victim showed up at his ex-girlfriend’s home around 4.30am, following a night out with his friends.
The victim had been texting his ex throughout the night, but in a police interview, she said she didn’t recall inviting him over. When he arrived at the door, documents reveal the woman told her ex “you shouldn’t be here”, before he pushed his way through the home and into the living room.
The victim and his ex spoke in the living room, when the woman later said in a police interview that he started to be “a bit of a smartass to me and taking the piss out of everything I was saying”.
According to the documents it was then the victim felt something “like a poke” to the right side of his abdomen, before saying to his ex “this c**t (Vervoort) just stabbed me”.
The woman told police she saw a black handled knife before saying “Joseph (Vervoort) what the f**k have you done”.
The victim then walked out the front door and his ex followed him, telling him to call an ambulance. He replied “f**k that”, telling her he was calling a mate.
Two of his friends arrived some minutes later, armed with a metal pole and wooden chair leg.
The pair called for Vervoort to come outside the house, to which he refused, prompting the pair to smash the front windows of the home, and then the windscreen and windows of Vervoort’s car.
Police were called to the Virginia Street home around 5.10am, where they found the victim lying on the ground. An ambulance was called while police arrested Vervoort in the backyard of the house, noting his “extreme intoxication”.
Vervoort claimed he was the victim, telling police “C***s tried to break into my f***ing house and it was self defence” and “I just gave him a tiny, tiny little stab. I wasn’t trying to hurt him. I just wanted to get them f***en out of the house.”
The victim was taken to hospital and underwent emergency surgery, spending a total of 10 days in hospital.
Police took Vervoort back to the police station where he told them he couldn’t recall the stabbing “at all”.
“I don’t even know if that happened,” he said. “Like I don’t know what the f**k happened.”
However, Vervoort pleaded guilty to the stabbing on Wednesday and will face court for sentencing in October.