Beshoi Butros: Chippendale home stabbing accused refused bail again
A violent home invasion in Sydney’s inner west last year resulted in two men being rushed to hospital. One was left in a coma for several days and the other was stabbed in the face. One of the accused has now made a bid for freedom.
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A young Blacktown man accused of being involved in a violent home invasion and double stabbing last year will remain behind bars following a failed bid to be released in the Supreme Court.
Beshoi Butros, 21, from Blacktown, allegedly broke into a home on Shepherd St in Chippendale in July 2019 with co-accused Yasir Musa, 21, and Saia Denis Fangu Fangu, 18.
The break-in turned violent when two men inside the home Junhui Fan, 20, and Huifu Lu, 25, were allegedly stabbed and robbed.
A court heard last year that Lu was in a coma for seven days following the incident and Fan was stabbed in the face and suffered nerve damage in one of his arms.
The three co-accused were arrested following an investigation and have each been charged with special aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence, which carries a maximum jail sentence of 25 years. All three remain in custody.
Butros made a bail application in August which was knocked back in the Local Court.
However, the former Patrician Brothers Blacktown student appeared via audio visual link on Monday in the supreme court where he made another application for bail.
His defence conceded Butros was inside the home but argued he was not directly involved in the violence.
“It was abundantly clear that he was present – not necessarily in the room – but he was present,” he conceded.
He said his charge could be downgraded in the future if he was found not to have attacked or encouraged the violence.
“It is entirely possible he could be found guilty of something lesser.”
He said he had already spent seven months in custody which could cover the sentence of a lesser charge.
However, Judge Michael Walton refused his bail.
“The applicant was present in the house at the time that the violent offences were committed.
“It must follow that it is accurate that he was in that respect complicit with the break and enter.”
He said the risk to the community was too great for him to be released and remarked the police facts suggested the alleged attack was a “random target”.
He also said the extent of Butros’ involvement in the violent incident would be determined as his matter continued through the court.
The matters for all three alleged offenders will be mentioned again at Central Local Court on February 27.