Jess William Ratcliff, 30, refused bail at Hornsby Local Court over double stabbing, affray at North Turramurra house party

A 30-year-old man charged with multiple offences is accused of stabbing two men when a brawl allegedly broke out at a house party at a leafy Upper North Sydney suburb at the weekend.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with stabbing two men after a brawl allegedly broke out at a million-dollar home in Sydney’s Upper North Shore at the weekend.

Jess William Ratcliff was refused bail at Hornsby Local Court after he was charged with multiple offences for using “unlawful violence” against three people at a North Turramurra home on Sunday morning.

Emergency services were called to Somerset Ave around 2am on Sunday following reports two men had been stabbed.

A 28-year-old man, Lazarus Briggs, believed to be a guest at the party, suffered multiple stab wounds to his abdomen.

Ratcliff’s case was heard for the first time in Hornsby Local Court on Monday. Picture: Supplied.

A 31-year-old man, identified as the party’s host Matthew Harper, was stabbed in the leg.

Both men were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital where they are expected to undergo surgery for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police allege Ratcliff also used “unlawful violence” toward a third person, Ainsley Keir, in the affray “by conduct such that a person of reasonable firmness if present at the scene would have feared for their safety”.

Ratcliff was arrested around 2.30am on Sunday morning and taken to Royal North Shore Hospital to be treated for facial injuries.

Upon release, he was taken to Chatswood Police Station and charged with reckless wounding, wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and affray.

He was refused bail and his case will appear before Downing Centre Local Court on May 23, 2024.