Ali Evci: Brighton Le Sands alleged stabber faces court

Never before alleged details of a horror stabbing which left bloody handprints on the walls of a home have been aired in court.

Gory details of how a 24 year old man was allegedly almost stabbed to death in a Brighton Le Sands apartment block as part of a drug deal gone wrong have been aired in court for the first time.

Ali Evci, 24, of Wentworth Point, appeared via videolink in the Sydney District Court on Tuesday (May 25) where he applied for bail ahead of his November 21 trial for grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.

Evci, formerly of Homebush and Beverley Hills, has therefore been held on remand solely over the stabbing charge since January, the court heard.

In arguing for his client’s freedom, barrister Derek Drewett told the court of the circumstances surrounding the Bay St stabbing in June 2020.

Police set up Strike Force Alawai to investigate the alleged stabbing in January 2020. Picture: NSW Police Force

“Four people are in a room. There’s a female sleeping on a bed and three men,” Mr Drewett said.

“One of those men had a previous disagreement with the victim.

“The victim attends the premises, he is buying drugs at that premises, and he gets into a fight.

“Two of those men point the finger at my client

“Both those men who point the finger may well have been the perpetrator of this offence.”

Ali Evci is captured on CCTV. Picture: NSW Police Force

Mr Drewett told the court it was one of the other men in the room whose shirt was “stained with blood” in the aftermath of the alleged stabbing.

“This is not a situation where the forensics are going to progress the crown case save to establish my client was present at the scene,” Mr Drewett said.

He proposed stringent bail conditions including house arrest at his client’s mother’s home and only holding one mobile phone.

The crown submitted Evci’s criminal history and pointed to his “propensity for knives” and history of noncompliance with bail.

Evci was recently sentenced and has completed the non-parole period for charges of drug supply, possessing a flick knife, dealing with the proceeds of crime and possessing the key to and entering a stolen BMW without reasonable excuse.

Emergency services at the scene of the crime. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Judge Dina Yehia rejected the defence submission that it was a “weaker than reasonable prosecution case”.

“I accept a primary plank of the prosecution case is evidence of a person knowingly concerned with the offence,” Judge Yehia said.

“A jury (would be) properly directed and given certain warnings in respect of that evidence. I am not persuaded it (the prosecution case) is weaker than reasonable.”

Judge Yehia formally denied the bail application.